Sacred Music Library – all this music is taken from our published books.

We have experience working in Catholic parishes in the United States, the Philippines, Germany and Italy and they all have one thing in common – little or no budget to buy us music for the organ or our choirs. So that's why we post music for free, so that every parish may have music of the highest quality for their organist and choirs.

As you scroll down the page you will also find beginner's books to teach yourself about Gregorian chant that are often free as well.

Books here may be downloaded for $5 or less each or purchased as printed books.
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THE CATHOLIC ORGANIST'S QUARTERLY SERIES
For Manuals only

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The Liturgical Year

FALL
Kyrie • Messe du Couvents • François Couperin PLAY nj toc*
In Memoriam –Marcel Dupre PLAY nj toc*
Ciacona • Dietrich Buxtehude
Toccata • Johann Christian Bach PLAY jf*

WINTER
Stabat Mater • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi PLAY jf*
Vorspiel zu: Stabat Mater • Johann Diebold
Vorspiel zu: Ecce Panis Angelorum • Johann Diebold
Fugue • Auguste Mathieu Panserson
Asperges me • Oreste Ravanello
Paques (Easter) • Charles Collin
Offertory on O Filii et Filiae (Ye Sons and Daughters) • Auguste Larriu

SPRING
Postlude – Allegro • Marcello NEW
Office des Vêpres • Auguste Chérion
Offertorio del Secondo Tono • Jean-François Dandrieu
Heer ik ben niet waardig • Domine non sum dignus • Edward Loos
Komm', Heiliger Geist • George Philipp Telemann PLAY
Toccata • P.J.B. de Fall

SUMMER
Flight of Angels • George Friderich Handel
Fond d'Orgue • Louis Marchand PLAY
Glorificamus • John Redford
Postludium • Adolf Friedrich Hesse PLAY jf*

The Mass

A CATHOLIC ORGANIST'S BOOK OF PRELUDES for Holy Mass
Voluntary IX • ANON
Entré • E. Schumer
Verset – Pange Lingua • Bourgeois

A CATHOLIC ORGANIST'S BOOK OF OFFERTORY & COMMUNION MUSIC
Offertorio • Jean-François Dandrieu

A Catholic Organist's Book of Postludes
Majestätisch • Johann Christoph Kühnau
Passacaglia Messe du Deuxieme Ton • André Raison

EASY SHORT ORGAN PIECES IN EASY KEYS
Prelude on Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
O Sacred Head Surrounded
Jesu, dine dype Vunder
Theme: 3rd Organ Symphony • Saint-Saëns
Acht "Tantum Ergo" No.1 Max Reger

BACH FOR THE MASS
In preparation

Adoro Te Devote
In preparation

Mostly manuals

ORGAN MUSIC BASED ON GREGORIAN CHANT
Veni Creator Spiritus • Giovanni Battista Fasolo
O Lux Beata Trinitas • Alberti
Ave Verum • Oreste Ravanello

AVE MARIS STELLA
Ave Maris Stella • François Benoist PLAY
Ave Maris Stella • John Dunstable

MARIAN ORGAN MUSIC
Ave Maria • Franz Schubert
Six Variations sur le "Stabat Liturgique"
Meditation sur le Stabat Mater • Alexandre Guilmant
Invocazione: To the Queen of Peace • Luigi Bottazzo

ORGAN MUSIC BASED ON VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS
Hymne – Veni Creator Spiritus • Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier PLAY jf*

TOCCATAS!
NEW Toccata in G Minor • Samuel Scheidt
NEW Toccata • Matthias Weckmann TBD

MUSIC OF THE SPANISH SCHOOL • In preparation
Versillos de Sexto Tono para el Sanctus • Antonio de Cabezón

For Beginners – Playing the Church Organ Series – [and as a review for experienced organists]

PLAYING THE CHURCH ORGAN • Catholic Parish Edition
Céad Míle Fáilte Romhat, A Iosa
Elevation – Alexandre Guilmant
Album Gregorian No. 30 • Eugéne Gigout
Thanks be to God • Georg Fredric Handel

A CATHOLIC ORGANIST'S GUIDE TO PLAYING HYMNS
Entire First Section of the Book

A CATHOLIC ORGANIST'S BOOK OF HYMNS
Three-Part Made-Playable Hymns & Chorale Preludes all on hymns from current Catholic hymnals
For All The Saints • SINE NOMINE
Christ the Lord is Ris'n Today • Easter Hymn
Forty Days and Forty Nights
Soul of My Savior • Two Tunes
At the Name of Jesus
Lord, Who at Thy First Eucharist
O Lord, I Am Not Worthy
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross • Two Tunes: Hamburg & Rockingham
Ye Holy Angels Bright
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
Link to all 5 Easter Hymns & Chorale Preludes below:
Christ the Lord is Risen Again • CHRISTUS IST ERSTANDEN
Christ the Lord is Risen Today • LLANFAIR
Christ the Lord is Risen Today • LYRA DAVIDICA
Christ the Lord Is Ris'n Today • EASTER HYMN
Christ the Lord Is Ris'n Today • VICTIMAE PASCHALI
Hail Redeemer, King Divine!
Come, Thou Holy Spirit • VENI SANCTI SPIRITUS

