“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.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 579695
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 578663
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2, 3
Item no.: 218990
Weihnachtsoratorium
Erstdruck
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 630471
for: Voice, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 649216
Weihnachtsmesse (liturgisch)
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (SSATB), 2 Flöten, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 750149
Herrnhuter Weihnachtsmusik
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 340095
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371366
Weihnachtsmesse (liturgisch)
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (SSATB), 2 Flöten, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Viola 1
Item no.: 736765
in Sätzen für gemischten Chor mit Begleitung ad libitum
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 387825
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233443
for: 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231611
Weihnachtskantate
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Cello [Basso continuo]
Item no.: 169904
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 227897
Weihnachts-Motette
Horn 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362505
Weihnachts-Motette
for: Violin
Single part Violin
Item no.: 351035
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (Horn, 2 Violinen, Violone, Orgel)
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424122
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Violone, Orgel)
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424117
Sueddeutsche Weihnachtsmusik 21a
Cello, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 617217
for: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582342
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230047
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 677215
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229780
nach alten Texten und Weisen
Altblockflöte
for: Treble recorder
Treble recorder (single part)
Item no.: 647336
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1543990
Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für junge Chöre
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Single part in B-flat
Item no.: 770278
for: Solo (B), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424570
Weihnachtsoffertorium
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 344262
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 152212
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 473287
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233442
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236305
Weihnachtskonzert über "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich"
für Sopranblockflöte (Oboe), ein oder zwei Violinen, Orgel oder Cembalo und Violoncello ad lib.
for: Descant recorder [oboe], 1–2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231108
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234816
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232188
Halters Music Collection 3
Part 3 in B-flat
Item no.: 346334
30 Weihnachts- und Grablieder (Choräle)
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Part 3 in B-flat
Item no.: 460385
30 Weihnachts- und Grablieder (Choräle)
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Part 1 in B-flat
Item no.: 460383
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443945
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 161004
Part 3 in F (horn)
Item no.: 579306
"Wir seynd geg'n euch wahrhafte Freund" - Kantate
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 104275
for: Concert band
Flute (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661985
for: Concert band
Tuba (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1661977
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 1355117
for: 1-3 Streicher; Klavier ad libitum
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1647018
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 420153
Choralkantate
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Single part Flute
Item no.: 695778