Augsburg Fortress

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

Be Thou My Vision

Enjoy a gentle and easy hymn concertato on this familiar hymn arranged by Benjamin M. Culli, including parts for 2 flutes.

Voicing: SATB, Kybd
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Confirmation/Affirmation; General; Lent & Holy Week; Ordination; Stewardship

This Night

This re-release of a classic F. Melius Christiansen Christmas anthem is based on the familiar tune used with “Oh, That I Had a Thousand Voices” and incorporates a part for children’s choir or soloists, with adult choir.

Voicing: Children's choir; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christmas

I Want Jesus to Walk With Me

Rich, soulful, and legato, this spiritual arrangement includes a stanza with optional assembly.

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

Forty Days and Forty Nights

Choirs will enjoy the constantly shifting major and minor chords in Franklin Ashdown's anthem, illustrating the tension inherent in Lent.

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

Jesus Loves Me: Organ Settings of William Bradbury Tunes

Benjamin Kolodziej crafted a collection of organ settings of beloved William Bradbury tunes as well as hymn introductions (in various keys) for use with assembly singing.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Easter; Funeral; General

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

For You Alone, O God, I Wait

Andrew Birling crafted this paraphrase of Psalm 62 using two hymn tunes, DETROIT and BROTHER JAMES' AIR.

Voicing: Piano; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Epiphany; General

9781506447162

Sounding Joy: Organ Settings for Christmas

This new volume by Aaron Shows marks his debut in the Augsburg Fortress catalogue.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium; Medium-Difficult
Use: Christmas

Dance to the Lord: Piano Settings

This collection of lively arrangements of hymn tunes and carols from around the world would make for great preludes, postludes or offertories.

Voicing: Piano
Difficulty: Medium
Use: General

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

John Cornish's new composition features a rousing rendition of the beloved tune NETTLETON.

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

9781506425740

How Good, Lord, to Be Here!

With this new composition, Hal H. Hopson has created another gem that will be a welcome addition to any choral library.

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

9781506425849

Lord, Be Thy Word My Rule

With a lovely, sweeping melody, this new work by K. Lee Scott is sure to become a favorite of choirs and congregations alike.

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

9781506425986

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

This is a setting for SAB choir and piano of the classic Frederick Faber text.

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

9781506422152

His Voice As the Sound of the Dulcimer Sweet

This Joseph Swain text and American folk hymn tune (SAMANTHRA) are given a tender setting for SATB choir and piano.

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

9781506413891

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

A New Commandment

The lyrical setting of this text from the Gospel of John reaffirms the world's need to love one another...

Voicing: Keyboard; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: General

9781506408491

As Your Spirit in the Desert

With text by Susan Palo Cherwien, "As Your Spirit in the Desert" is perfect for the first Sunday in Lent.

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

9781506408514

Bless Now, O God, the Journey

A moving text by Sylvia Dunstan is paired with a traditional Scottish melody and set by Hal Hopson. Very useful even for small choirs.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: General

9781506408545

Grace & Peace, Volume 7: Hymn Portraits for the Christmas Cycle

This collection of 11 sculptures in sound offers new perspectives on familiar hymns and carols for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany.

Voicing: Piano
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Advent; Christmas; Epiphany