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: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757433
Melodie: Andernache Gesangbuch (1608)
for: gemischter Chor (SAATBB) oder 6 Solostimmen
Music score
Item no.: 746535
for: Flexible ensemble (2 melodic instruments (C/B-flat), cello [double bass/bassoon], piano; percussion ad lib.)
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 608121
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757490
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) oder 5 Solostimmen
Music score
Item no.: 746533
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757451
Köln 1599
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751449
Bamberger Gesangbuch 1670
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732561
Wittenberg 1529
for: Mixed choir (SMezATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751457
Aus Österreich
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751450
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 734507
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757492
for: Gesang (tiefe Stimme), Klavier (Orgel) und Flöte
Music score
Item no.: 757481
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757447
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757456
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757480
for: Gesang (hohe Stimme), Klavier (Orgel) und Flöte
Music score
Item no.: 757444
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 757440
Traditional English Carol
for: gemischter Chor (SMezATBarB)
Music score
Item no.: 751458
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