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 (soprano), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 578060
First Band Nr. 6
21 Advents- & Weihnachtslieder in Quartettheften
for: 1–4 saxophones (SAAT); organ [piano] ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 460760
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 670409
with the well-known chorales
for: Klavier, Harmonium oder Akkordeon
Music score
Item no.: 743663
for: Treble recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751354
for: Women's choir, harp
Score
Item no.: 622176
for: GES-H (T) VL ORG
Item no.: 179691
for: Women's choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 156047
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323335
for: Alt, 2 Alt-Blockflöten und Basso continuo; Violoncello ad libitum
Score, Parts
Item no.: 557966
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 371433
for: Gemischter Chor (4-stimmig) (Gemeinde, Orgel)
Choir score
Item no.: 304297
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 416658
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet], organ [piano]
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1903
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 421948
for: 3–4 recorders (SAT/SATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 488798
Little works for the great feast
Essential Elements
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score
Item no.: 681036
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 330863
Lobgesang der Maria für Solostimme (Alt) ,gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Harmoniestimmen (Trompeten 1-4 / Pauken)
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 680784
24 Weihnachts- und Adventlieder für die Steirische Harmonika in Griffschrift
Edition Ohrwurm
for: Diatonic accordion
Music book (tablature)
Item no.: 1566580
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Score
Item no.: 497283
for: Flexible wind ensemble (4 voices), percussion; piano ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681051
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751246
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2936
for: Horn (E-flat) [tenor horn], piano
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1851
for: 1–2 violins
Performance scores
Item no.: 148036
Favoritchor/Orgel(Bc) (Favoritchor)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 628926
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 647771
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 638054
for: Voice; guitar [keyboard/accordion] ad lib.
Book (Hardcover), CD
Item no.: 497804
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 238022
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 333654
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 242961
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 630937
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116738
for: Voice(s), organ [piano]; guitar ad lib.
Songbook
Item no.: 353135
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 672198
36 leichte Advents- und Weihnachtsduette (mit Texten)
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 663057
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [tenor saxophone/trumpet], piano
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1849
for: Voice; guitar [keyboard/accordion] ad lib.
Advent Calendars
Item no.: 625654
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins [treble recorders], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2759
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751187
für Bass-Solo, Vokalensemble (7 Männerstimmen), 2 gemischte Chöre (je 24-stimmig), Knabenstimmen und Orchester
for: Bass-Solo, Vokalensemble (7 Männerstimmen), 2 gemischte Chöre (je 24-stimmig), Knabenstimmen und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 748512
Music for Recorder
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 117274
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 162707
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 321933
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 673457
for: Voice, guitar [accordion/keyboard]
Songbook (Hardcover), Playback-CD
Item no.: 625674
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