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.
Adventslied
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 137307
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 128659
for: 2 TRP (OB) ORG
Item no.: 321160
for: Singstimme (A), gemischter Chor Orchester, Orgel
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 326747
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 428817
for: Frauenchor, [Orgel]
ORG BEGL
Item no.: 582340
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Item no.: 218218
Kantate zum Fest Johannis des Täufers
für 2 Cornette, 2 Violinen, 3 Violen, Fagott, Soli und Chor (SATB) und Continuo
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 647583
for: Organ
Item no.: 556620
for: Organ
Item no.: 556322
for: Coro SATB, [Org] (oder SSAB [Org])
Score
Item no.: 642965
Instrument 3 (Tenore)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Single part Viola
Item no.: 234217
for: Voice (alto)
Item no.: 386038
for: Violin, 2 violas, cello
Item no.: 333823
Introitus pro adventu Domini
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 556111
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772187
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 772181
Sinfonische Kantate I
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 688780
Kantate zum 4. Advent HoWV II.7
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772577
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 557992
Cantata for the First Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 376509
Cantata for the First Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 376508
Cantata for the First Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Bassoon (orchestral part)
Item no.: 376503
Adventskantate nach dem Chorsatz aus dem Oratorium "Judas Maccabaeus"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 217950
Cantata for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 291352
Das Weihnachtsevangelium nach Lukas für großen Chor (mindestens sechs-, möglichst zwölfstimmig)
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 196271
Cantata for the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 329604
"Und unser lieben Frauen" (Beuttner, 1602)
for: Frauen- oder Kinderchor (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 281186
GL 110
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309770
Kantate zum 1. Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 631558
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 146739
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 145463
GL 108
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309163
for: Narrator, Children's choir (1-2 parts), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ; the parish ad lib.
Viola, cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1653593
for: Voice (alto)
Item no.: 195006
for: BL (STR) / FL OB 2 KLAR A-SAX T-SAX 2 HRN / 2 TRP (VL) BAR (VC) TUBA (KB)
Score
Item no.: 160630
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 185212
for: Organ
Item no.: 175009
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Streichquartett (Kontrabass ad libitum) oder Streichorchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 752752
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 210444
Early Music Library 226
for: Choir (8 voices); 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Item no.: 482597
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 302558
for: TRP-B 2
Item no.: 314232
for: Accordion orchestra
ST SET
Item no.: 625586
Bearbeitet für Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 670008
Kantate
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229972
Volgarizzata da Dante
Das Ave Maria eignet sich zum Musizieren im kleineren Rahmen.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 374255
for: Gemischter Chor
CP
Item no.: 156535
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