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: Organ
Item no.: 444355
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 162889
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 150955
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 597410
Adventskantate mit kleinem Bühnenspiel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1656996
Hymnus auf St. Johannes den Täufer - für Orgel
for: Organ
Item no.: 380674
Kantate zum 1. Advent
endgültige Fassung
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Oboe d'amore (2)
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 345606
Muzika Ensemble Music
for: Flexible ensemble (5 parts), piano (school orchestra)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 119339
Advents-Motette
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 155783
Item no.: 618685
Fagott & Streicher
for: Bassoon, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596920
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1653170
for: Brass ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1696668
Q4TT
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 489145
for: Mixed choir (SATB), narrator, oboe, strings
Score
Item no.: 1661172
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1677109
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1670476
for: Oboe, strings
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 307993
for: Symphonic orchestra
25 Study scores, 25 CDs
Item no.: 684038
for: Flute, organ [piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 768987
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 577835
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 577042
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 647192
for: STR (BL/KLAV)
Score
Item no.: 371726
for: Soli / Chor SSB, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 344539
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 660930
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 659738
for: Mixed choir (SATB), narrator, oboe, strings
Score
Item no.: 181693
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 309554
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 627484
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 645997
for: Bass solo, Streicher, Gemischter Chor (4-stimmig), Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 645978
for: Guitar
Item no.: 362148
for: 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423403
Choralgebundene Orgelwerke 2
29 Kompositionen für das Kirchenjahr
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 578840
Meditation zur Adventszeit
für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 296887
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 773392
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285404
for: Solo voice (soprano), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4114
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4100
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4049
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra; 5 soloists (SSATB) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2231
for: Brass ensemble
Item no.: 191993
(Collection)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 620575
Nr 3 aus: Vier Adventsmotetten nach Gregorianischen Motiven
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1670739
"Macht hoch die Tür"
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 692968
Nr 4 aus: Vier Adventsmotetten nach Gregorianischen Motiven
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 656739
Nr 3 aus: Vier Adventsmotetten nach Gregorianischen Motiven
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 656740
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