Augsburg Fortress

I Sing a Song of the Saints of God

If there is one song that young choirs love to sing and congregations love to hear them sing, this is it—"I Sing a Song of the Saints of God."...

Voicing: Children's choir; Unison
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: All Saints; Autumn

9780800632045

Where Shepherds Lately Knelt

Carl Schalk lovingly crafted a melody for this Jaroslav Vajda text, which asks us to imagine ourselves as part of the continuing incarnation story. A beautiful, classic anthem.

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas

9780800646523

May God Bestow on Us Grace

Aaron David Miller creates another masterful composition with this lyrical setting of a Martin Luther text.

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: General; Reformation

9781506426006

Credo for Organ and Trumpet: Settings for Festive Occasions

This volume contains a three-movement suite utilizing both chant and chorale versions of the Nicene Creed, and exciting one-movement settings of other hymn tunes.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium
Use: General

9781506413754

Have Mercy on Me

Clayton White composes a gentle and reverent gospel ballad reflecting on an adaptation of Psalm 51. The choir sings the psalm verses with a solo voice responding, “Have mercy, O God.”

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Ash Wednesday; Lent & Holy Week; Psalms

God Alone Be Praised: Ad Lucem

A lyrical and accessible hymn anthem useful for Reformation Day, Christ the King or other church celebrations. This is one of two tunes commissioned by ALCM for its 30th anniversary and the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.

Voicing: Piano; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Christ the King; Reformation

9781506447209

Hear My Voice, O Lord

Jayne Southwick Cool adds to her impressive catalogue of choral music with this gorgeous composition for Lent.

Voicing: Piano; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: General; Lent & Holy Week

9781506445656

Augsburg Chorale Book

This anthology of 29 chorale settings brings choral music based on the great tradition of Reformation chorale tunes to choirs of all sizes and abilities.

Difficulty: Medium; Medium-Difficult
Use: Advent; Christmas; Easter; Lent & Holy Week; Reformation

I'm Going on a Journey

For unison choir with optional assembly, this anthem really swings! Optional bass guitar and tenor saxophone add pizzazz and spice. Appropriate for any service...

Voicing: Children's choir; Unison
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Baptism; Confirmation/Affirmation

9780800664022

Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus

A new tune for a beloved text, this piece offers easy two-part mixed writing. Harmonic variety in the piano accompaniment and contrasting vocal sections skillfully carry this well-known Advent text.

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent

9780800679491

Gloria! Organ Music for Advent and Christmas

Now available as a digital download! Settings for organ solo of beloved carols for the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany seasons.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Advent; Christmas; Epiphany

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This Is the Day

Using a familiar text from Psalm 118, Anne Krentz Organ has crafted a wonderful new anthem that is sure to become a staple in choral libraries.

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

9781506445755

Wake, Awake

Rich chords permeate this classic arrangement of an Advent text. Solemn invocations break into a flurry of "hallelujah"s and a final declaration of praise.

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

9780800645069

O Jerusalem!

Wayne Wold wrote the poetry of this dramatic and stirring anthem while visiting the Holy Land and musically captures all the emotion of the Passion story with intense and colorful text painting.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Lent & Holy Week

The Lamb

John Ferguson has crafted a sensitive setting of this William Blake poem that is gentle and profound.

Voicing: Organ; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christmas; Easter; Lent & Holy Week

9781506447544

Three Holy Days

Pairing a text by Sister Delores Dufner with a Southern Harmony tune, Michael Burkhardt gives us a simple and effective setting that deals with the Three Days (Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter) as a whole.

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

9781506414003

Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands

An exuberant setting of Martin Luther's celebrated Easter hymn, this anthem is appropriate for the Easter season and any festive service celebrating communion or Christ's work on the cross.

Voicing: A cappella; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Communion; Easter

9781506408538

This Little Light of Mine: No. 2 of Two Uncommon Spirituals

This completely different African American tune is slow and introspective, evoking the passionate commitment of the believer to bring light into the world.

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Epiphany; General

9781451499018

Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain

A wonderful festive setting by John Ferguson of the familiar Easter text "Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain" for SATB and Organ. One of the many positive...

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

9780800677961

Lord of the Dance

For large church, college, and professional choirs, this one is definitely worth the work. Extensive performance notes give everything needed to perform this classic work.

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

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