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.
Your favourite ABRSM piano exam pieces
Grades 1 & 2
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 635972
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
geeignet für den Adventsgottesdienst
Französische Kirchenmusik – Urtext (erste kritische Ausgabe)
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679014
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
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285455
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
for: Violin
Book, CD
Item no.: 425902
for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 370751
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
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Heimsuchung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 645996
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
for: Oboe
Book, CD
Item no.: 339521
for: Clarinet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 370845
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
"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
Vorreformatorisches Adventsgebet (Collecte), wahrscheinlich von Martin Luther 1533 eingedeutscht
g-dorisch
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte I
for: 2 solo voices (SS) [TT], organ
Score
Item no.: 421967
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: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 292561
for: C/Bb Trombone / Euphonium BC/TC
Book, CD
Item no.: 192474
Eine Kantate für: Tenor-Solo, gemischten Chor, KInderchor, Klavier, Streicher, Schlagzeug und Orgel
Piano reduction
Item no.: 242954
on the Gregorian theme Rorate coeli
for: Horn, piano
Book
Item no.: 266370
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634698
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 292554
Come Thou the world's Redeemer
Kantate (1. Advent)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285456
6 bekende liedjes voor de Sint
Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare Partitur + Stimmen
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 771183
for mixed choir (SABar) and Organ
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Score
Item no.: 617354
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
ERO CRAS (I Will Come)
for: Women's choir (SA); soloist (soprano), piano, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 771049
Volume with detailed booklet in German (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358089
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 292560
Geistliche Musik
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 324783
Eine Kantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 616315
für gem Chor a cappella Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423067
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
141 Christmas carols
for: Women's choir [children's choir], piano
Choir book
Item no.: 586140
für dreistimmig gemischten Chor
mit neuen Texten
for: Mixed choir (SABar); instrument ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 630805
for soprano recorder and piano
(with lyrics)
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 631644
for flute and piano
(with lyrics)
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 680989
86 Sätze für den Gottesdienst
1–8stimmiger gemischter Chor, teils mit Orgel
– Staffelpreise auf Anfrage –
for: Mixed choir (1–8 parts); organ ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 226310
Thema und zwei Variationen für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 679617
Meditation
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6522
Praeludium
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6521
Mit Akkord-Bezifferungen und Klavierbegleitung, auch a-cappella singbar.
Alle Gospels und Hymnen sind international bekannt und daher in Englisch.
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 631523
Playalong for Saxophone – Golden Edition
Aus der Reihe "Guest Spot"
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 554519
on the French song "Ah, vous dirai-je Maman" (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 656054
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 631271
geeignet für den Adventsgottesdienst
Französische Kirchenmusik – Urtext (erste kritische Ausgabe)
Staffelpreise auf Anfrage
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679030
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