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.
Kantate zum 4. Advent (Rekonstruktion: Uwe Wolf)
Urform der späteren Fassung BWV 147, entstanden in Weimar
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 213791
Hymnus auf St. Johannes den Täufer - für Orgel
for: Organ
Item no.: 380674
Choralgebundene Orgelwerke 2
29 Kompositionen für das Kirchenjahr
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 578840
(Collection)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 620575
Q4TT
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 489145
Item no.: 618685
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285404
für Frauenchor, Streicher und Orgel Chorpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 577035
Cantata for the Second Advent TVWV 1:301
Bäreneiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1664792
Sammlung mit 24 festlichen und sakralen Titeln für variables Bläserquartett
for: 4 brass instruments
Part 4 in C (trombone / baritone horn/tuba)
Item no.: 1582012
Sammlung mit 24 festlichen und sakralen Titeln für variables Bläserquartett
for: 4 brass instruments
Single part 3 B-flat (tenor horn / euphonium)
Item no.: 1582011
Cantata for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (Double bass/ Violone) [Basso continuo] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 291356
for: 4 trumpets, organ
Item no.: 216731
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 459842
für Orgel mit 12-Töne-Pedal spielbar
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 215924
Diabelli Anton / Schubert Franz / Beethoven Ludwig Van
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 485758
for: FCH STR (ORG)
Score
Item no.: 371160
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 343995
for: Organ
Item no.: 350469
Geistliches Konzert Fassung, für Sopran u. Orgel
for: Voice (soprano), organ
Score
Item no.: 183662
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 145251
Aulós
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 156893
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 171896
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 476359
nach dem 6. und 10. Satz (Choral) der Kantate Nr. 147
'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano [organ]
Single part Piano
Item no.: 477753
for: Basso continuo
Item no.: 167018
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772186
Kantate zum 3. Advent HoWV II.5
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498944
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Heimsuchung (Leipziger Fassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 497400
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 335784
BWV 140 Nr. 7 - anderer Text als in der Kantate (dort "Gloria sei dir gesungen")
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 425289
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423737
Instrument 1 (Soprano)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Violin 1 [Oboe 1] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234215
Kantate zum 4. Advent (Rekonstruktion: Uwe Wolf)
Urform der späteren Fassung BWV 147, entstanden in Weimar
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 233888
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231830
Kantate
Single part Recorder 1
Item no.: 229973
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230987
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230985
Missa Gaudens gaudebo Coro SATB, Org Bass 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
ChorSolo part(s)
Item no.: 644005
for: Male choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 387742
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 346370
Kantate zum 1. Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 631550
for: SAX ENSEMBLE (SAAATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 463975
für Frauenchor, Streicher und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623076
Hob. XXII:3
for: für Chor SATB, Orgel und Streicher Violoncello / Kontrabass
Single part
Item no.: 261951
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 463043
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230403
for: String orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 229815
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