“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: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751181
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751179
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751170
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751164
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751160
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751158
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751154
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751152
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751149
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751097
op. 97e, 2
for: gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 750661
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747965
Schott Archive
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 747533
for: 1–2 alto saxophones
Music score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1701491
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Item no.: 1687823
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677105
Item no.: 1641616
for: 2 Klarinetten (B oder Es)
Music score
Item no.: 1552324
for: 2 Klarinetten (B oder Es)
Music score
Item no.: 1552318
26 alte Weihnachtslieder mit Text
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1552303
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 733273
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 733269
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 733261
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732572
(Original 1 Ganzton höher) (Tod und Ewigkeit)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 737824
Mel.: bei Bartholomäus Gesius 1601
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 737818
Edition Schott
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (STB) und Streichorchester; Flöte und Cembalo ad libitum
Partitur (= Klavierauszug)
Item no.: 746698
Str. 5: Köln 1574; Mel.: Frankfurt/Main 1569 (Tod und Ewigkeit)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744555
Mel.: Böhmische Brüder 1661 (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730062
(Passion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730044
Kantate über ausländische Weihnachtslieder
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) und 4 Instrumente (Bläser, Streicher) oder Orgel (Klavier)
Piano score
Item no.: 729142
trad. seit 1850
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731847
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 734181
Melodie aus Frankreich
for: 1–3 guitars; melodic instruments ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 733570
8 variations
for: Orgel (Klavier)
Music score
Item no.: 731240
Melodie und Text aus Frankreich
for: 1–3 guitars; melodic instruments ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 730781
Melodie und Text aus Spanien
for: 1–3 guitars; melodic instruments ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 730776
Weihnachtslieder aus aller Welt: Spanien
for: gemischter Chor und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 725413
Aus Ostpreußen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725403
nach einem flämischen Lied aus dem 17. Jh.
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725392
Lieder des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725390
for: gemischter Chor (SSATBB) mit Soli (SA) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 243198
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 245894
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Children's Choir [SSA] and Piano [Harp]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1654903
for: Upper Voices
Choir score
Item no.: 865793
for: Accordion
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 100182
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 947442
for: 2 descant recorders, guitar, glockenspiel
Songbook, ensemble scores
Item no.: 214716