Augsburg Fortress

Come, Lord Jesus, Come to Earth

Walter L. Pelz writes a beautiful Advent anthem that is well-crafted and inviting. Choirs will enjoy the fluid part-writing of the a cappella third stanza.

Voicing: SAB, Org
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent

Thanks We Sing to Thee

The familiar tune “Simple Gifts” is paired with a Ralph Waldo Emerson text in this SATB setting by Nancy Grundahl, perfect for Thanksgiving worship.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Stewardship; Thanksgiving

Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ

This favorite hymn is arranged for 2-part mixed choir, organ and optional steel drum, percussion and assembly.

Voicing: 2-part mixed; Keyboard; Unison
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Communion; Stewardship

O Blessed Spring

Many congregations have come to love this hymn with text by Susan Palo Cherwien and tune by Robert Buckley Farlee. Now David Cherwien...

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

9781451420753

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

Strengthen for Service

Wonderful new choral music for communion! Two texts are provided allowing this piece to be used twice within the same service - as an offertory hymn prior...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Communion; General

9780800678265

Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning

An all-around winner, your singers will love this! John Helgen knows how to write for the child's voice and keyboard.

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

9780800677497

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

I Would Be True

Augsburg Fortress is delighted to republish this beautiful SAB anthem, originally published in 1979, by Undine Smith Moore with inspiring poetry of Howard A. Walter.

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

As the Dark Awaits the Dawn

In this NEW setting, Carl Schalk has arranged his original Advent melody for a cappella choir, providing rich harmonies and lyrical text painting to carry the stirring text by Susan Palo Cherwien.

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

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

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

This setting of a beloved hymn utilizes rhythmic augmentation and gentle application of handbells and percussion to lead into meditation on the communion text.

Voicing: SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Communion; General

9781451498882

Take My Life, That I May Be

A lovely setting of Frances R. Havergal's beautiful text about Christian devotion and service, "Take My Life, That I May Be" is colorful and varied but always accessible.

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

9781451498998

Choral Stanzas for Hymns, Vol. 1

In this first volume of the two-volume set of choral stanzas, you will find settings of 80 hymns. With the creation of Evangelical Lutheran Worship came the...

Difficulty: Medium-Difficult

9780806698410

He Is Born

This charming arrangement of the French carol "Il Est Ne" will be a wonderful addition to either the children's or women's repertoire for the Christmas season....

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

Give Thanks to the Lord

Composer Mark Patterson is one of the best in the business. He knows the voice, he knows the smaller choir, and he knows the youth choir. This work will add...

Voicing: SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Autumn; Easter; General; Thanksgiving

9780800623845

I Sing a Song of the Saints of God

If there is one song that young choirs love to sing and congregations love to hear them sing, this is it—"I Sing a Song of the Saints of God."...

Voicing: Children's choir; Unison
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: All Saints; Autumn

9780800632045

Lo, How a Rose Is Growing

A hauntingly lovely two setting of this wonderful text. This arrangement will work extremely well with the small choir that enjoys music of quality and...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Christmas

9780800672430

Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us

Scored for unison voices and keyboard, William Bradley Roberts popular setting is based on a beloved hymn text paraphrase of Psalm 23 and paired with his original tune, GRANT.

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

9780800646981