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: Singstimme (S), gemischter Chor
Score
Item no.: 388062
for: SOLI GCH STR GB
Score
Item no.: 343994
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309169
Score
Item no.: 581580
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 659877
for: 2 recorders
Item no.: 268221
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 233045
Cantata for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 291355
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 173627
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910911
for: 2 Violinen, 2 Trompeten, Violoncello
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 455475
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Partitur (ohne Umschlag)
Item no.: 377581
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 171795
for: TRP-B 3
Item no.: 297064
Kantate zum 26. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Umarbeitung einer Adventskantate aus dem Jahr 1716 BWV 70a; heute verschollen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233175
Advent cantata
for: 3 voices (SSB), 2 violins, 2 violas, violone, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 234387
for: GES-H TRP ORG
Score, Parts
Item no.: 149881
for: Organ 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 621174
für gem. Chor a capp
for: Voice (alto)
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 307631
Instrument 4 (Basso)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Single part Cello [Double bass/Bassoon]
Item no.: 234218
Einzelstimme (Violoncello / Fagott)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230245
Kantate
Single part Recorder 2
Item no.: 229974
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 557990
Kantate zum 3. Advent HoWV II.5
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498946
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 232174
Kantate zum 4. Advent HoWV II.7
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 772579
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 386037
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231828
Set of parts
Item no.: 231154
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
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233883
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent (Reconstruction)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Complete orchestral parts
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 673350
for: Children's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231158
op. 9 Nr. 70
Partitur
for: Chor SATB (SAT)
Item no.: 422500
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 131544
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 302025
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309135
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309134
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 383927
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 648059
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422811
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 772964
for: 6 Trompeten / 6 Hörner / 6 Klarinetten
Score
Item no.: 433828
Cantata for the Second Advent TVWV 1:301
Bäreneiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 426109
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688823
Cantata for the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 329606
Cantata for the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 329605
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 853905
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 301552
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