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, instruments
Score
Item no.: 187295
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 631779
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 314159
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 614090
for: Children's choir, flute, organ
Score
Item no.: 119977
Chamaeleon - Musik Fuer Kinder
for: Children's choir, piano
Item no.: 372949
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba, organ, timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996600
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 660740
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 458284
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 476358
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 215944
for: Chöre (SATB/SAB/SSA/TTBB) a cappella oder mit Klavierbegleitung
Music score
Item no.: 761195
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Horn (F), piano
Music score
Item no.: 740193
for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5694
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5400
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750649
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 631271
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 648037
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 565124
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 366290
Music for Recorder
Oriel Library 186
for: 8 recorders (SSAATTBB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 367223
for: Viola
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 171621
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 689307
Cantata for the First Sunday of Advent
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280823
Collection of First Editions
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 475503
for: Bassi
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 646009
for: Choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 117145
for: Piano
Gesamtausgabe, Spielpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 459262
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 580036
for: Organ
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 286058
for: POS (HRN) ORG
Item no.: 417710
for: Viola
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 646269
for: 3-5-stimmiger gemischter Chor
Score
Item no.: 497343
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 229400
for: Symphonic orchestra
25 Study scores, 25 CDs
Item no.: 684047
for: Organ
Study score
Item no.: 625550
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 215278
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 244577
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 233879
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1637224
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 577810
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 681842
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 327909
for: Piano, brass ensemble, latin percussion
Music score
Item no.: 660340
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 694159
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 495259
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 498606
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 580414
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