Augsburg Fortress

Wondrous Love

This popular American folk hymn is simple in nature, with a profound message of love emanating from the text. The a capella setting opens with a soloist, before expanding...

Voicing: A cappella; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Lent & Holy Week

There Is a Green Hill Far Away

Ideal for Good Friday, this beautiful anthem is a reflection on Christ's sacrifice on the cross. The flute/violin part is absolutely gorgeous and accompanies the lush writing...

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Good Friday

9781451479461

Augsburg Organ Library: November

Augsburg Organ Library: November, contains 33 pieces for worship or recitals based on tunes for harvest, stewardship, Thanksgiving, and Christ the King.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Autumn

9780800658960

Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and Sing!

Bankson pairs a beloved Easter hymn text with the broad and noble hymn tune BEVERLY.

Voicing: Organ; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Easter

Earth and All Stars: Alternative Hymn Settings

Tom Trenney writes a festive accompaniment for “Earth and All Stars” scored for organ, brass quartet, percussion, and assembly to enliven the singing of this hymn in worship.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium

Piano Reflections on Chorale Tunes

This volume includes settings of seven German chorale tunes to use as prelude, offertory, or additional attendant service music.

Voicing: Piano
Difficulty: Medium; Medium-Difficult
Use: General; Reformation

9781506413716

Sing with All the Saints in Glory

Henry Gerike's wonderful setting of the much-loved tune Mississippi. Scored for SATB, organ, horn or trombone, and optional assembly.

Voicing: SATB; SATB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: All Saints; Autumn; Fall

God So Loved the World

One of the most well-known bible verses, the text is set to a flourishing two-part arrangement. Optional handbells add additional interest. A beautiful...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Lent & Holy Week

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Christ Is Risen! He Is Living!

Brass, organ, percussion, and full choir! John Helgen writes the perfect festival anthem for Easter Sunday.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Easter

Comfort, Comfort

John Ferguson takes the popular "Freu dich sehr" tune and sets it within a light, dance-like ritornel. It works equally well with keyboard or Orff instruments...

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Advent

Come, Lord Jesus, Prince of Peace

Here is the perfect anthem for the first Sunday of Advent! Written in the style of an expressive art song, this unison/two-part mixed anthem by Frederick Frahm for adult choirs of any size is particularly useful when rehearsal time is limited.

Voicing: U/2pt mxd
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent

Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days

A beautiful anthem based on an English folk tune, perfect for Ash Wednesday or any time throughout Lent.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Ash Wednesday; Lent & Holy Week

Day of Arising

Once again, Carl Schalk displays his consummate skill by weaving together an unforgettable new tune with a text from Susan Palo Cherwien's hymn collection, O...

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Easter

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Augsburg Organ Library: Reformation

From classic chorales to global songs, enjoy these marvelous hymns of grace and faith arranged by top composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Communion; Confirmation/Affirmation; General; Pentecost; Reformation

9781506413600

My Song Is Love Unknown

A cello obligato adds warmth and depth to a new setting by Benjamin Culli of this familiar text using the John Ireland tune, LOVE UNKOWN. The choir sings in unison with optional assembly for much of the anthem.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christ the King; Good Friday; Lent & Holy Week; Maundy Thursday; Passion/Palm Sunday

Come Away to the Skies

A spirited, joyful setting of this early American tune and Wesley text, perfect for small choirs on Easter or the Sunday after.

Voicing: Organ; Unison
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Easter

9781506422008

Take Up Your Cross

Set to a lilting Scottish folk tune, Anthony Giamanco writes easy choral music appropriate for high school through adult. The clear and clean writing makes this...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Lent & Holy Week

9780800678968

I Am the Light

This version of a classic treble choir anthem has updated, inclusive language and a secondary part for male voices.

Voicing: 2-part mixed; Piano
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Advent; Epiphany; General

9781451498844

The Day of Resurrection!

This wonderful Easter anthem, based on a text by John of Damascus, is a celebratory declaration of Christ's resurrection. The alternating meters are easy to follow...

Voicing: SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Easter

9781451451665

Nunc Dimittis

The first piece in the new St. Olaf Choral Series, Nunc Dimittis, premiered at the renowned St. Olaf College Christmas Festival in 1994. This lush work, of...

Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Epiphany