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
Score
Item no.: 484907
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 494782
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 566164
for: Violin [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1836
Transcriptions for piano four hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 563496
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285540
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137061
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 491890
for: Clarinet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 370845
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423067
Piano reduction
Item no.: 242954
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo; oboe ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 464812
Stuttgarter Capricornus Ausgabe 38
for: GES-T (B) VL FAG BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 490220
for: SOLOGESANG (INCL. MEHRERE SOLOSTIMMEN) EINE SINGSTIMME SINGSTIMME MIT TASTENINSTRUMENT
Item no.: 143121
3 Chorale Settings - Fantasia
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 744161
Distinguished Choral Music
for: gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 759329
Organ Chorales from Miscellaneous Sources
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 482113
for: Organ (manuals)
Music score
Item no.: 582464
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233172
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1479681
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1412
C minor
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 758329
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4766
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 737110
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 295460
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 116764
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233049
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 659209
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422069
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3554
G major
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 724660
Neue Orgelpräludien und Begleitsätze zu ausgewählten Kirchenliedern
ortus organum 21
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1023699
for: Trumpet (B-flat) [clarinet], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1835
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2385
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1106
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 344536
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ [piano]
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 1411
for: Horn (F), organ
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2974
Organ Works, Volume 1
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 115980
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113524
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3027
Nur zusammen mit den Chorstimmen lieferbar!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 603645
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 679950
9 Variationen und Finale
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 736455
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2800
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 648907
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3518
for: Alto saxophone, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2810