“There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.” 1 Corinthians 12:5
It’s not just birthdays we celebrate annually! Important events keep coming back year after year, in many forms, so that we can honour and appreciate them, and it is no wonder that religious festivals hold an important place in our calendars. Browse our sheet music and scores, we have music for all festive occasions, and click here to find out more about the church year.
Unlike the calendar year, the church year begins with Advent, and ends with what the Catholic Church calls Christ the King, and the Protestant Church calls Eternity Sunday, the Sunday before Advent. Religious festivals mirror nature: in the dark season of winter, Christ comes as a light into the world, in the spring, Easter celebrates the victory of life over death, and as autumn unfolds, the church commemorates transience and death.
Individual feast days, and days of remembrance are celebrated each year, including for Mary Mother of God, the Apostles, the Evangelists and the Saints, and events such as New Year and Thanksgiving, as well as the Festival of our Lord Jesus Christ. In recent years, some Sundays have been devoted to more familiar, secular topics, such as Family and World Mission. Festivals in the Reformed Churches differ slightly from those in the Catholic Church, they also assign "non-festive" Sundays, and they feature the "Wochenlied", the Main Song, or Song of the Week, which has a similar function to a traditional Anthem in other religious services.
Very Beginning Band
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 693749
Alfred's Debut Series for Young Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 693273
Young Band
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 677879
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 677739
Unison/2-Part/SAB/SATB
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 696072
Based on "Toyland"
Beginning Band
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 695213
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 761985
Young Jazz Ensemble
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 761870
Alfred Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746055
Traditional Carols
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; flute, hand drum ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 746009
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), flute, hand drum
Choir score
Item no.: 745920
Music from "Rondo alla Turca"
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745904
Featuring: Adeste Fideles / Angels We Have Heard on High / Joy to the World
Belwin Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 690012
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763953
Hymnen und Choräle
Choir score
Item no.: 763900
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764390
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764209
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764197
for various Brass Instruments
for: 2 brass winds
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 1563059
for: Bass instrument (E-flat), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560239
for: Cello, strings
Score
Item no.: 1690339
Holiday Songs from around the World
for: 4 tenor saxophones (B-flat) [flexible ensemble (4 voices)]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1682020
for: Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet
Book
Item no.: 1651471
Faber Brass Band Series
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1651346
An Easter Cantata
Instrumental Score & Parts on CD-ROM
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1665481
Belwin Beginning String Orchestra
for: Youth string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1658601
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658265
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549258
Solos and Band Arrangements
for: Trombone
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1351465
Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), percussion
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 1652817
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1667330
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 916934
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 914067
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910012
33 Trios That Can Be Played by Any Combination of Instruments
for: Posaune, Bariton, Fagott, Violoncello und Bass
Item no.: 864800
Music for Brass
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1690597
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1651163
for: Chor S (A), Orgel (Klavier)
Score
Item no.: 1338506
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187003
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184065
A Christmas Fantasy
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184085
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014130
for: 2-5 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1127926
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1189996
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188812
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188779
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187802