Augsburg Fortress

Rise Up and Go Tell It!

Two spirituals about the shepherds are paired in this exciting anthem by Anthony Giamanco, which begins with “Rise Up, Shepherds, and Follow” and segues into “Go Tell It on the Mountain.”

Voicing: 2 pt mxd, Pno
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Christmas

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

Evelyn Larter writes a refreshing setting of the traditional Polish lullaby in jazz style.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christmas

It Came upon the Midnight Clear

Imaginative text painting brings added depth to this well-loved carol arranged by Tom Trenney. Lyrical writing is mixed with lush chordal harmonies along with a full piano accompaniment.

Christmas Carillon: Organ Carols for the Winter Seasons

Nine preludes on tunes or familiar carols for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, all playable on a two-manual organ.

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

9781451499056

Ensemble Setting of Holy Communion (Setting 8)

Ensemble Edition of Holy Communion: Setting Eight is an enhanced instrumental setting of Evangelical Lutheran Worship Holy Communion, Setting Eight.

Difficulty: Medium-Difficult

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

In this creative and expressive anthem, Brenda Portman writes captivating new music to go with familiar words reflecting on the graciousness of God and what is required of us in return.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General; Lent & Holy Week; Reformation

Joyous Light: Evening Prayer Service: Pew edition

The pew edition for a contemporary setting of Joyous Light, an evening prayer service offered in thanksgiving as daylight gives way to the night includes melody lines and texts for the worshiping assembly.

9780800659387

Piano Plus: Hymns for Piano and Treble Instrument, Advent/Christmas

Piano Plus: Hymns for Piano and Treble Instrument is a collection of Advent and Christmas tunes that will enrich seasonal worship by incorporating the talents...

Voicing: Instrument w/keyboard; Piano
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Advent; Christmas

9780800638542

Spark Songbook

The Spark Songbook provides a fresh approach to the classic Sunday school songs! These familiar children's songs are exciting to learn and easy to remember. ...

9780806695853

Augsburg Easy Choirbook, Volume 3: Music for the Church Year

A collection of unison and 2-part, accessible music for church, school, and community choirs.

Voicing: 2-part mixed; Unison
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent; All Saints; Christ the King; Christmas; Communion; Easter; General; Lent & Holy Week; Thanksgiving

9781506414041

Spark Song CD

The Spark Song CD provides a fresh approach to the classic Sunday school songs! These familiar children's songs are exciting to learn and easy to remember. ...

9780806695860

Unto Us a Child Is Born

Eugene Hancock marvelously knits together the tune of the spiritual “Mary Had a Baby” with the chant “Hodie Christus natus est” and clothes them with the Christmas text from Isaiah.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas

Of the Land and Seasons: Assembly Edition

Based on Evangelical Lutheran texts, this revised and updated version keeps the underlying concept of a paraphrase setting of holy communion that is based on rural rhythms of work and life.

9781451470185

Piano Sunday Morning

Whimsical and innately rhythmic, this collection dances through tunes both old and new with style and grace. Tunes: Assurance, Austria, Azmon, Dove of Peace,...

Voicing: Piano
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Advent; All Saints; Easter; Epiphany; General

9780800663841

Rock of Ages

Drawing on the beloved text of Rock of Ages, Michael Burkhardt has written a new tune with a flowing, gentle lilt that provides a fresh sound to the familiar.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Funeral; General; Lent & Holy Week

Hymns for Ensembles, Vol. 2: Instrumental Accompaniments for Ecumenical Hymns

This second volume of the two volume set is a practical collection of instrumental accompaniments for hymns that includes fifty-nine tunes found in Evangelical Lutheran Worship and many other hymnals.

9780806698625

Christ Calls to Me

Anthony Giamanco sets a text by Mennonite poet Adam M. L. Tice in this expressive SATB anthem with lyrical melodies and jazz-inflected harmonies. The text speaks of Christ’s grace-filled blessings to us even when we stray.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Confirmation/Affirmation; Ordination; Reformation

Worship & Praise Songbook

The People's Edition, containing words and a single melody line for each song. A few songs often sung in harmony are included in a four-part arrangement....

9780806638508

Night Long Awaited / Noche de paz

An Argentinian text and tune found in All Creation Sings are skillfully arranged by Sherri Hansen in this gentle anthem, which incorporates a stanza of “Silent Night.”

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas

Praise to the Lord (revised edition)

One of the classic hymn arrangements by F. Melius Christiansen, updated and revised in celebration of Christiansen’s 150^th anniversary.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Christ the King; General; Reformation; Thanksgiving

9781506488851