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.
for: Violin, 2 violas, cello
Item no.: 333823
Introitus pro adventu Domini
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 556111
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772187
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 772181
Cantata for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 365076
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688820
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688819
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung II (1725)
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 627475
(erweiterte Fassung 2008)
for: Voice (soprano), organ
Score
Item no.: 492074
Sinfonische Kantate I
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 688766
for: 2 TRP (OB) ORG
Item no.: 321160
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Item no.: 218218
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 455767
Orchesterstimmen: 3.3.0.2.1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 339850
Geistliches Volkslied
Choir score
Item no.: 388049
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231551
7st gemischter Chor
Item no.: 119464
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309681
Motette
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Choir 2)
Item no.: 580831
Partita
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 282928
for: Narrator, Children's choir (1-2 parts), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ; the parish ad lib.
Viola, cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1653593
for: Voice (alto)
Item no.: 195006
for: BL (STR) / FL OB 2 KLAR A-SAX T-SAX 2 HRN / 2 TRP (VL) BAR (VC) TUBA (KB)
Score
Item no.: 160630
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 185212
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Streichquartett (Kontrabass ad libitum) oder Streichorchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 752752
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 210444
Early Music Library 226
for: Choir (8 voices); 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Item no.: 482597
in G-Dur
TVWV 9:18
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 [Oboe 1] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234579
Item no.: 610234
Adventskantate nach dem Chorsatz aus dem Oratorium "Judas Maccabaeus"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 217950
Cantata for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 291352
Volgarizzata da Dante
Das Ave Maria eignet sich zum Musizieren im kleineren Rahmen.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 374255
Cantata for the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 329604
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 302558
for: TRP-B 2
Item no.: 314232
for: Accordion orchestra
ST SET
Item no.: 625586
Kantate zum 4. Advent HoWV II.7
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772577
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 557992
for: Gemischter Chor
CP
Item no.: 156535
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 369510
Kantate
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229972
Instrument 2 (Alto)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Violin 2 [Oboe 2] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234216
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233844
Bearbeitet für Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 670008
for: Organ
Item no.: 175009
Sinfonische Kantate I
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 688780
"Und unser lieben Frauen" (Beuttner, 1602)
for: Frauen- oder Kinderchor (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 281186
GL 110
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309770
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