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 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233040
in G-Dur
TVWV 9:18
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Cello [Double bass/Bassoon]
Item no.: 234582
in G-Dur
TVWV 9:18
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 [Oboe 2] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234580
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
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233884
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
– Graduated prices on request –
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 772184
Advent cantata
for: 3 voices (SSB), 2 violins, 2 violas, violone, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 234391
Advent cantata
for: 3 voices (SSB), 2 violins, 2 violas, violone, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 234386
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent (Reconstruction)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 234060
"Wie soll ich dich empfangen"
Advent cantata
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 234353
I: Antiphon "O oriens splendor" / II. Lukas, 21, 25-28
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 327519
Chorale Prelude
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1018809
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203046
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308544
for: 3 voices (SST), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 377577
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 290980
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 245481
for: GCH 2 TRP VC ORG (+ 2 VL)
Score
Item no.: 556729
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 310886
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 497996
Cantata for the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 329609
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 115420
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688822
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772188
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 327637
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 145466
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 145464
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
String parts (3/3/2/3)
Item no.: 681854
Cantata for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673184
Antiphona angelorum. Aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1161090
Single part Trumpet 1 (C)
Item no.: 314233
Geistliche Arie mit lateinischem Text für die Passionszeit und deutschem Text für die Adventszeit
for: Voice (soprano/tenor), strings, basso continuo, organ (obl.)
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237804
Geistliche Arie mit lateinischem Text für die Passionszeit und deutschem Text für die Adventszeit
for: Voice (soprano/tenor), strings, basso continuo, organ (obl.)
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237801
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Heimsuchung (Leipziger Fassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 497398
BuxWV 100
Einzelstimme B.c.
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 234419
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230114
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 229860
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 463042
Hob. XXII:3
for: für Chor SATB, Orgel und Streicher Violine 1
Single part
Item no.: 261950
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1530159
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 357053
Sinfonische Kantate I
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688779
Sinfonische Kantate I
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688775
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 212933
Cantata for the Second Advent TVWV 1:301
Bäreneiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 426108
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230112
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230109
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
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233177
für gem Chor, Querflöte und Klavier
Single part Flute
Item no.: 1656997
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