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
Item no.: 143728
CD
Item no.: 479128
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 565125
Die kleine Kantate zur Adventszeit
for: Narrator, 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra; children's choir ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 243334
for: Saxophone [clarinet], organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 662152
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413562
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
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: 1. Oboe, 2. Oboe, 1. Trompete, 2. Trompete, Pauke
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 280865
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422069
conatum 83
for: 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1684393
Buch
Item no.: 1658624
aus der Kantate 147
Festliche Musik Satz 2
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 676364
Fantasie und Variationen über deutsche Nikolauslieder
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 557469
Choralintrade
for: Wind ensemble; organ ad lib.
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 1559863
für flexibles Ensemble
(Stimmen als PDF zum Ausdrucken auf DVD)
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Solo part(s), DVD
Item no.: 1664195
Weihnachtsheft für 4-6 stimmigen
Belchbläserchor
for: KAMMERMUSIK BLECHBLASINSTRUMENTE SEXTETTE
Item no.: 1658635
Geistliche Kantate für hohe Stimme, Altblockflöte (Vl.) und B.c. (komplett) (complete)
for: GES-H ABFL (VL) BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551722
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
Adventskantate
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: GES-M FL BC
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 125276
for: Organ
Item no.: 408478
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 188694
for: Violin, organ
Item no.: 466636
kompatibel mit den anderen Ausgaben des Bandes
for: 3 melodc instruments (B-flat)
Performance scores
Item no.: 1655104
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
for: Organ
Item no.: 460012
Motet
No. 15 from "Geistliche Chor-Music"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696751
BR JCFB H 101
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 234214
Bass Posaune & Streicher
for: Bass trombone, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591250
für 1-2 Instrumente (Stimmen) und Klavier (Gitarre)
Advent in Europa 3
for: 1–2 melodic instruments (C), piano [guitar]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 671991
for: 5 Trompeten / 5 Hörner / 5 Klarinetten
Item no.: 293076
for: TRP (C/ES) KLAV
Item no.: 151733
for: MCH GLO ORG
Score, Parts
Item no.: 486478
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
Wachet Auf, Rift Uns Die Stimme, Cantata 140
for: 2 Alt-Querflöten und Bass-Querflöte
Score, Parts
Item no.: 554634
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 165245
for: Voice, organ
Music score
Item no.: 646863
for: gemischter Chor (SAATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 742358
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280752
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392249
for: Soli, Gemischter Chor (4-stimmig), Hörner (2), Streichorchester, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 552373
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 362737
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
Score
Item no.: 362125
for: GCH (4-5) BLECH ORG
Score
Item no.: 313500
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 202022
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 425169
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 298968
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