“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.
Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1060996
GIA Christmas
for: Cantor, SATB, Assembly and Organ
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1149680
Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1010618
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609934
Catholic Christmas Classics
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1154305
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed Choir [SAB, SATB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938123
für SAM und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
Piano score
Item no.: 1609002
for: 2-Part Unison Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1325476
Geistliche Musik
for: Solist, SATB, Piano, Violin and Electric Bass
Choir score
Item no.: 1551222
for: Unison Voices, Medium Solo Voice and Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1094312
for: Voice, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 768510
Geistliche Musik
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1319570
Jazz
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1095642
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1154190
Geistliche Musik
for: Chamber orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 868075
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1318216
Incorporating The First Noel
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 861759
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932035
Arco String Publications
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1018314
Christmas Motet
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681080
für SSA
Singpartitur
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610423
Opt. Orchestra Score
for: SATB, Organ or Piano or Harp or Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 920504
Traditional
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1646703
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110453
for: Mixed Choir [SA Men]
Choir score
Item no.: 950769
GIA Christmas
for: SATB and Keyboard
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1150127
for: 3 oct. Handbells
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855729
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1039140
A Christmas Musical for Secondary Schools
for: Musical
Book
Item no.: 832108
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
for: String Orchestra with opt. 3rd Violin/Viola TC [3 copies]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 914859
for: Men's Choir [TB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959667
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 891118
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1062123
GIA Christmas
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152711
Christmas Anthem
for: Chor unisono und Klavier; Glocken ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 870675
for: Latin percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1059160
for: Symphonic orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1077092
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 920023
Brass Series
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678412
A Christmas Communion Processional
for: SAB- Cantor- Assembly
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152813
The Gift
for: SAB, Solo or Small Treble Ensemble, Harp, Guitar, or Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913934
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964497
Weihnachtslieder aus Deutschland, Nordamerika und Großbritannien
for: Brass ensemble
Single part Horn 3 (F)
Item no.: 1654814
Incorporating "Gesu Bambino" and "Adeste Fidelis"
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) , Flöte optional und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1620144
GIA Christmas
for: 2 Mixed Voices and Piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152123
for: Children's Chorus or solo Treble Voice, SATB, Brass Quartet and Piano
Score
Item no.: 1041905
2nd Trombone
for: Brass Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 935733
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1064774