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.
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
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233880
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 425169
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
Study score
Item no.: 233174
Kantate zum 1. Advent
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233037
Advent Cantata for alto solo, miced choir and chamber orchestra
for: Alt solo, gemischter Chor und Kammerorchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 736441
for: Organ 4 hands
Item no.: 563587
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 724669
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 758331
Bass Posaune & Streicher
for: Bass trombone, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591250
An Advent Candlelighting Anthem
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Score
Item no.: 1093794
Version für Männerchor (TTBB)
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1549476
Version für Frauenchor (SSA)
for: Women's choir (SSA); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1549474
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 202022
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 188694
for: Voice, organ
Music score
Item no.: 646863
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (2. Fassung)
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392249
Wachet Auf, Rift Uns Die Stimme, Cantata 140
for: 2 Alt-Querflöten und Bass-Querflöte
Score, Parts
Item no.: 554634
Band IV
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 558207
am 27. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 190086
Liedkantate. 4 Sätze für verschiedene Besetzungen aus "Musae Sioniae"
for: Singstimme, Instrument
Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 196026
Festliche Musik zur Hochzeit für Orgel solo
Sammelband inklusive CD
Hochzeitsmusik für Orgel (Sammelband)
for: Organ
Sammelband, Partitur
Item no.: 275606
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280752
Vesper für 4-6stimmigen Chor (lateinisch)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116334
Kantate zum 1. Advent
Das Schottener Kantatenarchiv Vol. 1
for: Soli, Gemischter Chor (4-stimmig), Hörner (2), Streichorchester, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 552373
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 165245
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 321229
Edition Schott
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Sopran-Solo und Orgel
Score
Item no.: 743119
Chorgesangbuch
for: Gemischter Chor, [Orgel]
Choir book
Item no.: 127771
nach Robert Schumanns gleichnamigem Stück aus dem "Album für die Jugend"
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 298968
aus: Geistliche und Weltliche Teutsche Geseng
bearbeitet für Blockflötenquintett
Wittenberg, 1566
for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5694
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750649
Based on traditional Luxembourgish St. Nicholas folksongs
Symphonic Dimensions Publishing
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1637224
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1664974
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5400
5 Wunderlieder
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1019713
für flexibles Ensemble
(Stimmen als PDF zum Ausdrucken auf DVD)
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Solo part(s), DVD
Item no.: 662389
for: Chöre (SATB/SAB/SSA/TTBB) a cappella oder mit Klavierbegleitung
Music score
Item no.: 761195
10 Variationen über "Wie soll ich dich empfangen"
A Tribute to Paul Gerhardt
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 498718
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 740193
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 631779
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 631271
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 327145
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 314159
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 614090
Psalm 26
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 613816
Meisterwerke Der Musik Im Faksimile 3
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Partitur, Hardcover, Faksimile
Item no.: 274853
Music for Recorder
Oriel Library 186
for: 8 recorders (SSAATTBB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 367223
for: Oboe, clarinet, bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 559239
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