Sacred & Church Music Sheet Music Downloads (PDF)

Even during Ludwig van Beethoven's lifetime, the composer was so revered that contemporaries arranged his music – mostly the well-known instrumental works – for choir. In some cases, he may even have...

Written in 1727 for a "speech of praise and mourning" for Electress Christiane Eberhardine in Leipzig's university church, the music of the Trauerode is known today primarily through reconstructions o...

Psalm texts inspired Mendelssohn throughout his career, and he left behind five large orchestral psalms in addition to a cappella movements.

Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio "Paulus" under the influence of the revival of J. S. Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" (1829), which he himself conducted. He integrated choral movements into "Paulu...

Haydn's composition is characterized by a dramatic, extremely moving emotionality that is hard to resist. The work was originally conceived as a purely instrumental composition - as meditation music i...

The Fantasia for organ was composed in 2019. This composition is based on a melody attributed to the French composer Louis Bourgeois (ca. 1510-1560). This is one of the best-known melodies in the Chri...

21 compositions, final versions. Urtext of the New Bach Edition.

The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade 2 & 8)

In 2021, the organ is the "Instrument of the Year". To mark the occasion, Hans-Dieter Karras has selected a compilation that is now being published in "Festliches für Orgel". It is deliberately not sc...

Grunenwald, Jean-Jacques (1911 - 1982)

The Agnus Dei by Georges Bizet is a work of great purity, filled with calm and gentle expression. Originally coming from a larger vocal context, it shows Bizet's fine melodic sense. The flowing main l...

3 Evening Hymns by Marianne Zaindl is a triptych full of calm and contemplation, inspired by the stillness of the evening. Each movement is a musical meditation on spiritual texts that are deeply root...

The Agnus Dei by Georges Bizet is a work of great purity, filled with calm and gentle expression. Originally coming from a larger vocal context, it shows Bizet's fine melodic sense. The flowing main l...

The Agnus Dei by Georges Bizet is a work of great purity, filled with calm and gentle expression. Originally coming from a larger vocal context, it shows Bizet's fine melodic sense. The flowing main l...

3 Evening Hymns by Marianne Zaindl is a triptych full of calm and contemplation, inspired by the stillness of the evening. Each movement is a musical meditation on spiritual texts that are deeply root...

3 Evening Hymns by Marianne Zaindl is a triptych full of calm and contemplation, inspired by the stillness of the evening. Each movement is a musical meditation on spiritual texts that are deeply root...

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