“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.
Advent / Weihnachten
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 187145
Wie Musik uns verwandelt
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 796405
Dritter Teil: Nr. 1-120, vierter Teil: Nr. 121-294
Das Erbe Deutscher Musik VII/22+23
for: Singstimme, Instrument
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 119153
2 Teilbände
Das Erbe Deutscher Musik VII/10+11
for: Singstimme, Instrument
Gesamtausgabe, Faksimile, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 119147
Schule für Sopranblockflöte (barocke Griffweise) in 3 Bänden
Mit Illustrationen von Sabine Bornmann
for: 1-3 Blockflöten (SSS)
MITTELROSA
Item no.: 167735
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 140369
Texte Latin and Anglais
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 107242
Von Hirten, Fischern und Bauern - Von stillen Dingen - Weihnachtslieder
for: Chor (SMezA) mit Unterstimme (Bar) und Instrumenten (Bfl., Git., Klar., Trp., Vc. ad libitum, Stabsp. und Schlgz.)
Score
Item no.: 103270
Ein Weihnachtsliederalbum
for: für Violine oder Blockflöte oder Gesang
Item no.: 112784
Weihnachtslieder–Potpourri
for: Electric organ; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 102937
2. Fassung mit 4 Einlagesätzen der Es-Dur-Fassung (transponiert)
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Viola
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 133783
Magnificat des Druckes Nürnberg 1567. 24 Kompositionen zu 6, 5 und 4 Stimmen, jeweils in den acht Tönen (Primi Toni - Octavi Toni). Anhang
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 13
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116268
Lieder aus der Kantate für Hausmusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114738
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 113928
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 489459
(Sleigh Ride)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 956688
Grade .5 - Score Only
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 956004
Symphonic-Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 803745
for treble brass instrument (trumpet, tenor horn, french horn, euphonium, eb bass)
for: Trumpet
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 455642
28 Trios That Can Be Played by Any Combination of Instruments
for: Violine und Oboe
Item no.: 864832
Scherzando Pop, Film and Show
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 981869
for: Flugelhorn, horn (F), tenor horn
Score, set of parts (anthology)
Item no.: 1565250
Cantata for Christmas Day
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 260750
Kantate zum zweiten Weihnachtstag
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Klavier
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 152255
Musik für festliche Stunden
für Hackbrett, Zither und Gitarre
for: Folk music band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 174170
Die schönsten Lieder für die Weihnachtszeit aus den Alpenländern für 23 Singstimmen mit Begleitharmonien gesetzt
for: Voices [children's choir], instruments
Songbook
Item no.: 407645
Sehr leichte bis leichte Weihnachtslieder
for: 1–2 trombones
Ensemble score, online playback
Item no.: 771213
Aus der Reihe "Modern Keyboard"
for: Keyboard
Item no.: 333632
für gem Chor und Orgel Chorpartitur (dt)
Vereinfachte und gekürzte Fassung.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [harmonium]
Choir score
Item no.: 123872
33 der besten Weihnachtslieder für Gitarre
Solofassung - Ausgearbeitete Fassung - Gitarrenduo
for: Voice, guitar
Songbook
Item no.: 609849
for: Recorder
Item no.: 289860
aus der Reihe "Von Ton zu Ton"
for: 2–3 descant recorders
Item no.: 167703
Canzona napolitana
bearbeitet für 2 Melodieinstrumente (in C) und Klavier
for: 2 melodic instruments (C), piano
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 2236
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 5232
Choralvorspiel, BWV 645
bearbeitet für Trompete und Orgel
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ [piano]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5615
Mash up Rondo of best Christmas Songs
for Saxophone Quintet
for: 5 saxophones (SAATBar/SATTBar)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6256
Mash up Rondo of best Christmas Songs
for String Quintet
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (string quintet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6258
Mash up Rondo of best Christmas Songs
for String Trio
for: Violin, viola [violin], cello [viola] (string trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6259
Hymnus in Dominicis et Feriis Adventus Domini
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3535
Hinno per il giorno del Epifania
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3583
Hinno per il Santiss. Natale di nostro Signore, e per la Festa degli Innocenti. Serve anco all festa die tutti i Santi.
Del Quinto Tono
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3584
Choralvorspiel (manualiter)
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3961
In festo nativitatis Christi
aus "Gemmulae Evangeliorum Musicae ...", Coburg 1623
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo [organ] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 4425
Meditation über das erste Präludium aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier von Johann Sebastian Bach
bearbeitet für Oboe und Klavier
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1238
für 2-x Instrumente (Blasorchester)
for: Flexible ensemble (3 voices); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 671076
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 647809
(Ireland)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756212
for: Treble recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 756806