Easter is the most important festival of the church year, and composers of all eras have created great works to celebrate Easter. The Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah is probably one of the most impressive compositions celebrating the resurrection of Christ. Browse our sheet music and scores, and whether it’s festive music, Easter cantatas or psalms you are after, no matter your style, genre or instrumentation, let Stretta Music help you celebrate today!
Easter has always held a special place within church music. Even before the Reformation, the high festivals were places for songs in the common tongue, alongside an otherwise Latin liturgy. The predict Christ is Risen, which refers to the Easter sequence Victimae Paschali Laudes, is the oldest German hymn, which Martin Luther used to create the popular Christ Lay in Death’s Bonds.
The Hallelujah, which appears in the earliest Psalms, is of central importance for Easter. Easter is characterised by great rejoicing, so in addition to music written especially for the Easter, almost any festive church music is well suited for the celebration.
Georg Rhau. Musikdrucke aus den Jahren 1538-1545, 8
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115789
Kantate
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB) [male choir (TTBarB)], orchestra
Score
Item no.: 162886
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Sopran solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), 1. Flöte, 2. Flöte, 1. Oboe, 2. Oboe, 1. Horn, 2. Horn, Streicher, Orgel
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 425603
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 382868
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309617
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 336672
Möseler Chorreihe
for: 2 FCH (SSAM SSAM)
Choir score
Item no.: 418381
(complete)
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 366314
Kommt, eilet und laufet
Parodie der weltlichen Kantate "Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen" BWV 249a
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234136
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
Single part Violin
Item no.: 916366
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 160702
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 458941
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 458942
3st. Sätze zu bekannten Kirchenliedern, für SAB, Orgel oder 3 Melodieinstr.
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307532
aus "Der Messias" HWV 56
for: Recorder ensemble (SATB ); timpani ad lib.
Single part Bass recorder
Item no.: 443513
Altkirchliche Ostersequenz "Surrexit Christus hodie"
für drei Singstimmen, drei Violinen, Fagott (Violone) und Basso continuo
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (SABar) [mixed choir (SAM)], 3 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234396
Altkirchliche Ostersequenz "Surrexit Christus hodie"
für drei Singstimmen, drei Violinen, Fagott (Violone) und Basso continuo
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (SABar) [mixed choir (SAM)], 3 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234395
BWV 66
Cantata for the Second Easter Day
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, bassoon, violin solo, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Cello, bassoon, violone (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233114
Offertory for the Easter Sunday
Sacred music from Salzburg
– complete orchestral parts –
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 764578
weitere Textquellen: "Von der Auferstehung Christi" Schade; "Ehre sei dem Vater allezeit" Erfurter Enchiridion, 1524
for: 5 voices (SSATB) [choir], orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234426
Cantata for Easter
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 464763
Cantata for Easter
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1692301
Choralkantate (zum Osterfest)
Nachgelassenes Werk
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 649102
Deutsches Osterproprium
for: Tenor solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orgel
Score
Item no.: 195702
Zwei Osterlieder
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 195527
Das Chorwerk
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 192675
Erstdruck
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 225158
op. 16
for: Organ, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 201189
Osterlied
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309374
Kirchenliedsaetze
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309180
Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi SWV 50
Stuttgarter Schütz – Ausgabe
Urtext
for: Favorit choir (SSSATTBarB), mixed choir (SATB), 4 viole da gamba, basso continuo [organ]
Viola da gamba 4 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499018
Cantata for the Sunday of Misericordias Domini
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233713
B minor BWV 103
Cantata for the Sunday of Jubilate
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233596
Choralkantate
Single part Percussion 1
Item no.: 231374
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229743
über "Christ lag in Todesbanden"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232370
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230529
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230527
Osterhistorie
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230465
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 560280
for: GES-H KLAV,GES-M KLAV
Item no.: 657491
Passion, Easter
Original works and arrangements for church service and concert
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), organ
Organ score, 4 solo parts (C/B-flat/E-flat/F) (anthology)
Item no.: 579912
für gem Chor und Orgel, Trompete ad lib.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; trumpet ad lib.
Organ score
Item no.: 463076
Ostern
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, organ, timpani
Organ score, Parts
Item no.: 499358
"Christ lag in Todes Banden"
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 232737
Instrumental Solos for Easter
for: Bassoon, Trombone, Violoncello or Bass Instrument
Book, CD
Item no.: 152243
Kantate zum 3. Osterfesttag
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 634805
Version 1 (orig.)
Chorpartitur Tenor und Bass
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Choir part Tenor/Bass
Item no.: 175610