Augsburg Fortress

Your Little Ones, Dear Lord

This piece for 2-part mixed choir and piano is easy to learn and perfect for Advent, Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day.

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

9781506414034

Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands

An exuberant setting of Martin Luther's celebrated Easter hymn, this anthem is appropriate for the Easter season and any festive service celebrating communion or Christ's work on the cross.

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

9781506408538

A New Commandment

The lyrical setting of this text from the Gospel of John reaffirms the world's need to love one another...

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

9781506408491

As Your Spirit in the Desert

With text by Susan Palo Cherwien, "As Your Spirit in the Desert" is perfect for the first Sunday in Lent.

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

9781506408514

The Sun Was Bright That Easter Dawn

Thomas Keesecker has lyrically set Herman Stuempfle's Easter hymn text for choir, organ, and trumpet...

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

9781451492613

Star in the East

This quick-learn SATB setting of a familiar Appalachian carol (creatively re-organizing the Reginald Heber text) is especially useful for the short, early-January turnaround between Christmas and Epiphany.

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

9781451485974

Everything Is One

Herbert and Lois Brokering's lovely and hopeful text is wonderfully set by Charles Forsberg in this terrific St. Olaf anthem. Conveying a message of a brighter future for...

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Christ the King

9781451482898

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

This accessible setting of a popular Isaac Watts text has a simple and delicate piano accompaniment, allowing the voices to take the lead. As the ideas pass through the text...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Good Friday

9781451479515

Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

Hal H. Hopson has arranged some terrific anthems for Augsburg Fortress, and this one is no exception. He gives a slightly different treatment than the traditional settings...

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

9781451462357

Sky Song

This gorgeous choral anthem starts with a lovely instrumental line (played by clarinet or viola), and the piece slowly unfolds as the organ and choir join in...

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

9781451424034

Awake, My Heart

A new tune carries this well-known text in refreshing triple meter. Accessible for any choir, this piece is easily learned and loved, and useful in a variety of...

Voicing: SATB, Kybd
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Easter

9780806697321

Amazing Grace

A bluesy accompaniment lends a fine grounding for this classic hymn. With opportunity for solos throughout, this setting is engaging and enjoyable! Voicing: SAB, pno

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

9780800621377

Drop, Drop, Slow Tears

A new melody lends loveliness to each word. Written for three-part choir, this piece has endless opportunity for musicality.

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

9780800621421

When We Eat This Bread

A wonderful anthem for any service of Holy Communion, the congregation can join on the refrain with familiar words. Scored for SATB choir, the verses are...

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Communion

9780800621582

Jesus is a Rock in a Weary Land

Soulful and effortless, this well-known spiritual is set for unison voices with optional second and third part. A contrasting middle section adds interest and variety.

Voicing: Children's choir; Unison
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General

9780800679187

Good Christian Friends, Rejoice and Sing!

Festive Easter music for choirs from youth through adult. The rhythms in this selection are lively and ineffectious, the range moderate and the choral writing...

Voicing: SAB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Easter

9780800678944

Rich in Promise

High quality, yet easily mastered for Lent. Written for SAB and piano, larger choirs will also relish the beauty of both text and music. Poet, Susan Palo...

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

9780800638856

Child of Light

This work, scored for SATB divisi and organ, was written for the 2004 St. Olaf Christmas Festival. Texts are by Bruce Benson and Herbert Brokering.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas

Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow

New to the Augsburg Fortress catalog, Kerry Lewis brings us a joyful setting of the spiritual "Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow." A good choral program...

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

9780800620158

When in Our Music God is Glorified

Few arrangements can match this one for quality and originality. This is a tune and text that children and youth will benefit and enjoy knowing and an...

Voicing: Children's choir; Unison
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christ the King; Easter; Epiphany; General

9780800638108