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
Music lesson book
Item no.: 419577
for: Voice (tenor)
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 679702
for: Voice (soprano) a cappella
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 679704
for: 2 saxophones
Ensemble score
Item no.: 630125
for: Voice (bass)
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 679703
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 773125
12 Sint & Kerstliedjes
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Music score
Item no.: 773415
for: Keyboard
Music score
Item no.: 771098
for: 2 recorders (SA)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 771118
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 772862
for: Descant recorder
Music score
Item no.: 773397
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 771122
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 771102
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, CD
Item no.: 455561
for: Children's choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 773202
for: 2 trombones
Ensemble score
Item no.: 771121
for: Accordion; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 771172
for: Voice (alto)
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 679705
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 773147
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 773398
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 476202
Trad.
for: Voice, piano [accordion/keyboard/guitar]; melody instrument ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 733582
for: Mixed youth choir a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 118226
Lied der Maria
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757445
for: gemischter Chor (SAATBarB) oder 6 Solostimmen
Music score
Item no.: 724566
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757473
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757469
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732562
(Auguste von und zu Egloffstein, 24. Dezember 1840)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751447
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 608120
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757495
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757438
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 734515
for: Gesang (tiefe Stimme), Klavier (Orgel) und Flöte (Violine, Oboe)
Music score
Item no.: 734514
Köln 1623
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751454
Melodie: Straßburg (1538)
for: gemischter Chor (SAATBB) oder 6 Solostimmen
Music score
Item no.: 739509
Görlitz 1623
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751456
Aus dem Eichsfeld, um 1600
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 742324
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751459
Traditionell: 19. Jahrhundert
for: gemischter Chor (SAATBarB) oder 6 Solostimmen
Music score
Item no.: 758289
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)]
Music score
Item no.: 731579
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB) oder 5 Solostimmen
Music score
Item no.: 731577
Melodie: Volkslied (1666) Augsburg
for: gemischter Chor (SAATBB) oder 6 Solostimmen
Music score
Item no.: 724568
for: Gesang (tiefe Stimme), Klavier (Orgel) und Melodieinstrument (Flöte, Violine)
Music score
Item no.: 757498
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757477
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757465
for: Gesang (hohe Stimme), Klavier (Orgel) und Melodieinstrument (Flöte, Violine)
Music score
Item no.: 757464
for: Gesang (hohe Stimme), Klavier (Orgel) und Flöte (Violine, Oboe)
Music score
Item no.: 757461