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.
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772185
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 174243
for: Narrator, Children's choir (1-2 parts), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ; the parish ad lib.
Viola, cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689669
Kantate zum 3. Advent HoWV II.5
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 498948
Kantate zum 3. Advent HoWV II.5
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498947
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 366161
Advent- und Fastenzeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 309564
Kantate zum 4. Advent HoWV II.7
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 772573
Kantate zum 3. Advent HoWV II.5
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 498941
für 5 Singstimmen (Blockflöten/Gamben)
aus: OCh Mss 984-88
Music score
Item no.: 561536
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 455474
for: TRP-B 1
Item no.: 303584
Rorate coeli desuper
Missa Nr. 3 in G
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236556
Rorate coeli desuper
Missa Nr. 3 in G
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236554
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.: 772617
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 551296
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233843
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 230108
Kantate
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229971
Kantate
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229970
BuxWV 100
Einzelstimme Fg.
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 234420
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 236102
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 229814
Choral Nr. 6 und Nr. 10 der Kantate BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo; oboe ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235527
Songbook
Item no.: 377198
for: Children's choir, clarinet, violin, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 689305
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 111421
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 563984
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309533
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308924
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 282687
for: Choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 103692
Cantata for the Second Advent TVWV 1:301
Bäreneiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 766839
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 474929
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 301548
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 169856
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 145468
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 180780
Tollite portas
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309682
for: Viola
Item no.: 184367
for: Narrator, Children's choir (1-2 parts), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ; the parish ad lib.
Violin 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689668
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1056846
Advent- und Fastenzeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 472976
Kantate zum 3. Advent HoWV II.5
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498945
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 371155
Item no.: 556621
for: Guitar
Item no.: 470535
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