Intermediate Sacred & Church Music Sheet Music

A mass composition by a young Viennese composer: in 1760, at the age of 16, Marianna von Martines (1744-1812) composed her "Seconda Messa". Just one year later, another mass from her pen was performed...

A mass composition by a young Viennese composer: in 1760, at the age of 16, Marianna von Martines (1744-1812) composed her "Seconda Messa". Just one year later, another mass from her pen was performed...

Kantate zum 5. Sonntag nach Trinitatis - Für diese Choralkantate übernahm Bach die 1, 4 und 7 Strophe des gleichnamigen Chorals von Georg Neumark. Die anderen Strophen sind dagegen mit freien Nachdich...

Although 'Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz' (What is it troubles thee, my heart) BWV 138 is based on the chorale of the same name, it is nevertheless not regarded as one of Bach's chorale cantatas. I...

Bach chose an unconventional beginning for his nine-movement cantata 'Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind' BWV 153, which he composed in his first year as Kantor of St. Thomas's for the Sunday after N...

The cantata 'Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren' BWV 154 was first performed on 9 January 1724, the 1st Sunday after Epiphany. The structure and extent of the work are unusual: it comprises eight, inste...

'Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe' (I stand with my open grave before me) BWV 156 is one of the few surviving cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach that is based on texts from the so-called Picander cycle....

The cantata 'Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe' (You mortals, tell of God's devotion) BWV 167 is one of the first works which Bach wrote in his capacity as Kantor of St. Thomas's Leipzig. It was compo...

The cantata 'Nun danket alle Gott' (Now thank we all our God) BWV 192 is based on the text of the well-known hymn. It is therefore one of a small number of chorale cantatas which contain no free poeti...

There is hardly a work by a contemporary that Bach can be proven to have worked on as frequently and intensively as Keiser's "St. Mark Passion". There is evidence of a total of three performances, for...

The office as a priest and the long years as musical director of the Ospedale della Pietà (a large orphonage in Venice) both occasioned and inspired him to compose church music in large variety. The M...

Psalm 147 "Lauda Jerusalem" has an important place in the church year, including in vespers on Marian feasts. Antonio Vivaldi's only setting of this vesper psalm has some special features: The work is...

In contrast to the two "Regina coeli" settings K. 74 and 127, which are scored for solo soprano and choir, Mozart uses the quartet of soloists in K. 276, which, as in the Salzburg masses, often only d...

In contrast to the two "Regina coeli" settings K. 74 and 127, which are scored for solo soprano and choir, Mozart uses the quartet of soloists in K. 276, which, as in the Salzburg masses, often only d...

Choralmesse für eine tiefere Solostimme, die 1842 in Windhaag entstand.

Choralmesse für eine tiefere Solostimme, die 1842 in Windhaag entstand.

The "Hallelujah" chorus from George Frideric Handel's masterpiece "Messiah" (HWV 56, No. 39) is unquestionably one of the most sublime and celebrated choral works in music history. With its stirring d...

Coro SATB, 2 Ctr, Timp, 2 Vl, Bc

Cherubini's Ave Maria was originally scored for Soprano and Clarinet in C with two Violins, Viola, Cello and Bass accompaniment. The work is available here, with parts, to be performed either with two...

Wealth Enough for Me from 'For a Breath of Ecstasy' by Micheal John Trotta with words by Sara Teasdale. This work is for SATB choir with Oboe and String Quartet or Piano.

This piece, written in 2008, is a setting of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass, although it is intended for concert rather than liturgical use. The celebratory nature of the text is underlined b...

This piece, written in 2008, is a setting of the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Mass, although it is intended for concert rather than liturgical use. The celebratory nature of the text is underlined b...

Alto Saxophone & Strings

Alto Saxophone & Strings