“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.
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 298240
for: GES-T (B) 2 VL VA VC ORG
Score, Parts
Item no.: 296459
Little works for the great feast
Essential Elements
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Oboe
Item no.: 681049
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125687
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125444
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1549517
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823378
Vario Series 5
for: Youth concert band (5 parts)
Single part Mallets
Item no.: 672168
30 Weihnachtslieder für Blasorchester
3. Stimme in C (Posaune, Bariton)
for: Small wind band
Part 3 in C
Item no.: 663645
für alle Gelegenheiten
for: Small wind band
Single part Tenor Saxophone 2
Item no.: 213681
20 Weihnachtslieder in vierstimmigem Streichersatz (statt Viola auch Violine III), Klavier ad lib.
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Single part Viola
Item no.: 245558
Aulós
for: 3 trumpets, 2-3 trombones
Set of parts
Item no.: 1684579
Weihnachtskantate
for: SOLI GCH STR BC
Set of parts
Item no.: 617759
Deutsches Magnificat
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 555812
for: Flexible wind ensemble (4 voices)
Single part 4 in E-flat (Baritone saxophone)
Item no.: 1654399
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello, Streichorchester und Cembalo
Einzelstimme Violine I solo/rip.
Item no.: 727114
A choral suite for Christmas
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 371115
30 der schönsten und bekanntesten Advents- und Weihnachtslieder von A-Z
for: Small wind band
Part Flute/Violin
Item no.: 498283
The Young Christmas Album 3
Vario Series 5
for: Youth concert band (5 parts)
Part 4 in F (horn)
Item no.: 578582
Kantate nach westeuropäischen Weihnachtsliedern
for: Männerchor (TTBB) mit 4 Instrumenten (Bläser, Streicher) oder Orgel, auch a cap.
Einzelstimme 1. Stimme in C
Item no.: 746946
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747083
Kantate über ausländische Weihnachtslieder
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und 4 Instrumente (Bläser, Streicher) oder Orgel (Klavier)
Einzelstimme 1. Stimme in C
Item no.: 742321
für Weisenbläser
– Zusatzstimme –
for: 5 brass winds
Single part 3 (B-flat low)
Item no.: 1652814
Horn in Es
für 2–x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Part 3 in E-flat
Item no.: 672972
Tuba 1
für 2-x Instrumente (Sinfonieorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Single part 3
Item no.: 672939
für Sopransaxophon und Klavier
for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Single part Soprano saxophone (B-flat)
Item no.: 666448
Trompete in C
für 2-x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Part 1 in C
Item no.: 673007
Baritonhorn in C
für 2–x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Single part 2 (C)
Item no.: 673026
Vario Series 5
for: Youth concert band (5 parts)
Part 3 in F (horn)
Item no.: 1657350
for: 2 voices, piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 369850
für Violine solo und Streichorchester
for: Violin, string orchestra
Violin 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 649884
40 Weihnachtslieder, Kompositionen und Sätze von Karl Derntl und Hubert Fröhlich
for: Flexible wind ensemble (5 voices)
Single part Flute 1
Item no.: 1582169
Score
Item no.: 186680
Performance-Easy Limited Edition
for: Marching band
Score
Item no.: 1020483
Christmas Collection
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 891203
Music First Express
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808872
The Splendor of Christmas
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 957435
The Splendor of Christmas
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 955941
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 851626
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 982456
SATB a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 611738
for: Concert band
Alto clarinet in E-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1465714
for: Concert band
Piano accompaniment (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1465697
for: Concert band
Tenor saxophone in B-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1465683
for: Symphonic orchestra
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1492776
for: Concert band
Tenor saxophone in B-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1519262
for: Concert band
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1464091