Augsburg Fortress

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

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

Celtic Jazz: Hymn Settings

John Turner's gift for jazz is evident in the variety of styles found in these arrangements. If you have a bass player or drummer, the optional instrumental parts turn these hymns into an instant jazz trio.

Voicing: Piano
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Christmas; General; Wedding

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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

Ride On, King Jesus: Palm Sunday Medley

Three hymns and spirituals appropriate for Palm Sunday are combined in this medley that features a lively piano accompaniment and many options for ensemble performance.

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

Go to Dark Gethsemane

David W. Music gives new life to this beloved hymn by providing a new melody.

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

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

When Twilight Comes

Wentzel's new melody for "When Twilight Comes" is the perfect anthem for Maundy Thursday, evening services, or during communion distribution.

Voicing: Organ; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Communion; General; Lent & Holy Week

Our Paschal Lamb that Sets Us Free

Martin Franzmann's lively text dances in 6/8 time, and the brass quintet adds brilliance and gravity.

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

There Are Children at the Door

A hauntingly profound anthem by David Cherwien that sets a poem by Herb Brokering about Jesus' call to care for refugee and migrant children.

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

Piano Weavings, Volume Three: Improvisations on Liturgical Songs

Piano arrangements of hymns, liturgical songs, and service music by Sherri Hansen. Pieces include "Halle, Halle, Hallelujah" and "This Is the Feast of Victory."

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

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Love Is Come Again

Hear the Easter hymn "Now the Green Blade Rises" with new ears in this sensitive and sweeping musical setting by Jeff Fuhrer.

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

Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling

Brenda Portman's lovely, expressive choral setting of this beloved hymn features beautiful part-writing and a flowing piano accompaniment with optional a cappella sections.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: All Saints; Funeral; General; Lent & Holy Week

This Christmas Time

Zach Unke’s evocative and playful settings of familiar Christmas carols range in style from serene to bluesy to triumphant. Settings include "Before the Marvel of this Night" and "In the Bleak Midwinter." A joy to play and to hear!

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

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Across the Pond: Organ Settings on English Tunes

Kevin Uppercue's organ writing is extremely well-crafted and creative, as evident by the thoughtful counterpoint, rhythmic variation, and lyrical treatment in these settings on English hymn tunes. Useful throughout the year as preludes, postludes, or extended hymn introductions.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium
Use: All Saints; Christmas; Epiphany; General; Lent & Holy Week; Transfiguration

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I Cried All Night Long

Clayton White arranged this spiritual in honor of the Wings Over Jordan choir and captured the spirit and energy of their setting.

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

Sing unto God a Song of Joy

Comets, mountains, fish and birds: God created all of them, so we should sing praise! This playful 2-part anthem is easy to learn and a delight to sing for children and adults alike.

Voicing: 2-part mixed; Piano
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Baptism; Easter; General; Pentecost; Stewardship; Trinity

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

Healing Leaves of Grace: A Thomas Pavlechko Hymnary

Forty hymns set to new tunes by Thomas Pavlechko, enriching assembly song throughout the church year.

Voicing: Unison
Difficulty: Easy

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