“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.
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Stuttgarter Telemann-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226575
A firm favourite with choirs for many years, this is a classic collection of traditional carols
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 123448
25 Christmas Carols for easy piano
(with lyrics and chords)
for: Piano
Songbook (piano, chords, text)
Item no.: 455747
38 leichte Weihnachtsduette für Violine und Viola (mit Texten)
for: Violin, viola
Ensemble score
Item no.: 663701
20 Christmas Favorites
The Phillip Keveren Series
Piano Solo Songbook
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 556715
Oxford Christmas Carols
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2 voices), harp [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 333798
33 deutsche und internationale Lieder für die Weihnachtszeit
Ausgabe für Klavier
for: Piano (2 hands/4 hands); guitar ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 681571
John Rutter Anniversary Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATBB), chamber orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 658254
Guitar
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1106451
(Christmas Version)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820731
Stille Nacht
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 887511
Weihnachtslieder aus "Retablo de Navidad - I Villancicos"
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 355821
Beliebte Weihnachtslieder und Instrumentalstücke zur Weihnachtszeit leicht gesetzt
Akkordeon spielen – mein schönstes Hobby
for: 1–2 accordions
Ensemble score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1022011
Vortragsstücke für Klavier
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 199850
20 Christmas Carols for 1-2 Alto Saxophones (with lyrics)
for: 1–2 alto saxophones
Ensemble score, CD
Item no.: 133665
Weihnachtskonzert
for: Flexible ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 497911
Geistliche Musik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1091684
Music for Organ by Grimoaldo Macchia
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1353422
Teil 2 der Weihnachtsstücke des in Finnland lebenden Organisten Grimoaldo Macchia.
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 663939
Hirtenmusik bearbeitet für Orgel von Sigfrid Karg-Elert
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 625164
Lieder zur Weihnachtszeit, als Solo, im Duett oder im Trio spielbar
für verschiedene Blasinstrumente, die miteinander spielen können
for: 1–3 trumpets (C)
Ensemble score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 617458
for: Trumpet, organ
Book
Item no.: 326814
für Akkordeon (mit Text und Akkorden)
for: Accordion
Single edition
Item no.: 222786
Ein Singspiel zu Weihnachten
für Kinderchor, Klarinette, Viola, Violoncello und Klavier
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 471076
Les anges dans nos campagnes
Collection Maurice Andre
for: Trumpet, piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198939
15 Easy Arrangements
Brass Ensemble
for: Flexible brass ensemble (4–6 parts); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 558464
Eingerichtet für Trompete und Orgel
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 166990
Choir score
Item no.: 171659
Concerto grosso fatto per la notte di natale
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: Strings, harpsichord
Score
Item no.: 125279
Based on "Adeste fideles" and "O sanctissima"
for Organ
for: Organ
Item no.: 371470
Spielen und Singen mit der Gitarre für 1-2 Gitarren (+CD)
Beliebte, neue, besinnliche und fetzige Weihnachtslieder
for: 1–2 guitars
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 631634
pour orgue
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 604149
for: Organ
Item no.: 145272
Weihnachtskantate
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 234571
Offertorium
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: 2 voices (SS), string orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 237302
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 601338
Solo oder Duett
for: 1-2 flutes; piano ad lib.
Music score, online mp3/pdf with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 183922
22 very easy carols for piano duet
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 243418
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 874583
Hodie Christus Natus Est
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 376691
36 leichte Advents- und Weihnachtsduette (mit Texten)
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 663057
editionchor
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 607833
8 of his best-loved seasonal choral pieces in new transcriptions for solo piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 774017
Famous tradtionals and carols
Mitropa Instrumental Series
for: Flute, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 633398
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 697292
88 Hits aus fünf Jahrzehnten Rock-Pop-Geschichte
Die Song-Collection für den Musikunterricht - Liederbuch (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: School choir
Songbook
Item no.: 211220
20 easy carols for winter, Advent and Christmas
for: 1–3 clarinets, piano
Piano score, ensemble score, online audio
Item no.: 770309
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150352