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 the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137089
for: Violin
Music score, CD
Item no.: 425902
Eine Kantate für: Tenor-Solo, gemischten Chor, KInderchor, Klavier, Streicher, Schlagzeug und Orgel
Piano reduction
Item no.: 242954
Cantata for the 1st Sunday in Advent
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663105
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.
Score
Item no.: 464812
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285455
Your favourite ABRSM piano exam pieces
Grades 1 & 2
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 635972
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137061
Come Thou the world's Redeemer
Kantate (1. Advent)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285456
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285540
Eine Kantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 616315
for: Clarinet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 370845
Vorreformatorisches Adventsgebet (Collecte), wahrscheinlich von Martin Luther 1533 eingedeutscht
g-dorisch
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte I
for: 2 voices (SS) [TT], organ
Score
Item no.: 421967
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634698
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Heimsuchung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 645996
O come, O come, Emmanuel
Winthrop Rogers Church Choral Series Nr. 70
with piano accompaniment for rehearsal only
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 301476
for mixed choir (SABar) and Organ
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Score
Item no.: 617354
Volume with detailed booklet in German (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358089
"Wie soll ich dich empfangen"
Advent cantata
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234349
10 Hymns
for: Flute, piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 292554
for: Oboe
Buch + CD
Item no.: 339521
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent (Reconstruction)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 675044
Cantata for the 10th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232964
6 bekende liedjes voor de Sint
Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare Partitur + Stimmen
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 771183
ERO CRAS (I Will Come)
for: Women's choir (SA); soloist (soprano), piano, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 771049
geeignet für den Adventsgottesdienst
Französische Kirchenmusik – Urtext (erste kritische Ausgabe)
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679014
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 292561
für gem Chor a cappella Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423067
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 292560
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549591
for: C/Bb Trombone / Euphonium BC/TC
Buch + CD
Item no.: 192474
Geistliche Musik
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 324783
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ/orchestra]
Piano score
Item no.: 628284
O Little Town of Bethlehem
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano; strings ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 679749
für Frauenchor, Streicher und Orgel Chorpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 577035
215 Chorstücke zur Winter- und Weihnachtszeit für drei gemischte Stimmen SAM (Sopran - Alt - Männer)
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 610557
Oxford Choral Music
for: Soloist (soprano/mezzo-soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 213531
141 Christmas carols
for: Women's choir [children's choir], piano
Choir book
Item no.: 586140
for soprano recorder and piano
(with lyrics)
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 631644
The 100 best-loved Christmas songs, arranged for easy guitar and voice - in large-note format with spiral binding
Old and new Christmas songs and Christmas hits from the radio
voice and guitar
for: Voice, guitar
Songbook (spiral binding)
Item no.: 672338
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano [organ] ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 123446
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 310928
oder andere Melodieinstrumente
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 191611
for flute and piano
(with lyrics)
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 680989
16 Advents- und Weihnachtslieder für zwei gleiche Stimmen (mit Text)
Ausgabe für B-Instrumente
for: 2 melodic instruments (B-flat)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 140413
Advent und Weihnachten im Frauenchor
for: Women's choir (3–5 parts) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 663626
41 songs for voice & keyboard
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 336425
Beliebte Weihnachtslieder in leichten Sätzen
für 1-2 Flöten (mit Texten)
for: 1–2 flutes
Ensemble score, CD
Item no.: 609021
Playalong for Saxophone – Golden Edition
Aus der Reihe "Guest Spot"
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 554519
Version for Medium Voice and Piano. In the key of B Flat.
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 276859