Augsburg Fortress

When We Must Bear Persistent Pain

David Cherwien writes a poignant setting of a Ruth Duck hymn text, found in All Creation Sings, which asks for God’s care while suffering from chronic pain. An easily learned and effective anthem.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General; Healing; Ordinary Time

Christ Is Risen! He Is Living!

Brass, organ, percussion, and full choir! John Helgen writes the perfect festival anthem for Easter Sunday.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Easter

The Lord Is My Light: Dominus illuminatio mea

In this expressive setting of Psalm 27 by Daniel Nelson, the tenors and basses sing the title phrase in Latin on a reoccurring open fifth pattern while the trebles sing the psalm text in eloquent and soaring lines.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Epiphany; Ordinary Time; Psalms

As the Deer Longs for the Waterbrooks

In his setting of Psalm 42, Robert Benson provides a dramatic, multi-movement choral work masterfully scored for SATB choir and organ with an integral cello part.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Lent & Holy Week; Ordinary Time; Psalms

Augsburg Organ Library Series 2: Christmas

Augsburg Organ Library: Christmas, contains 36 pieces for worship or recitals based on Christmas hymn tunes.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Christmas

9781506448084

Christ the Center

Perfect for the smaller choir and an easy addition for large choirs, this stately hymnlike anthem features a Herb Brokering text appropriate for Christ the King and occasions focused on Christ’s work in our lives.

Voicing: 2 pt mxd, Org
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Christ the King; Confirmation/Affirmation; General; Ordination

God's Work, Our Hands

Wayne L. Wold’s original text and tune were written to support the ELCA mission of “God’s Work, Our Hands.” Well-crafted and easily mastered, this is the perfect anthem for Rally Sunday or mission- and justice-themed services.

Voicing: SATB, Kybd
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Praise & Thanksgiving; Stewardship; Thanksgiving

Death Be Never Last

David Sims has beautifully arranged a gentle and expressive Ray Makeever hymn, published in All Creation Sings perfect for All Saints Sunday or funeral and memorial services.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: All Saints; Funeral

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

9781506457789

The Road to Resurrection

Roberta Rowland-Raybold takes us on a journey through Lent, Holy Week, and Easter in this collection of organ settings for the Paschal story. Thoughtful and expressive, these settings are useful organ voluntaries for this holy time of the liturgical year.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Easter; General; Lent & Holy Week

9781506466125

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

O Spirit Bountifully Kind

Kenneth Logan's beautiful unison setting of a poem by seventeenth-century Irish poet Thomas Parnell is perfect for Pentecost or general use.

Voicing: Organ; Unison
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Baptism; Confirmation/Affirmation; General; Ordination; Pentecost

Draw Us In: Organ Settings

David Lasky has skillfully arranged a variety of hymn tunes, mostly from the twentieth century, giving each a fresh interpretation.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium
Use: General; Lent & Holy Week

9781506466095

The Healing of the Nations

A stunning anthem setting Revelation 22 to music: "The river of the water of life flows from the throne of God...the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations." Great for themes of healing, reconciliation, justice, creation, new life and peace.

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

By Grace

With sustained legato lines and subtly shifting harmonies, Cherwien’s writing is both graceful and intriguing. Based on Ephesians, this is the perfect text for Reformation Sunday.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Confirmation/Affirmation; Ordination; Reformation

Lord Jesus, You Shall Be My Song

A gentle and graceful setting of a beloved hymn, perfect for graduations, sendings, anniversaries and ordinations.

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

Unless You Lead Me, Love

Keesecker's setting of poetry by 13th cent. mystic Mechtild of Magdeburg invites us to dance and sing with the love that created the world.

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

A Wedding Music Anthology: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition

A tremendously valuable collection of arrangements of classic pieces as well as original free works for weddings, funerals, and other worship services. This new edition includes all five Wedding Music collections by David N. Johnson in one volume with reproducible instrument parts.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Funeral; Wedding

9781506465982

Piano Sunday Morning, Volume 3

This third volume of the Piano Sunday Morning series by Greg Bottomley continues to showcase his ability to write in many genres, including jazz, blues, and gospel-influenced works. These settings are useful throughout the church year.

Voicing: Piano
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Communion; Easter; General; Lent & Holy Week

9781506466071

Only By Our Lonesome

The lyrics of this worship song by Nate Crary call us out of isolation and into community. The arrangement of this piece lends well to simple instrumentation with piano and/or guitar.

Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Communion; Easter; General; Lent & Holy Week; Maundy Thursday

9781506457321