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: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 372192
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 560702
for: Male choir, piano
PART (KA)
Item no.: 487669
for: Organ
Item no.: 278254
Buch
Item no.: 248917
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 156676
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 311797
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 245576
for: Organ
Item no.: 462551
Schubert, Diabelli, Beethoven
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 301958
for: MAND (INST) GIT
Item no.: 576981
for: String orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 647477
Lieder für Prozession und kirchliche Feste
for: Concert band
Single part Tuba 1 (C)
Item no.: 294853
Single part Flugelhorn 1
Item no.: 167049
Cchoere Zur Weihnacht
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [piano]
Piano score
Item no.: 248241
for: Baritone horn (C)
BASSSCHLUESSEL
Item no.: 461201
for: PART / FCH 4 POS PERC
Score
Item no.: 329533
for: 2 soloists (SA), favorit choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments, organ
Score
Item no.: 231807
Little works for the great feast
Essential Elements
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part for mallets
Item no.: 681047
for: 5 TRP, [Orgel]
Item no.: 154168
for: 3 TRP ORG (KLAV)
Item no.: 433495
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 463458
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742443
"Das Volk, das im Finstern wandelt" (Jesaja 9)
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 746948
"Es will das Licht des Tages scheiden"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733371
Ein Zyklus alter Advents- und Weihnachtslieder
for: Männerchor (TTBB) a cap. oder mit Orgel oder 4 beliebige Instrumente
Einzelstimme 2. Stimme in C
Item no.: 729075
Ausgabe ohne Klavierstimme, mit CD
for: Alto flute, piano
Single part Flute, Playback-CD
Item no.: 666449
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 628319
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 490070
für Flöte und Klavier (+CD)
for: Flute, piano
Single part Flute, Playback-CD
Item no.: 666068
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 283401
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 308058
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 364216
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 364215
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385520
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1 solo
Item no.: 385517
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 325975
for: Voice, guitar
Item no.: 352515
for: 2 violins, cello [viola]
Single part Viola
Item no.: 471820
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235546
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo, Orgel)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424543
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235705
for: Mixed choir, strings
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230779
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226128