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: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309326
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 212117
for: gemischter Chor und Orgel (Harmonium)
Score
Item no.: 201269
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 195620
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675555
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 457469
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236194
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 227895
for: Singstimme (S), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, 2 Violoncelli)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 375569
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234736
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 230835
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1023852
for: 2 Singstimmen (SA), 2 Blockflöten (AA), Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 423486
French Sacred Music
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232194
for: Voice, organ
Score
Item no.: 643912
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 556115
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 446638
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 226124
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 230244
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 207596
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 149483
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 184321
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 669512
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 669513
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 669514
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 669517
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 290183
Single part Trombone 2 (C)
Item no.: 209200
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 607255
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 455790
22 Weihnachtslieder aus dem alpenländischen Raum für Blechbläserquintett
Brass Ensemble Per Sonare - 5. Stimme: Tuba
for: 5 brass winds
Single part Tuba
Item no.: 558876
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 333885
for: Tuba (B-flat)
Item no.: 261470
Edition Schultheiss
for: Voice (tenor), piano [organ]
Item no.: 433186
Solostimme (ohne Klavier)
for: Alto flute, piano
Single part Flute
Item no.: 666435
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 137083
for: Flute, piano
Single part Flute
Item no.: 666451
for: Piano
Item no.: 192714
für Sopransaxophon und Klavier
for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Single part Soprano saxophone (B-flat)
Item no.: 666448
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 242907
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 350914
for: GES-T (A) STR
Score
Item no.: 202976
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 248132
for: GCH STR ORG (+ 2 HRN)
Score
Item no.: 336544
Little works for the great feast
Essential Elements
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Oboe
Item no.: 681049
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 246070
"Das Volk, das im Finstern wandelt" (Jesaja 9)
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Partitur = Orgelstimme
Item no.: 746947
Ein Zyklus alter Advents- und Weihnachtslieder
for: Männerchor (TTBB) a cap. oder mit Orgel oder 4 beliebige Instrumente
Einzelstimme 2. Stimme in B
Item no.: 729076