Augsburg Fortress

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/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Advent

Lost in the Night

Kyle Haugen, new to the Augsburg catalog, pairs this Finnish folk tune melody with a contemporary piano line. This three-part anthem is great for choirs with...

Voicing: SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Advent

9780800659240

For All the Saints, Vol. 2: Hymn Preludes for Funerals

Here is a long-awaited sequal to Robert Hobby's first volume. A great help to church musicians, Hobby offers hymns appropriate for memorial and funeral services...

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: All Saints; Easter; Funeral; General

9780800679101

Before the Marvel of This Night

Published in 1982, this setting of Jaroslav Vajda's wonderful text has become our best-selling seasonal anthem. Also available: instrumental parts by Carl...

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

Comfort, Comfort

John Ferguson takes the popular "Freu dich sehr" tune and sets it within a light, dance-like ritornel. It works equally well with keyboard or Orff instruments...

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

Each Winter As the Year Grows Older

This newer Advent hymn is appropriate any time during winter. The hymn's chant-like quality translates beautifully to choral music, further enhanced by optional instrumental accompaniment.

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent

9780800679323

Augsburg Organ Library: Healing and Funeral

Augsburg Organ Library: Healing and Funeral, contains 40 pieces for worship or recitals based on Healing and Funeral hymn tunes.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Funeral

9781451462616

For All the Saints: Hymn Preludes for Funerals

Those in grief frequently turn to the hymns of the Church as a source of comfort. This collection of ten hymn preludes is specifically designed to feature...

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Funeral

9780800675370

Reflections on Hymn Tunes for the Fall Festivals

Anne Krentz Organ writes with effortless grace for the piano. This collection brims with fine writing and hymn tunes that are useful in Autumn and throughout...

Voicing: Piano
Difficulty: Medium
Use: All Saints; General; Thanksgiving

9780800663834

In Heaven Above: Piano Music for Funerals and Memorials

In Heaven Above is a collection of mostly hymn-based piano music particularly well suited to use in funerals and memorial services, but with many other uses...

Voicing: Piano
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Funeral

9781451401912

Canticle of the Turning: My Soul Cries Out with a Joyful Shout

A children's or youth choir could sing the first verse of this flexible arrangement, with an adult choir joining on the refrain and leading subsequent verses.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Advent; Evening

For All the Saints, Hymn Preludes for Funerals, Volume 3

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Funeral; General

9781451486056

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/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General

Augsburg Chorale Book

This anthology of 29 chorale settings brings choral music based on the great tradition of Reformation chorale tunes to choirs of all sizes and abilities.

Difficulty: Medium; Medium-Difficult
Use: Advent; Christmas; Easter; Lent & Holy Week; Reformation

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

There's a Voice in the Wilderness

Here is an excellent setting of a text and tune from the Renewing Worship Songbook. Anne Krentz Organ is a masterful arranger and this setting is one of her...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Advent

9780800676537

Augsburg Organ Library: November

Augsburg Organ Library: November, contains 33 pieces for worship or recitals based on tunes for harvest, stewardship, Thanksgiving, and Christ the King.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Autumn

9780800658960

Where Shepherds Lately Knelt

Carl Schalk lovingly crafted a melody for this Jaroslav Vajda text, which asks us to imagine ourselves as part of the continuing incarnation story. A beautiful, classic anthem.

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas

9780800646523

The King Shall Come

Thomas Keesecker has written an original melody for this well-known Advent hymn and a piano part that supports and enriches the choir's singing.

Voicing: Piano; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent

9781506447520

Beautiful the Sky: Four Scandinavian Carols

Beautiful the Sky is a collection of beloved Scandinavian Christmas anthems by Paul J. Christiansen, edited by his son Erik Christiansen. These gorgeous settings evoke...

Voicing: A cappella; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas

9781451424119