Augsburg Fortress

Singing in Community: Paperless Music for Worship

Singing in Community invites you to reconnect with singing and leading music as generations before us have done, something actually begun in ancient times. Before Gutenberg made it possible to "put the music in people's hands," congregational song and folk hymns were led without printed music for each singer. We can learn to sing in this way - a practice that seems new, but is very old.

Difficulty: Medium-Difficult

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Light of the World

A spirited, joyful anthem. This arrangement of Cathy Pino's popular song "Light of the World" calls us to shine wherever we are.

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

Christ's Blessing

This brief but rich motet asks for Christ's Blessing upon everyone.

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

Alleluia! Jesus Is Risen! Earth and All Stars

This anthem for SATB voices, organ, optional brass quartet (or quintet) timpani and four handbells also has an optional part for the assembly...

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

Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me

Based on the Gregorian "Adoro te devote," this Pentecost anthem has applications beyond that season. Perfect for a smaller choir, but equally successful with a...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Pentecost; Trinity

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

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Young ChildrenSing, Volume 2

Ten short anthems for younger singers, each based on or quoting a familiar hymn text and tune.

Voicing: Children's choir; Unison
Difficulty: Easy

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Ah, Holy Jesus

Classic John Ferguson. Easy, yet very effective with a recurring bass ostinato. This work is included on the hymn festival recording from ALCM which was completed in 1994.

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

Augsburg Easy Choirbook, Volume 2: Music for the Church Year

An outstanding collection of accessible music for church, school, and community choirs. Included are varied selections for the church year, with old favorites...

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

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Seed That in Earth Is Dying

A beautiful and simple arrangement of a new Norwegian hymn from Evangelical Lutheran Worship. Introduce it to your congregation by having the choir present this...

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

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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

Lamb of God

F. Melius Christiansen's arrangement features a German chorale matched to a Lenten text. Simple, yet beautiful lines offer a piece that's easy to learn and a joy to hear.

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

In All Our Grief and Fear We Turn To You

This anthem, with great attention to text, instills peace on the listener and singer alike in a setting of the hymn tune Fredericktown. The setting weaves O...

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

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Augsburg Easy Choirbook, Volume 1: Music for the Church Year

A new must-have collection of sacred choral music that is easy and accessible to the smaller, less accomplished choir—yet substantial and interesting...

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

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Out of the Depths I Cry to Thee

Voicing: 2-part mixed; Keyboard
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult

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O Dearest Lord, Thy Sacred Head

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

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This Joyful Eastertide

Hal H. Hopson has created a vibrant and stately anthem on Christ's resurrection. The organ, brass, handbells, and timpani all add quite a bit to this work. A cappella writing...

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

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

Amy Engelsdorfer sets Isaac Watts's beloved text with a fresh, melodic line that reflects the solemnity and adoration of the text.

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

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Holy God, Holy and Glorious

Jeremy J. Bankson gives this beloved hymn, filled with expansive images for God, a lyrical and expressive setting.

Voicing: Organ; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christ the King; General; Lent & Holy Week; Transfiguration

Light in Deepest Night

A Lenten meditation based on the writings of Julian of Norwich. This choral work could be accompanied with organ only, with organ and string quartet, or with...

Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Lent & Holy Week