Augsburg Fortress

Celestial Spring: II Exaltation

A new edition of a classic motet by F. Melius Christiansen, celebrating the joy of spring, rebirth, and renewal.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: General

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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Dust, Remember You Are Splendor

Susan Palo Cherwien’s poetry brings new imagery and depth to the traditional Ash Wednesday themes of dust and repentance. Composer Anne Krentz Organ writes original music which underscores the hopeful and contemplative text.

Voicing: SAB, Pno
Use: Ash Wednesday; Lent & Holy Week

Build a Longer Table

John Helgen crafts a moving setting of a hymn of justice found in the worship supplement All Creation Sings. The text speaks of healing divisions and caring for those in need rather than shutting them out.

Voicing: SAB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Easter; General

Love Consecrates the Humblest Act

A graceful and elegant setting of the hymn tune TWENTY-FOURTH from Robert Powell which carries the beloved Maundy Thursday hymn text.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Lent & Holy Week; Maundy Thursday

Christ, Who Was Before the World Began

A newly composed tune is paired with an Angier Brock text in this anthem by Brenda Portman. Written for adult unison choir, the anthem features a lyrical and noble melody in a flexible mixed meter.  

Voicing: U, Org; Unison
Difficulty: Easy
Use: General; Lent & Holy Week

How Beautiful the Messenger

Wayne Wold weaves a new text based on the well-loved passage from Isaiah 52:7. The tuneful melody floats between the upper and lower voices in this gentle anthem scored for SATB choir.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christmas; Graduation; Ordination

May the Deep Blessings of Earth Be with Us

Tom Trenney brings a deeply imaginative text from John Philip Newell to life in this dynamic anthem for SATB choir.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Creation; General

O Come, Let Us Sing

Here is a festive setting of Psalm 95 by well-loved composer Walter Pelz written in honor of his 95^th birthday. Choirs of any size will create a big sound in this accessible SAB anthem.

Voicing: SAB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christ the King; General; Lent & Holy Week

What Joyous Song Unfolding

A gently contoured melody uplifts the poetry of Susan Cherwien in this graceful anthem by Zebulon Highben. The music is largely 2-part mixed with an expressive SATB a cappella third stanza.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Creation; General; Praise & Thanksgiving

Arise and Rejoice

Here is a joyful anthem of praise and thanksgiving from Mark Patterson. The original text celebrates the “gifts of age and youth, the wisdom of the years” and is paired with energetic and uplifting music.

Voicing: SATB, Children's choir, HB
Difficulty: Easy
Use: General; Ordination; Praise & Thanksgiving; Stewardship; Thanksgiving

Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us

Scored for SATB, keyboard, and optional C instrument, William Bradley Roberts writes a new setting of his popular unison anthem based on a beloved hymn text paraphrase of Psalm 23 and pairs it with his original tune, GRANT.

Voicing: SATB, Kybd
Difficulty: Medium
Use: All Saints; Easter; Funeral

O Splendor of God’s Glory Bright

Brenda Portman sets this familiar hymn text to the well-loved TALLIS’ CANON, creating an impressive and accessible anthem for 2-part, 3-part, or 4-part choir with a beautiful organ accompaniment.

Voicing: 2 pt mxd/SAB/SATB
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Epiphany; Evening; General; Summer

Beautiful Savior

A classic in choral literature and a standard in the St. Olaf Choir repertoire, this graceful setting of a stirring text continues to inspire. The text speaks...

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General

Touch That Soothes and Heals

An Easter hymn from All Creation Sings is set by Thomas Keesecker in this accessible SAB anthem useful throughout the Easter Season and particularly on the Second Sunday of Easter.

Voicing: SAB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Communion; Easter; Healing

Nada me falta: Psalm 23

Mark Sedio writes a bilingual Spanish and English setting of Psalm 23 with original music in the style of a Spanish folk tune.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Advent; All Saints; Easter

Thou Shalt Know Him

This piece by Canadian composer Mark Sirett is exquisite in every way, from its rich harmonic writing to its poignant text.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Advent

Let Us Love One Another

Written for a wedding and appropriate for any lectionary day about love, Mark Sirett's setting of this well-known text from 1 John features beautiful, lyrical part-writing and a flowing accompaniment.

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

Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness

The master of jazz harmonies has set the James K. Manley text and tune in a lush and sensitive setting again incorporating imaginative and stylistically...

Voicing: Piano
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult

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Jesus, My Lord and God

John Ferguson’s delightful setting of Ron Klug’s poem is perfect for many church seasons, including Epiphany, Easter, Communion, or General use. The piece can be sung in unison or antiphonally with two smaller groups.

Voicing: Unison
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult

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