Sacred Music Sheet Music

This is the second of six Masses composed by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), also referred to frequently as the "Mass in G," and it remains the best known of the three shorter settings titled &q...

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) wrote his Requiem Mass for four soloists, double choir, and orchestra in 1874 in memory of Italian writer and humanist Alessandro Manzoni, whom Verdi greatly admired. It pre...

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) wrote his Requiem Mass for four soloists, double choir, and orchestra in 1874 in memory of Italian writer and humanist Alessandro Manzoni, whom Verdi greatly admired. It pre...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) wrote numerous versions in G minor of the Magnificat canticle, making alterations to his own settings over his decades serving as director of music at the Ospedale della Pi...

This edition of George Frideric Handel's (1685-1759) most famous work was edited by Ebenezer Prout, and includes additional accompaniments largely re-written by him. The preface provided by Prout offe...

This edition of George Frideric Handel's (1685-1759) most famous work was edited by Ebenezer Prout, and includes additional accompaniments largely re-written by him. The preface provided by Prout offe...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) wrote the St. Cecilia Mass (officially named Messe solennelle en l'honneur de Sainte-Cécile) in 1855 as an homage to St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. It premiered on...

Charles Gounod (1818-1893) wrote the St. Cecilia Mass (officially named Messe solennelle en l'honneur de Sainte-Cécile) in 1855 as an homage to St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music. It premiered on...

St. Paul (Paulus), Op. 36 was composed in 1834-1836 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) as his first large-scale oratorio, a work that reflects his deep engagement with the sacred choral traditions of Ba...

Cantata No. 146: Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen, BWV 146 (We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God) was composed in 1726 by Johann Sebastian Bach (168...

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: "Jesu, bleibet meine Freude"), orchestrated by Alfred Reed, originates from Johann Sebastian Bach's (1685-1750) cantata comp...

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: "Jesu, bleibet meine Freude"), orchestrated by Alfred Reed, originates from Johann Sebastian Bach's (1685-1750) cantata comp...

Written by Georg Frideric Händel (1685-1759) in 1746, the 3-act oratorio Judas Maccabaeus (also spelled Judas Maccabeus) is based on 1 Maccabees, one of the deuterocanonical (or apocryphal) books of s...

Written by Georg Frideric Händel (1685-1759) in 1746, the 3-act oratorio Judas Maccabaeus (also spelled Judas Maccabeus) is based on 1 Maccabees, one of the deuterocanonical (or apocryphal) books of s...

Written by Georg Frideric Händel (1685-1759) in 1746, the 3-act oratorio Judas Maccabaeus (also spelled Judas Maccabeus) is based on 1 Maccabees, one of the deuterocanonical (or apocryphal) books of s...

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) likely composed three settings of the hymn Gloria in excelsis Deo, though only two have survived. It was common for Vivaldi to write introductory motets to be performed bef...

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) began composition of his setting of the Stabat Mater text in 1876 and finally finishing the orchestral version in late 1877, though it was not published until 1881 as Op. 58...

BIBLICAL SONGS, Op. 99/B. 185, on texts from the Book of Psalms, were written in March of 1894, during Antonín Dvorák's (1841-1904) stay in the United States. The composer turned to the Bible against...

BIBLICAL SONGS, Op. 99/B. 185, on texts from the Book of Psalms, were written in March of 1894, during Antonín Dvorák's (1841-1904) stay in the United States. The composer turned to the Bible against...

The holiday classic, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" arranged and orchestrated by Arthur Harris is for full orchestra. Instrumentation: 2+Picc.2.2+BCl.2+CBsn: 4.3.3.1: Timp.Perc(4): Hp: Str (9.8.7.6.5 i...

The holiday classic, "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" arranged and orchestrated by Arthur Harris is for full orchestra. Instrumentation: 2+Picc.2.2+BCl.2+CBsn: 4.3.3.1: Timp.Perc(4): Hp: Str (9.8.7.6.5 i...

Pour les funérailles d'un soldat (For the Funeral of a Soldier) was written by a then nineteen-year-old Lili Boulanger (1893-1918). Her first surviving choral work, it sets to music text from a sectio...

The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37 / H. 140 was composed in 1917 by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) and stands among the composer's most original and visionary choral works. Drawing its text from the apocryphal Acts...

The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37 / H. 140 was composed in 1917 by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) and stands among the composer's most original and visionary choral works. Drawing its text from the apocryphal Acts...

When the Saints Go Marching In, arranged by Richard Hayman, derives from the traditional American gospel song that emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with early printed versions appear...