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: Voice, organ
Choir book
Item no.: 663833
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 360158
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 256679
Music for Solo Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 680943
aus der Reihe "Munich Opera Horns"
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677579
Chorale Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668818
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670713
Nr 1 aus: Vier Adventsmotetten nach Gregorianischen Motiven
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1654034
Weihnachtsheft für 4-6 stimmigen
Belchbläserchor
for: KAMMERMUSIK BLECHBLASINSTRUMENTE SEXTETTE
Item no.: 293144
für Orgel
Wöhrdener Orgelbuch Band 1
for: Organ
Item no.: 293080
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 122329
Herrnhuter Weihnachtsmusik
for: GCH (SAB) BC
Choir score
Item no.: 190662
for: Organ
Item no.: 151918
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 233039
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 233038
SET zu 3 Heften, kompatibel mit den anderen Ausgaben des Bandes
for: Melody instrument (C), 2 melodic instruments (B-flat)
Performance scores
Item no.: 695156
from "Josua"
for: 3 soloists (SSA/TTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 692188
Advent cantata
– Complete orchestral parts –
for: 3 voices (SSB), 2 violins, 2 violas, violone, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 643674
Nr. 4: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Leuckart-Reprint
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles
Choir score
Item no.: 634548
Choralsätze aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert
für 4 Blockflöten oder andere Melodieinstrumente
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 421154
Rorate coeli desuper
Missa Nr. 3 in G
Piano reduction
Item no.: 236552
aus dem Oratorium "Judas Maccabäus" op. 90,16
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 610510
Hob. XXII:3
for: für gemischten Chor (SATB), Orgel und Streicher
Piano reduction
Item no.: 302559
nach dem 6. und 10. Satz (Choral) der Kantate Nr. 147
'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben'
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 477626
Come, Thou the Saviour of man (2nd Version)
for: 3 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 739745
242 geistliche Chorsätze für gem. Chor meist SATB
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 279227
Piano reduction
Item no.: 158160
Adventskantate
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Scores
Item no.: 243185
Sätze alter Meister für 2 bis 4 Frauenstimmen und eine Männerstimme. 62 Sätze zum Kirchenjahr / Coro SAM-SSAM
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 188691
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 914935
Piano reduction
Item no.: 483471
for: Alt solo, gemischter Chor und Kammerorchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 634810
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 630288
for: Women's choir (SA) [mixed choir (SABar)], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 277553
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Violoncello / Kontrabass, Orgel)
Score
Item no.: 236551
for: Sopran, Tenor und Orgel
Score
Item no.: 602693
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 664274
for: Chor (1-stimmig), 5 Trompeten, 3 Posaunen
Score
Item no.: 230655
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 156873
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 133019
18 New Motets for Choirs for SATB, with organ ad lib.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 233889
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra; 5 soloists (SSATB) ad lib.
Piano reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 2232
for: 2 violins, basso continuo [organ]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3566
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 643177
for: Brass ensemble (8 parts), latin percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 974150
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 295503
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 607356
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 192101