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.
Rorate coeli desuper
Missa Nr. 3 in G
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236555
Sinfonische Kantate I
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 688768
Kantate zum 1. Advent
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233044
Adventskantate nach dem Chorsatz aus dem Oratorium "Judas Maccabaeus"
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 580982
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231550
Kantate zum 2. Adventssonntag
for: 1. Violine, 2. Violine, Viola, Cello (Fagott)
Set of parts
Item no.: 645979
Choral Nr. 6 und Nr. 10 der Kantate BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo; oboe ad lib.
Violin 1 [Oboe 1] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235525
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204841
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 647388
for: Soli SS, Violoncello, Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 368767
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 772962
for: Voice, organ
Score
Item no.: 302024
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309684
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308620
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309160
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 629998
for: Mixed choir, brass winds, organ
Score
Item no.: 494328
Cantata for the First Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 376504
Cantata for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 291354
Cantata for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 291353
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309159
for: Trumpet, organ
Item no.: 431357
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 273232
for: Double bass
Item no.: 137368
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Part 2 (oboe / violin)
Item no.: 234649
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 230247
Mit Chor ad. lib. im Stimmensatz enthalten
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 659736
Arrangement an J.S. Bach angelehnt
for: Chor 1stg, Klavier, Bass
Choir score
Item no.: 134972
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233845
for: Viola
Item no.: 371158
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 331027
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
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233881
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent (Reconstruction)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 234052
for: KCH (SA)
Choir score
Item no.: 231153
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 641016
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231549
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 230984
(Antiphon zur Vesper am 3. Advent)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1652406
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Verkündigung
rev. 2017
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 772631
T, 5st gemischter Chor, SoloCh, 5st gemischter Chor, 2 Fl, Streicher,
Item no.: 563771
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233043
Item no.: 610743
Orgue Et Liturgie 7
for: Organ
Item no.: 377236
Chorale Prelude
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1012936
Meditation über "O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf"
for: Choir, organ
Chorpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 196128
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 328525
for: 2 VL VA (VL 3) VC KB
Score
Item no.: 191814
for: GES-M GCH (SAB) ORG
Score
Item no.: 171246
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