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: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150956
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, organ
Score
Item no.: 1023513
for: FCH (3) INST
Score
Item no.: 171382
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 232172
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent (Reconstruction)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234050
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 378739
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 633232
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 565755
for: Women's choir (SS/SA) [mixed choir (SSB/SAB)], 2 violins, basso continuo; viola ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422013
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 421968
for: Singstimme (S), gemischter Chor 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 491387
for: GES FL ORCH
Score
Item no.: 369820
for: 3 guitars
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1098
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6263
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1309
for: 1. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 171617
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 565122
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 322158
Fantasia for Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1557220
Psalm 24, 7-10
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 657222
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 317136
for: 3 guitars
Item no.: 396233
Geistliche Gesänge des 19. Jahrhunderts für Männerchöre
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 498476
Cantata for the First Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 247057
Heart and lips, thy whole behaviour BWV 147
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 223528
for: Oboe, piano
Item no.: 570948
Kantate zum 4. Advent HoWV II.7
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 580334
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, CD
Item no.: 345036
for: Piano
Item no.: 284305
for: Voice, guitar [keyboard]
Songbook (Hardcover)
Item no.: 621419
Brass Series
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678412
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 172199
for: Flexible youth concert band (3 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1008684
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/ ATTBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1018170
Three Preludes for Organ
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1025088
Vier Adventslieder für Männerchor
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 664312
aus dem Eichsfeld, 19. Jhdt.
for: Accordion orchestra
Partitur, Stimmensatz
Item no.: 638656
Kleine Adventskantate für
variable Besetzungen, Partitur und Stimmen
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG GEISTLICH EINZELN
Item no.: 153940
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 577979
Ruf im Advent und Erhebet eure Häupter
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 119242
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 632096
Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (1. Fassung)
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392247
Audio-CD
Item no.: 444443
Orgelmusik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 185535
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 365013
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233841
for: Mixed choir (SMezATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1645513