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.
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]
Choir score
Item no.: 477626
Come, Thou the Saviour of man (2nd Version)
for: 3 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 739745
242 geistliche Chorsätze für gem. Chor meist SATB
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 279227
Piano reduction
Item no.: 158160
BR JCFB H 101
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422069
Adventskantate
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Scores
Item no.: 243185
Sätze alter Meister für 2 bis 4 Frauenstimmen und eine Männerstimme. 62 Sätze zum Kirchenjahr / Coro SAM-SSAM
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 188691
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 914935
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 643177
Piano reduction
Item no.: 483471
18 New Motets for Choirs for SATB, with organ ad lib.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 233889
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 192101
for: Brass ensemble (8 parts), latin percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 974150
"Gott sei mir gnädig" F-Dur
for: Singstimme und Klavier (Orgel)
Music score
Item no.: 747554
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 607356
for: Sopran, Tenor und Orgel
Score
Item no.: 602693
"Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig"
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 724670
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 133019
for: Alt solo, gemischter Chor und Kammerorchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 634810
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 630288
conatum 83
for: 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1684393
Choralvariationen
aus "Practische Orgelschule", op. 55
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4465
Buch
Item no.: 1658624
aus der Kantate 147
Festliche Musik Satz 2
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 676364
Fantasie und Variationen über deutsche Nikolauslieder
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 557469
Choralintrade
for: Wind ensemble; organ ad lib.
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 1559863
für flexibles Ensemble
(Stimmen als PDF zum Ausdrucken auf DVD)
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Solo part(s), DVD
Item no.: 1664195
Weihnachtsheft für 4-6 stimmigen
Belchbläserchor
for: KAMMERMUSIK BLECHBLASINSTRUMENTE SEXTETTE
Item no.: 1658635
Geistliche Kantate für hohe Stimme, Altblockflöte (Vl.) und B.c. (komplett) (complete)
for: GES-H ABFL (VL) BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551722
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
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233880
Adventskantate
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: GES-M FL BC
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 125276
Liedkantate. 4 Sätze für verschiedene Besetzungen aus "Musae Sioniae"
for: Singstimme, Instrument
Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 196026
Band IV
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 558207
from: 32 Praeludia zu geistlichen Liedern vor zwey Claviere und Pedal
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6370
"Tauet, ihr Himmel von oben"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 362737
for: Organ
Item no.: 408478
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 425169
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 188694
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
Score
Item no.: 362125
for: Violin, organ
Item no.: 466636
kompatibel mit den anderen Ausgaben des Bandes
for: 3 melodc instruments (B-flat)
Performance scores
Item no.: 1655104
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 620227
Kantate zum 26. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Umarbeitung einer Adventskantate aus dem Jahr 1716 BWV 70a; heute verschollen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 233174
Kantate zum 1. Advent
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233037
for: Organ
Item no.: 460012
Motet
No. 15 from "Geistliche Chor-Music"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696751
BR JCFB H 101
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 234214
Bass Posaune & Streicher
for: Bass trombone, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591250