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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 217134
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 497394
on "Mary wandered through a wood of thorn"
for: Bass clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 769056
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: Organ
Item no.: 262378
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 557988
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1530199
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 423637
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 233173
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 233047
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231829
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 214168
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 656084
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736405
Gemeindelied im Chor
Gotteslob Nr. 731
Evangelisches Gesangbuch Nr. 10
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Choir score (for the parish)
Item no.: 649755
für vier Violoncelli
nach zwei Sätzen aus der Kantate BWV 140
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 682175
Eight pieces for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1669230
Item no.: 1654073
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1043357
aus dem Eichsfeld, 19. Jhdt.
for: Accordion orchestra
Stimmensatz
Item no.: 638674
for: 5 brass winds
Item no.: 579325
Adventskantate
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: Voice (high), treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 125283
Geistliche Gesangsmusik 13
Organum 1
for: Voice (soprano), string orchestra, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 408251
for: Gemischter Chor, Streicher, (Orgel)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 433600
für Frauenchor, Querflöte und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1657000
16 bekende Sinterklaasliedjes voor twee violen
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 499158
for: Viola da gamba
Item no.: 443258
Kantate zum ersten Advent (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Alt, Tenor, Bass, gem Chor, 2 Oboen, 2 Clarinen, Pauken, 2 Violinen und Bc
Piano reduction
Item no.: 280925
Version für gemischten Chor (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1549471
Adventskantate
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 243538
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 660108
for: Narrator, 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra; children's choir ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 244844
for: SATB unaccompanied
Buch
Item no.: 678254
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 731610
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 731609
Motette über die Prophetie der Christgeburt nach Jesaja
for: 3-5-stimmiger gemischter Chor
Score
Item no.: 752722
Come Thou of man the Saviour (1st version)
for: 3 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 735792
Responsorium zur Vesper am 1. Advent (Sacharja 14,5-6; Judas 14)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 734125
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 724667
Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724487
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 626279
Edition Schott
for: Soli (SAT), gemischter Chor (SATB), Klavier (Orgel), Melodieinstrument und Gemeinde
Choir score
Item no.: 726152
for: Mixed choir (ATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6340
for: Clarinet (B-flat), alto saxophone, bassoon
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1105
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 638039
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 578085
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 315484
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321783
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