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.
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750649
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5400
for: Chöre (SATB/SAB/SSA/TTBB) a cappella oder mit Klavierbegleitung
Music score
Item no.: 761195
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 740193
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1543638
aus "30 kleine Choralvorspiele", op. 135a
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4049
Motet on a play of the same name by August Strinberg
for: gemischter Chor SATB mit 4 Soli (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 724814
Choralvorspiel
(manualiter)
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4100
Canto solo con 3 Viole (1664)
for: Solo voice (soprano), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4114
Adventskantate, BuxWV 51
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra; 5 soloists (SSATB) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2231
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2396
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Saxophon (in Es) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 750650
aus "50 geistliche Lieder und Psalmen" (Nürnberg, 1586)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1415
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 736172
"Omnes gentes plaudite" (Psalm 47, 1-6)
for: gemischter Chor (SAAT/ATBB/ATTB/STTB)
Choir score
Item no.: 749914
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1543663
aus den Kryptogrammen Gesualdo und Jürg Baur
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 738091
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750787
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736405
Variations (from the first edition 1884)
for: 4 violins
Set of parts
Item no.: 749986
Sleepers, wake
for: 3 Soli, Chor und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 755953
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 752151
for: 3 Singstimmen, Klavier, Instrument ad libitum
Score
Item no.: 1337102
mit leichten Originalstücken und Bearbeitungen
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 761065
Motette zum 2. Advent
aus: Liber primus cantionem sacrarum, Löwen 1609
for: Mixed choir (ATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6340
Choralbearbeitung, BWV 645
for: Clarinet (B-flat), alto saxophone, bassoon
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1105
Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724487
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 731610
Responsorium zur Vesper am 1. Advent (Sacharja 14,5-6; Judas 14)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 734125
"Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern"
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 724662
Come Thou of man the Saviour (1st version)
for: 3 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 735792
Edition Schott
for: Soli (SAT), gemischter Chor (SATB), Klavier (Orgel), Melodieinstrument und Gemeinde
Choir score
Item no.: 726152
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 724667
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
Hymnus in adventu domini
eingerichtet für Blechbläserquartett
for: Cornett [trumpet], 3 trombones [horn (F)], 2 trombones]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4073
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Violin, cello, piano (piano trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 735930
Advent cantata
for: Soli (SB), gemischter Chor (SSATB), Streicher und Basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 744112
Choralvorspiel, BuxWV 211
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1110
aus "Judas Makkabäus" (1746)
for: Frauen- oder Kinderchor (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 742367
aus: D. M. Luthers und anderer vornehmen geistreichen und gelehrten Männer geistliche Lieder, 1653
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins [treble recorders], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3546
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 758332
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 724668
Distinguished Choral Music
for: gemischter Chor (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 725315
für Trompete und Orgel
(Orig. für Orgel solo, op. 52 Nr. 11)
for: Trumpet (B-flat), organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3230
on "O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid"
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 731608
Motette zum 2. Advent
aus: Liber primus cantionem sacrarum, Löwen 1609
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6263
BWV 660
for: 3 guitars
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1098
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