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1.
What you will NOT find here
If you are looking for a simple songsheet for a wedding or if you are looking
für organ scores, you are not well served here, sorry. And: The quality of most
of the downloadable music-files (.mid and .mp3) is probably not suitable for
the main service, but better than nothing.
2. What you find here
Here you will find sheet music with multiple voices for choirs with or without
a band, which can also be used for a trombone choir or formations with string
and wind instruments. The music can be used for practice (rehearsal) as well as
for accompaniment (playback), for example for children's choirs or for
religious education. English 
translations are available for
numerous songs, original German 
tunes can be downloaded too.
3. Usage
Please use the sheet music and music provided here private or as
part of church events (church service, mass, prayer, worship, wedding,
meditation, religious instruction) for the glory of God.
4. Distribution
The free distribution of the downloadable files is permitted and desired. But
please don't turn it into a business like the temple dealers (Matthew
21:12-13)!
5. Copyright
The sheet music and music published here can be used without hesitation.
Songs with the warning sign 
are
protected by copyright. I have had the solution text and/or melody were
missing. You were able to fill the resulting gaps from memory using purchased
sheet music (e.g. your own hymn book or songbook) or add them by hand; this was
legally permissible – at least in germany. This is how the rights holders get
their income, which is the purpose of copyright protection. A secondary aspect
of copyright protection is that further processing itself also requires
approval. This is to avoid misuse (e.g. mockery), which I obviously don't do. I
asked for a friendly hint among Christian brothers and sisters if authors still
feel that their rights have been violated here, I tried to act to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
At the beginning of 2025, I received a request from the publisher SCM
Hänssler to discontinue this solution. Permission
to continue working on it for a fee was denied, as was the listing of the
affected titles from their catalog. Therefore,
all these links now lead to 404 errors.
6. About hymn books
The homepage name „gesangbuchlieder“ means „hymn book songs“. But there is not
one hymn book. There are many. From Protestant Christians, from Catholic
Christians, from Reformed Christians, from Orthodox Christians, from Anglican
Christians and so on. And: hymn books have history. They are constantly being
revised. New things come in, old things go out. Who decides what goes into the
hymn book? We. One song is sung along fervently while the priest is left
miserably in the lurch in the other ;). But: All hymn books have one thing in
common. They want to give us the opportunity to say Thank You to God and to
open space to our own often inexpressible feelings and thoughts through music.
The lyrics of christian hymnals range from excerpts from the Bible and short
theological summaries to everyday worries, joy and suffering. The music ranges
from medieval to modern. There is a hymnal to be found for almost every mood.
7. Imprint and contact
This site is operated private and non-commercial in Germany by:
Peter Schmidt
(„sdg“)
