Augsburg Fortress

Love Consecrates the Humblest Act

A graceful and elegant setting of the hymn tune TWENTY-FOURTH from Robert Powell which carries the beloved Maundy Thursday hymn text.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Lent & Holy Week; Maundy Thursday

O Bread of Life from Heaven

David Ashley White's composition incorporates a 17th-century Latin hymn and has a plainsong feeling.

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

Wondrous Love

This popular American folk hymn is simple in nature, with a profound message of love emanating from the text. The a capella setting opens with a soloist, before expanding...

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

Just As I Am, without One Plea

Maynard's new melody for this familiar text can be sung by any combination of voices.

Voicing: 2-part mixed; Piano
Difficulty: Easy
Use: General; Lent & Holy Week

Children of the Heavenly Father

Tender and wistful, this setting preserves the familiar hymn, but sets the melody thoughtfully and appropriately. Rediscover a beloved hymn with this gentle and...

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General

O Day Full of Grace

Music based on the classic hymn traditionally sung at Pentecost. Set for SATB choir, organ, brass quartet, and optional assembly. A set of parts for 2 trumpets in B-flat and 2 trombones is available by instant download.

Voicing: SATB
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Pentecost

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

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

A Lenten Walk

A haunting setting of the familiar American spiritual, Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley. The timpani ostinato is a wonderful addition to a very easy, yet...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Lent & Holy Week

9780800654481

Creator of the Stars of Night

A remarkable piece that is equally at home on Christ the King Sunday as it is in Advent! With echoes of chant, this 2-part anthem focuses on the kingship and...

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

9781451401622

God Is Our Refuge

Zebulon Highben makes Psalm 46 come to life with musical text-painting that supports the dramatic shifts in mood within the psalm.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Confirmation/Affirmation; Psalms; Reformation

Day by Day

Since its publication in 1992 this has fast become one of our best-selling anthems. It features an alto solo and a simple, but poignant setting of a 19th...

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

9780800649517

How Blest Are They

Voicing: Solo vocal
Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: General

9780800645434

Prophets and Angels

This wonderful musical service is based on the message of prophets and angels heralding the Good News of Christ. A lovely setting of Advent-Christmas lessons...

Difficulty: Medium-Difficult
Use: Advent; Christmas

Still, Still, Still

The traditional Austrian carol is set by Chris Biemesderfer in a charming, accessible arrangement for SAB choir with a gentle piano accompaniment.

Voicing: SAB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Christmas

There's a Wideness in God's Mercy

In this creative and expressive anthem, Brenda Portman writes captivating new music to go with familiar words reflecting on the graciousness of God and what is required of us in return.

Voicing: SATB, Pno
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General; Lent & Holy Week; Reformation

Unto Us a Child Is Born

Eugene Hancock marvelously knits together the tune of the spiritual “Mary Had a Baby” with the chant “Hodie Christus natus est” and clothes them with the Christmas text from Isaiah.

Voicing: SATB, Org
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas

Steal Away

The oboe and piano parts shine as partners with the choir in this spiritual arrangement by Robert Benson. This piece is very effective for the end of the church year or Sundays in Lent.

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

9781506447483

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

This lovely, spritely arrangement is a delight to both sing and hear. Excellent option for use during either Christmas or Epiphany

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

9780806698335

God So Loved the World

One of the most well-known bible verses, the text is set to a flourishing two-part arrangement. Optional handbells add additional interest. A beautiful...

Voicing: 2-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Lent & Holy Week

9780800621445