“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: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1076865
for: SATB, Keyboard [Organ or Piano] or Orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1040186
Christmas carols for the piano lounge
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1023040
for: 3 oct. Collection Handbells
Buch
Item no.: 856772
Weihnachten
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 1540381
16 Christmas Carols
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1584826
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041662
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815852
GIA Christmas
for: SATB and Keyboard
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1160415
22 Carols and Classics For A Joyful Celebration
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 863523
3 In 1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972552
Oratorium
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 274625
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856587
GIA Evoking Sound
for: SSAATTBB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152237
GIA Christmas
for: SAB and Keyboard
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1155010
for 4-part ensemble (rhythm group ad lib)
This title contains all the transposed parts
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1667721
(Spain)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726420
in Adventu Domini Nostri Jesu Christi
aus: Musici Operis
Prag, 1586
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4386
Medium Voice Solo Key of F
for: Voice (medium)
Buch
Item no.: 857235
for: Two-Part Treble Voices [SA Children or Women]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1038971
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751096
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1160066
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760304
for: Handbells-3-5 Octaves
Score, Parts
Item no.: 854533
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1004881
SATB w/opt. Brass & Perc.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918593
GIA Christmas
for: SATB, with opt. SSAA and None
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1154828
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 949114
für Flöte und Orgel
for: Flute, organ
Music score
Item no.: 674670
Part 3 In C - BC
for: Flexible ensemble
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1142830
for: Body Percussion
Music score, online media
Item no.: 1207551
for: 6 Trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995439
for: Flexible string ensemble(4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210160
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210374
Variations
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 734618
(Chile)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756220
from Oratorio de Noël
for: Symphonic Band and Choir Ad Lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198615
Mélodie religieuse adaptée au 1er Prélude de J.S. Bach
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750550
for: 2-Part Mixed
Choir score
Item no.: 855040
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751092
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341792
für (Tenor-)Solo und Chor
arrangiert mit Begleitung von Violoncello, Harfe, Orgel und Kontrabass (ad lib.)
for: Soloist, mixed choir, cello, organ
Score
Item no.: 1664988
De Haske Choral Series
for: SATB and Children's Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 888320
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125741
for: Violinduo
Buch
Item no.: 1073012
Choral
for: 2-Part Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1656914
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: SATB, Guitar, Violin and Percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 1126199
GIA Christmas
for: Unison Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158162