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.
BuxWV 100
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 234414
Motet
No. 14 from "Geistliche Chor-Music"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696752
SET zu 3 Heften, kompatibel mit den anderen Ausgaben des Bandes
for: Melody instrument (C), melody instrument (B-flat), string instrument
Performance scores
Item no.: 1655100
Europaeische Musik Deutschland
for: Flute, organ
Item no.: 483935
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 693091
für Orgel
for: Organ
Item no.: 119623
Kantate zum 3. Advent HoWV II.5
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 602611
Extrait de la Cantate n°140
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 160460
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat/E-flat), piano
Item no.: 431272
für Orgel
for: Organ
Item no.: 119617
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422646
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 233046
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles
Score
Item no.: 634546
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 654822
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 602132
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 346372
for: Voices [children's choir], instruments
Score
Item no.: 694170
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 292067
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 657727
Score
Item no.: 1701526
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 147062
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition
Item no.: 622898
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 578083
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 150584
for: Voice, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 631101
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 317224
Piano reduction
Item no.: 377197
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 631582
for: Male choir (TBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 632915
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1677033
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 233877
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 641876
Music for Solo Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 680943
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 115238
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1670900
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 344802
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 115693
for: Frauenchor (SAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 459199
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 256679
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 697020
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 313386
for: Organ
Item no.: 213601
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 420128
Sleepers Wake
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 744071
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Oboe, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736825
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 724666
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 661344
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4437
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