Along with the many festive and sweet Advent customs, there are also joyous musical Advent traditions, such as coming together to sing The Great Advent Antiphons, and the highly popular combination of chocolate, cinnamon, and music known as the feast of Saint Nicholas. Browse our sheet music and scores, and find all the right music for Advent today!
Originally, Advent was significantly longer than today, it lasted from Saint Martin to the feast of the Epiphany. The current order, with four Sundays, was established in the 6th century by Pope Gregory the Great, after whom Gregorian chant is named. Each Advent Sunday has its own character, which differs a little in the Catholic and Protestant churches.
Advent music is strongly influenced by the fact that Advent was considered a “tempus clausum”, a “closed time”, in which lavish celebrations were forbidden, and it was for this reason that Johann Sebastian Bach was not allowed to perform all of his Advent Cantatas in Leipzig.
Cantata for the Second Advent TVWV 1:301
Bäreneiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 426105
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 632227
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1017790
Buch
Item no.: 248889
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 278641
Liederbuch
for: MUSIKBÜCHER LIEDERBÜCHER
Item no.: 152339
Kantate zum 1. Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196633
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Heimsuchung
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 1. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 645947
aus Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147
for: 6 trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 462361
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577992
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Item no.: 192997
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat/C), organ
Organ score, solo parts
Item no.: 490403
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633930
Cantata for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 291351
aus "Judas Makkabäus" (1746)
for: Frauen- oder Kinderchor (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 742367
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 735930
for: Brass ensemble (5 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996408
for: Narrator, Children's choir (1-2 parts), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ; the parish ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 172914
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Gemeinde, Trompete solo, Orgel Trompeten (2) ad libitum, Posaunen (2) ad libitum
Score
Item no.: 115808
for: 2-5 voices, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 772476
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423198
for: Mixed choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 422312
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422278
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 362068
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 233036
for: SOLI (SATB) GCH FL 2 VL VA BC
Score
Item no.: 210199
Score
Item no.: 314242
for: GCH 2 VL VC ORG (+ BL)
Score
Item no.: 585515
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 617368
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 639110
for: Mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 471333
for: Cornett [trumpet], 3 trombones [horn (F)], 2 trombones]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4073
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins [treble recorders], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3546
for: Trumpet (B-flat), organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3230
for: Mixed choir (SABar); instrument ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 630805
op. 74 Nr. 2; aus: Zwei Motetten (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 291697
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 566163
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1110
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 131578
Masters of the North German Organ School 4
Three Chorale Settings - Fantasia
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 185833
für 4 Instrumente (SATB) Partitur und Stimmen
Item no.: 627751
Nr 2 aus: Vier Adventsmotetten nach Gregorianischen Motiven
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1681999
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 1025089
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 670194
for: Narrator, Children's choir (1-2 parts), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ; the parish ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 689667
Piano reduction
Item no.: 369529
Adventskyrie
Heidelberger Chorblätter Nr. 10
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 121925
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 484593
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