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 (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 202022
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 425169
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 298968
for: 5 INST (BFL)
Item no.: 169502
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116334
for: Organ 4 hands
Item no.: 563587
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 558207
for: Singstimme, Instrument
Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 196026
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233037
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 620227
for: 2 Alt-Querflöten und Bass-Querflöte
Score, Parts
Item no.: 554634
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
Score
Item no.: 362125
for: Organ
Sammelband, Partitur
Item no.: 275606
for: 1–2 melodic instruments (C), piano [guitar]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 671991
Advent Cantata for alto solo, miced choir and chamber orchestra
for: Alt solo, gemischter Chor und Kammerorchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 736441
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 724669
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 758331
11 Chorale Settings / 2 Chorale Partitas / 9 Gugues / Partie / 8 Anonyma
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 735570
for: Bass trombone, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591250
for: Violin, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1655078
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 743400
Edition Schott
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Sopran-Solo und Orgel
Score
Item no.: 743119
from: 32 Praeludia zu geistlichen Liedern vor zwey Claviere und Pedal
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6370
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4465
for: Oboe [violin], organ [piano]
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1410
for: gemischter Chor (SAATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 742358
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 190086
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 321229
for: Gemischter Chor, [Orgel]
Choir book
Item no.: 127771
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 165245
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Score
Item no.: 1093794
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280752
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1690491
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1664974
Based on traditional Luxembourgish St. Nicholas folksongs
Symphonic Dimensions Publishing
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1637224
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 327145
Psalm 26
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 613816
Meisterwerke Der Musik Im Faksimile 3
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Partitur, Hardcover, Faksimile
Item no.: 274853
für flexibles Ensemble
(Stimmen als PDF zum Ausdrucken auf DVD)
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Solo part(s), DVD
Item no.: 662389
10 Variationen über "Wie soll ich dich empfangen"
A Tribute to Paul Gerhardt
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 498718
5 Wunderlieder
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1019713
Music for Recorder
Oriel Library 186
for: 8 recorders (SSAATTBB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 367223
for: Oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 559239
for: Singstimme (T), BL gemischter Chor
Item no.: 457396
Kantate zum 4. Advent (Rekonstruktion: Uwe Wolf)
Urform der späteren Fassung BWV 147, entstanden in Weimar
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 233879
Geistliche Zwiegesänge
for: 2 descant recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 419382
47 Sätze zum 2. Advent, 1. Weihnachtsfeiertag, Estomihi, Karfreitag, Kantate, Pfingstsonntag, Erntedankfest und Reformationsfest für Chor SAM
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 214167
Singt Und Spielt 17
for: GCH VL ORG
Item no.: 333168
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