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.
from "Josua"
for: 3 soloists (SSA/TTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235512
Single part(n)
Item no.: 229817
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin
Item no.: 369376
Cantata for the Second Advent TVWV 1:301
Bäreneiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 426106
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
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233179
für Soli (SB), gem Chor (SAB) und Orchester,
Violine 1
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234415
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371159
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 230111
über "O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf"
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 305643
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230404
Cantata for a wedding
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673210
für Frauenchor, Streicher und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623072
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 212931
für Frauenchor, Streicher und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 623077
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Heimsuchung (Leipziger Fassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 497399
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent (Reconstruction)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234055
Single part(n)
Item no.: 229816
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 151780
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 166389
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234650
from "Josua"
for: 3 soloists (SSA/TTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235509
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 212930
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; oboe [trumpet], 2 violas, 3 trombones colla parte ad lib.
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 646459
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano [organ] ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 123446
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 610557
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 336425
for: Cello [bassoon], piano
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1852
from the Cantata BWV 147 - Arrangement for Violin and Piano
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 382327
2nd version with the 4 inserts from the E-flat major version (transposed)
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116691
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 113940
for: 2 descant recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 310906
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 168830
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 310928
for: Voice, piano; bass instrument, melody instrument ad lib.
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 609194
Original Works and Arrangements for Church Service and Concert
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), organ
Score, 4 Single part
Item no.: 817360
für Soli (SA), Chor und Orchester
Kantate für den zweiten Sonntag nach Epiphanis
Piano reduction
Item no.: 675215
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 397388
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 562188
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 554519
for: Treble recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751375
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Item no.: 154204
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751408
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 751315
for: Treble recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751355
38 leichte Weihnachtsduette für Violine und Viola (mit Texten)
for: Violin, viola
Ensemble score
Item no.: 663701
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 123448
for: Treble recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 737548
for: Treble recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751371
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