OTHER ORGAN MUSIC
Selected Movements From the Bach Cello Suites
G Major Prelude • Johann Sebastian Bach
Sarabande • Johann Sebastian Bach

ORGAN MUSIC NOT YET IN BOOKS
Six Variations for Accompanying the Stabat Mater (At the Cross Her Station Keeping) • Noel Jones
Toccata 5th Organ Symphony  • Widor • Organ Duet, Two Players, One Organ
Kyrie Eleison from the Messe Solenne • Louis Vierne • Two Players, One or Two Organs
Fuga Facile 1 • Handel
Courante • Handel

DUETS for Two Organists, Two Organs, Piano & Organ, and even Organ and Harpsichord.

BACH DUETS
Adagio • Bach / Vivaldi
Adagio • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

EVEN MORE BACH DUETS
In Dir ist Freude • Johann Sebastian Bach

WEDDING & RECITAL DUETS
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba • Handel
Boléro de Concert • Louis J.-A. Lefébure-Wély

HANDEL DUETS
Aria
Largo

CARILLON & ORGAN DUETS
Larghetto • Domenico Cimarosa
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name

Choir Books

A CATHOLIC BOOK OF HYMNS •  Pew, Choir & Organ Editions
295 SATB Catholic Hymns
A resource for Congregations, Choirs, and Soloists
Useful Sample Hymns  from the 2 Organ Editions

SAINT SCHOLASTICA HYMNAL
SAINT SCHOLASTICA ORGAN BOOK
Created for Catholic Schools and Home Schooling – teaches memorization and basic repertoire of Catholic Hymns
• Hymnal             Free Download entire book
Teaches how to play the organ hymns at Mass for young pianists (or of any age)
• Organ Book    Free Download entire book


THE CATHOLIC CHOIRBOOK ANTHOLOGY 1
Our 397-page book contains Latin motets, English anthems, and English hymns.
A basic library for your Catholic choir, all in one book.

Use this link to a page of videos to listen and share vdeos of this music with choir members.

Choir anthems in English and motets in Latin
Locus Iste • Bruckner SATB
Hear My Prayer, O Lord • Purcell SSAATTBB
Crux Fidelis • King John IV of Portugal SATB
Crucifixus • Antonio Lotti SSAATTBB
Tantum Ergo • Kevin Allen SATB
Remember, Remember Not • Henry Purcell SATB
Credo: Mass for Three Voices • William Byrd ATB
Agnus Dei: Mass for Three Voices  • Byrd SAB

THE LITTLE CATHOLIC CHOIRBOOK
Sample pages from our smaller book, easy to hold and sing from for choirs, mainly SATB.
All the music in this book has been extracted from the Anthology that is above.

Choir anthems in English and motets in Latin
If Ye Love Me • Thomas Tallis
Miserere Mei • Lotti
Stabat mater, first movement • Pergolesi
Lord for Thy Tender Mercy's Sake • Richard Farrant
Tantum Ergo • Déodat de Sévrác
Kyrie: Mass for Three Voices • William Byrd SAB
God So Loved the World • Stainer
God So Loved the World • Goss
Adoramus Te, Christe • Gasparini

THE ANNUAL LENTEN FAVORITE in English
Miserere Mei • Allegri • English Text • Free Download

Music for Spanish Masses, Singers, and Organists

TOCANDO EL ÓRGANO DE LA IGLESIA
Primera sección del libro
(This book is the Spanish-language version of Playing the Church Organ)

FÁCIL ACOMPAÑAMIENTO DE HIMNOS Y PRELUDIOS
PARA ÓRGANO O TECLADO
First section of the book
Hymn for Organ and a Choral Prelude on the tune:
Adiós, Oh Virgen De Guadalupe
Cantad al Señor Preludio • Himno
Music from this book is welcomed in parishes by Hispanic members who attend English Masses.

BREVE HIMNARIO CATÓLICO
Introducción a la Breve Himnario Católico
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Our Catholic Book of Hymns

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  • Permanent – unaffected by changing translations
  • Waterproof Cover
  • Smyth Sewn Binding
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