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.
aus "The Strathclyde Motets"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 491890
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 494782
from Gloria Patri
24 hymns for mixed choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 295460
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233049
Ausgabe für den Stammteil
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 659209
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 173188
for: C/Bb Trombone / Euphonium BC/TC
Buch + CD
Item no.: 192474
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285455
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 463894
Vorreformatorisches Adventsgebet (Collecte), wahrscheinlich von Martin Luther 1533 eingedeutscht
g-dorisch
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte I
for: 2 voices (SS) [TT], organ
Score
Item no.: 421967
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.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 684892
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634698
for the 26th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285464
Introitus zum ersten Advent
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 664274
Chorale Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668818
für Sopransaxophon (Klarinette) und Orgel
for: Saxophone [clarinet], organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 662152
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670713
Nr. 4: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Leuckart-Reprint
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles
Choir score
Item no.: 634548
Nr 1 aus: Vier Adventsmotetten nach Gregorianischen Motiven
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1654034
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 643177
aus der Reihe "Munich Opera Horns"
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677579
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 295503
Adventskantate
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Scores
Item no.: 243185
Hob. XXII:3
for: für gemischten Chor (SATB), Orgel und Streicher
Piano reduction
Item no.: 302559
zu BE 2438 "Chor aktuell International" und BE 2439 "Let's get singing"
Chor aktuell
CD
Item no.: 479128
Piano reduction
Item no.: 158160
Herrnhuter Weihnachtsmusik
for: GCH (SAB) BC
Choir score
Item no.: 190662
nach dem 6. und 10. Satz (Choral) der Kantate Nr. 147
'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 477626
Weihnachtsheft für 4-6 stimmigen
Belchbläserchor
for: KAMMERMUSIK BLECHBLASINSTRUMENTE SEXTETTE
Item no.: 293144
für Orgel
Wöhrdener Orgelbuch Band 1
for: Organ
Item no.: 293080
Cantata for the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 329610
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 565125
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413562
Choralsätze aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert
für 4 Blockflöten oder andere Melodieinstrumente
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 421154
Die kleine Kantate zur Adventszeit
for: Narrator, 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra; children's choir ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 243334
Motette für Sopran, Tenor und Orgel
for: Sopran, Tenor und Orgel
Score
Item no.: 602693
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 122329
aus dem Oratorium "Judas Maccabäus" op. 90,16
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 610510
Cantata for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116692
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 192101
SET zu 3 Heften, kompatibel mit den anderen Ausgaben des Bandes
for: Melody instrument (C), 2 melodic instruments (B-flat)
Performance scores
Item no.: 695156
242 geistliche Chorsätze für gem. Chor meist SATB
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 279227
Sätze alter Meister für 2 bis 4 Frauenstimmen und eine Männerstimme. 62 Sätze zum Kirchenjahr / Coro SAM-SSAM
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 188691
aus: Responsoria in Parasceve MH 278, Nr. 1, Nr. 2 und Nr. 8
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 156873
BR JCFB H 101
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422069
Rorate coeli desuper
Missa Nr. 3 in G
Piano reduction
Item no.: 236552
Rorate coeli desuper
Missa Nr. 3 in G
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Violoncello / Kontrabass, Orgel)
Score
Item no.: 236551
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 233039