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.
"Gott sei mir gnädig"
Schott Archive
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 695280
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Saxophon (in Es) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 750650
"Omnes gentes plaudite" (Psalm 47, 1-6)
for: gemischter Chor (SAAT/ATBB/ATTB/STTB)
Choir score
Item no.: 749914
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 736172
for: Voice (high), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 472729
for: Accordion
Item no.: 396231
for: Voice [cornet, horn, trombone, euphonium], brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667498
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 209427
for: für Viola und Orgel
Item no.: 113985
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 493520
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 485561
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 200040
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1653851
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 556689
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1415
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2396
for: Children's choir, mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra [organ]
Score
Item no.: 680838
for: für gemischten Chor (SATB), Orgel und Streicher
Score
Item no.: 226440
for: gemischter Chor (SAAT/ATBB/ATTB/STTB)
Choir score
Item no.: 203829
for: Organ
Item no.: 565962
for: Gemischter Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 212936
Chorale Settings N – Z
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 229300
for: Mixed choir, the parish, brass winds
Score
Item no.: 622185
for: Singstimme, Orgel / Harmonium
Item no.: 608095
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1543663
Mit Liedtexten
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 684148
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1653746
for: TASTEN- UND BALGINSTRUMENTE ORGEL ORGEL ZWEIHÄNDIG
Item no.: 214074
Helbling Choral Concert Series (HCCS)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 670193
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent (Reconstruction)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683042
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones
Item no.: 180565
Choralpartita
Stimme in C und B und im Bass-Schlüssel
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 565959
for: Voice (medium), organ
Item no.: 362487
for: GCH (+ ORG)
[englisch, deutsch]
Item no.: 577698
for: Organ
Item no.: 416677
for: Organ
Organ score
Item no.: 473187
Ruf vor dem Evangelium (Begleit-CD)
CD
Item no.: 663921
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1677472
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 909123
Hense Quartett
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Item no.: 189311
Hugo Distler. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Orgelwerke 1 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 384958
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 291616
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1530199
47 Sätze zum 1. Advent, 1. Weihnachtsfeiertag, Laetare, Ostern, Kantate, Pfingsten, Erntedankfest, Reformationsfest und Ewigkeitssonntag für Chor SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 214168
on the French song "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman" (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 656054
for: Organ
Item no.: 560984
kompatibel mit den anderen Ausgaben des Bandes
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1655105
for: Organ
Item no.: 262378
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