“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: String quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663004
for: 5 clarinets (quintet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663008
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663009
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663029
for: Cornet (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663761
Weihnachtsmotette
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1671029
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 1677833
Weihnachtslieder
teilweise mit Begleitstimme
for: Classical guitar
Music score, CD (audio)
Item no.: 1677994
Kendor Ensemble Series
for: 3 Clarinets and Bass Clarinet
Einzelstimme (Klarinette 1)
Item no.: 1653554
5 X-Mas-Arrangements mit Body-Percussion
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1681123
(Collection)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1677317
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 751300
for: Voice, piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 972429
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1666600
Jazz
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1093581
(Croatia)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726408
7 popular Christmas carols
for: Mallets (Glockenspiel, Xylophon, Marimbaphon) und Percussion, Gesang und Melodie-Stimmen in C, B, D, Es oder F, Bass ad libitum
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1209519
for: Organ and Trumpet
Buch
Item no.: 915570
for: Treble recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751356
4st Männerchor
Europäische Weihnachtslieder für 4st. Männerchor
Item no.: 1668302
for: Piano
Item no.: 1654852
Weihnachtskonzert
for: Favorit choir (SSB), chapell choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1656093
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1663849
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1662931
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1643653
### 19 Weihnachtslieder für zwei Bratschen und Anleitung zum Komponieren und Improvisieren von Begleitstimmen
for: 2 violas
Book: digital edition (PDF)
Item no.: 1666630
Ein deutsches Weihnachtsliederspiel nach oberbayerischen und tiroler Weisen
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) (Frauenchor, Kinderchor) mit Soli (SSATBarB) und kleines Orchester
Einzelstimme Klavier (Orchester)
Item no.: 748090
for: 4-5 Hörner in F
Score, Parts
Item no.: 738964
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751465
with lyrics underneath incl. an appendix
for: Piano
Noten und einem Anhang für Klavier zu 2 und 4 Händen
Item no.: 780193
darin ein Engel die geburt Christi den hirten verkündigt
aus "Trutz-Nachtigall", 1649
for: Voice (medium/low), basso continuo [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 2755
Hymnus in festo nativitatis Christi
aus: Hymnodia Sionia, 1611
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3592
für 3 Blechbläser
for: 3 brass winds (trumpet 1 (C/B-flat), trumpet 2 [baritone horn/horn] (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), trombone [tuba] (C/B-flat))
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4051
Holiday Celebration Series
for: 4 Posaunen (Tenorhörner)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 737453
for: 1–2 cellos; piano ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 1209332
Lieder des 16. Jahrhunderts
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 746579
(From "A Consort Of Choral Christmas Carols" [S.359])
for: Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1619084
Mel.: 15. Jahrhundert Heinrich Isaac "Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen" 1539; geistl. 1505 (Passion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753383
(Swingende Weihnachten für Saxophonquartett, Teil 1)
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar)
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 3701
Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 4781
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Sheet music
Item no.: 3053
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751223
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731836
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747793
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1067556
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210299
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 725493
(Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753411