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: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Music score
Item no.: 485145
Twelve Variations in C major
with fingerings
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 192266
for: Organ
Item no.: 310848
CD
Item no.: 620207
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 660344
Songbook
Item no.: 246173
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Streichquartett (Kontrabass ad libitum) oder Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 752751
for: Vocal and String Quartet
Book
Item no.: 244416
for: Harpsichord [piano]
4 Study scores (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 289295
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 622836
for piano four hands
from the Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 612090
Notenhandschrift im Faksimile; Auszug aus der ersten Seite der Choralfantasie für Orgel
for: POSTKARTE ORG
Postcard
Item no.: 241857
for: Organ
Item no.: 582204
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 762641
for: Voice (tenor), flute, organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 635511
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 383014
for: Organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1023879
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6522
für Soloinstrument in C (B) und Orgel
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 662126
for: Piano
Item no.: 420049
for: Trumpet (B-flat) [clarinet], organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2804
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6520
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6521
for: Percussion, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 682521
for: Trumpet (B-flat), horn (E-flat), trombone
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1058
for: Recorder ensemble
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 615632
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score
Item no.: 190089
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 772531
Complete Organ Works (Urtext Edition)
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 487140
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 324783
Cantata for the 1st Sunday in Advent
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
– Graduated price on request –
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1670429
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1703975
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ/orchestra]
Piano score
Item no.: 628284
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 428060
Cantata for the 10th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232964
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 234647
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634698
for: C/Bb Trombone / Euphonium BC/TC
Buch + CD
Item no.: 192474
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 645996
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285455
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 173188
for the 26th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285464
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 463894
for: 2 voices (SS) [TT], organ
Score
Item no.: 421967
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo; oboe ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 684892
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 635972
"Wie soll ich dich empfangen"
Advent cantata
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234349
10 Hymns
for: Flute, piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 292554