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
Choir score
Item no.: 462429
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo [organ]
Score
Item no.: 4381
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2827
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn], organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3231
for: Trumpet (C) [oboe], organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3229
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), harp, percussion
Score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8048
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ
Item no.: 340589
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 369777
for: Soli, Orchester
Werkausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 630081
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549938
for: Mixed choir (1–8 parts); organ ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 226310
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 303769
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 566165
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 674054
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266370
for: Soli (SAT), gemischter Chor (SATB), Klavier (Orgel), Melodieinstrument und Gemeinde
Choir score
Item no.: 408049
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1677543
Cantata for the Purification of Mary – Ich habe genung (Version for solo soprano)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Voice (soprano), flute, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424624
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233051
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233050
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233053
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 310887
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 233058
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 233851
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370797
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 557989
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233052
Instrument 4 (Basso)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Single part Cello [Double bass/Bassoon]
Item no.: 234218
"Wie soll ich dich empfangen"
Advent cantata
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 684746
für Frauenchor, Streicher und Orgel Chorpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 577035
Kantate zum 1. Advent
TVWV 1:809
for: 2 soloists (SMez), women's choir (SS), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1013645
Feast of the Annunciation
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1668170
for: Women's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 497718
Gezang 002
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908072
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905068
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1676973
Psalmszene zum Advent
for: Mixed choir (SATB), narrator, oboe, strings
Choir score
Item no.: 295338
Partita für Orgel op. 30b
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 305642
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 344801
for: Timpani
Item no.: 314235
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Heimsuchung (Leipziger Fassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 497396
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 557991
Kantate zum 4. Advent HoWV II.7
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772578
Cantata for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (Double bass/ Violone) [Basso continuo] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1671141
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386041
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230986
Sammlung mit 24 festlichen und sakralen Titeln für variables Bläserquartett
for: 4 brass instruments
Single part 2 in B-flat (trumpet / flugelhorn)
Item no.: 1582010
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