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: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 730710
(Gottesdienst)
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Item no.: 753392
for: gemischter Chor und Orgel
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Item no.: 730712
(Lob und Dank)
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Item no.: 730070
Mel.: Berlin 1653
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Item no.: 744549
Melodie: Halle 1704 (Advent)
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Item no.: 753374
Str. 1: 15. Jahrhundert; Str. 2-4: Daniel Rumpius 1587; Mel.: 15. Jahrhundert; geistl. bei Daniel Rumpius (Epiphanias)
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Item no.: 753380
Mel.: geistl. Wittenberg um 1541 (Gottesdienst)
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Item no.: 737821
Wir beten dich an, Christe (Pasion)
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Item no.: 730047
Mel.: Wittenberg 1529 (Weihnachten)
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Item no.: 730040
Mel: Halberstadt um 1500, Wittenberg 1524 (Trinitatis)
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Item no.: 737820
(Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
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Item no.: 737822
(Himmelfahrt)
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Item no.: 730050
Mel.: Straßburg 1577 (Tod und Ewigkeit)
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Item no.: 730073
Fronleichnamshymnus (Passion)
for: 3-stimmiger gemischter Chor (SABar) a cappella und Orgel
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Item no.: 738333
(Epiphanias)
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Item no.: 753379
(Lob und Dank)
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Item no.: 753403
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Item no.: 753811
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Item no.: 735643
Text: Lüneburg 1657; Mel.: 15. Jahrhundert
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Item no.: 744558
(Weihnachten)
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Item no.: 730033
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Item no.: 744754
(Gottesdienst)
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Item no.: 753395
(Passion)
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Item no.: 737817
(Tod und Ewigkeit)
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Item no.: 730075
(Advent)
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Item no.: 730076
(Weihnachten
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Item no.: 730077
(Lob und Dank)
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Item no.: 753402
for: gemischter Chor und Orgel
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Item no.: 753814
Text: Str. 1 u. 4 nach Ambrosius Lobwasser 1573; Str. 3 Fritz Enderlin 1952 nach Ps. 118 (Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
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Item no.: 744554
(Weihnachten)
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Item no.: 730032
Mel: 15. Jahrhundert; Text: Str. 1-2 vorreformat., Str. 3: Berlin 1853 (Weihnachten)
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Item no.: 744751
Text und Mel.: Leipziger Handschrift 15. Jahrhundert (Weihnachten)
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Item no.: 730042
(Passion)
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Item no.: 730044
(Original 1 Ganzton höher) (Tod und Ewigkeit)
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Item no.: 737824
Mel.: 15. Jahrhundert; geistlich Erfurt 1524 (Epiphanias)
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Item no.: 753378
Str. 5: Köln 1574; Mel.: Frankfurt/Main 1569 (Tod und Ewigkeit)
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Item no.: 744555
Mel.: Böhmische Brüder 1661 (Gottesdienst)
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Item no.: 730062
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Item no.: 730714
(Gottesdienst)
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Item no.: 753396
aus op. 5; Mel.: Frankfurt/Main 1557 (Gottesdienst)
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Item no.: 753398
Mel.: bei Bartholomäus Gesius 1601
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Item no.: 737818
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Item no.: 733557
(Passion)
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Item no.: 730078
Melodie: Lyon 1557; geistl. Erfurt 1563; Str. 4 Lüneburg 1657 (Advent)
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Item no.: 730027