Choral music for the Advent season

• The following lists all sacred works available at CPDL that have been categorized in Music for the Advent season (417).
• Other lists show Music for the Christmas season (1143) and Music for Epiphany (161).
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Advent A tender shoot (Colin Davey) Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein (Michael Altenburg) Ach wann kommen jene Stunden (Manfred Hößl) Im Advent, Op. 79, No. 5 (Felix Mendelssohn) Advent (Kathryn Rose) Advent Anthem (The Advent moon shines cold and clear) (Douglas Brooks-Davies) Advent Antiphon 7 (O Emmanuel) (Douglas Brooks-Davies) Advent Antiphon 8 (O Virgo Virginum) (Douglas Brooks-Davies) Advent Motets (John Reager) Advent Responsorial Psalms (Various) Advent Sentence (Toby Wardman) Aequalis aeterno patri (Michael Praetorius) Ak, nāc, ak, nāc, Emanuel (Anonymous) Alleluia - Prophetæ sancti (Thomas Stoltzer) Alma Redemptoris (Francesco Soriano) Alma Redemptoris (I) - Canto (Natale Monferrato) Alma Redemptoris Mater (Ambrosian chant) Alma Redemptoris Mater (Francisco Guerrero) Alma Redemptoris Mater (Gregorian chant) Alma Redemptoris Mater (Johannes Ockeghem) Alma Redemptoris Mater (Juan García de Salazar) Alma Redemptoris Mater (voci pari) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Alma Redemptoris Mater (William Byrd) Alma Redemptoris Mater a 5 (Orlando di Lasso) Alma Redemptoris Mater a 5 (Peter Philips) Alma Redemptoris Mater a 5 (Tomás Luis de Victoria) Alma Redemptoris Mater a 8 (Collegio Romano ms.) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Alma Redemptoris Mater a 8 (Orlando di Lasso) Alma Redemptoris Mater a 8 (Tomás Luis de Victoria) Alma Redemptoris Mater, Op. 10, No. 9 (Isabella Leonarda) Antifone a voce sola (Giovanni Antonio Rigatti) Aspiciens a longe (Christopher Upton) Audivi vocem (Thomas Tallis) Audivi: Media nocte (John Taverner) Beata quae credidisti (Nobuaki Izawa) Benedictus Dominus (Nobuaki Izawa) Canite tuba (Curtio Valcampi) Canite tuba (Francesco Lupino) Canite tuba (Hans Leo Hassler) Canite tuba (Jacob Handl) Canite tuba (Marco Antonio Ingegneri) Canite tuba (Michele Varotto) Canite tuba (Tiburtio Massaino) Blessed is she (Frances Matthews) Come, Jesus, Come! (Thurlow Weed) Come, redeemer of our race (Clifford Boyd) Come, thou long-expected Jesus (William Henry Havergal and Charles H. Giffen) Conditor alme siderum (Elzear Genet) Conditor alme siderum (Guillaume Dufay) Conditor alme siderum (Hymnus) (Anonymous) Conditor alme siderum (impares) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Conditor alme siderum (Jan Le Febure) Conditor alme siderum (Johann Stadlmayr) Conditor alme siderum (Michael Praetorius) Conditor alme siderum (Orlando di Lasso) Conditor alme siderum (pares) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Conditor alme siderum (Thomas Stoltzer) Conditor alme siderum (Tomás Luis de Victoria) Coronam justitiae (Nobuaki Izawa) Creator alme (Oliver Hayes) Creator alme siderum (Carlo Rossini) Creator alme siderum (Delfino Thermignon) Creator alme siderum (Gregorian chant) Creator of the stars of night (Charles H. Giffen) De coelo veniet (Jacob Handl) Debess, noraso jel Taisno (Anonymous) Deo patri sit gloria (Michael Praetorius) Dievs, debess, zemes Radītāj (Carlo Rossini) Dixit Angelus (Nobuaki Izawa) Drop down, ye heavens (George Alexander Macfarren) Ecce concipies (Jacob Handl) Ecce dies veniunt a 7 (Caspar Vincent) Ecce Dominus noster (Nobuaki Izawa) Ecce Dominus veniet (Hieronymus Praetorius) Ecce Dominus veniet (Nobuaki Izawa) Ecce Dominus veniet (Tomás Luis de Victoria) Ecce Dominus veniet a 5 (Michael Praetorius) Ecce Dominus veniet a 8 (Michael Praetorius) Ecce sto ad ostium (Nobuaki Izawa) Ecce veniet desideratus (Nobuaki Izawa) Ecce venio cito (Nobuaki Izawa) Egredietur virga (Jacob Handl) Egressus ejus a patre (Michael Praetorius) Exsultavit ut gigas (Nobuaki Izawa) Frohlock o Tochter Zion fast (Michael Praetorius) Gaudete omnes (Hieronymus Praetorius) God's People (Jeremy Rawson) Heilig ist Gott der Vater (Michael Praetorius) Hierusalem citò venient a 5 (Francesco Bianciardi) Hoch tut euch auf (Christoph Willibald Gluck) Hopkinton (William Billings) Hosanna filio David (Friedrich Weissensee) Hosanna in the highest (John Stainer) Hosanna to the Son of David (George Alexander Macfarren) Hosianna dem Sohne Davids (Anonymous) Im Anfang war das Wort (Markus Pfandler) In tua patientia (Luca Marenzio) Introit 1: First Sunday of Advent (Jeremy Rawson) Introit 2: Second Sunday of Advent (Jeremy Rawson) Introit 3: Third Sunday of Advent (Jeremy Rawson) Introit 4: Fourth Sunday of Advent (Jeremy Rawson) Jak růže krásná (Vojtěch Ulrich) Jefferson (Alexander Johnson) Juste et pie (Nobuaki Izawa) Laetentur coeli - Orietur in diebus (William Byrd) Levavi oculos meos in montes (Andrea Gabrieli) Lift up your heads (Orlando Gibbons) Liturgie für den Hauptgottesdienst in der Adventszeit, op. 57 (Albert Becker) Lo, he comes with clouds descending (Driffield) (Thomas Clark) Lo, he comes with clouds descending (John Fawcett) Machet die Thore weit (Andreas Hammerschmidt) Machet die Tore weit (Christian Ludwig Boxberg) Machet die Tore weit (Georg Philipp Telemann) Machet die Tore weit (Jakob Heinrich Lützel) Machet die Tore weit (shortened version) (Andreas Hammerschmidt) Macht hoch die Tür (Burkhart M. Schürmann) Macht hoch die Tür (Krystian Viszla) Magnificat anima mea (Nobuaki Izawa) Meži svinīgi klus (Eduard Ebel) Mirgo sudrabots sniegs (Anonymous) Missa Conditor Alme Siderum (Giovanni Animuccia) Montes et omnes colles (Matthew Guerrieri) Ne timeas (Mark Chapman) Non ex virili semine (Thomas Stoltzer) Nova! Nova! (Luc Jakobs) Nu komm der Heyden Heyland (Samuel Scheidt) Nun höret zu, ihr Christenleut (Michael Altenburg) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Andreas Raselius) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Georg Philipp Telemann) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Johann Crüger) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Johann Walter) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Johannes Werlin) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Lukas Osiander) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Melchior Vulpius) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland a 3 (Johann Hermann Schein) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland a 3 (Michael Praetorius) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland a 5 (Johann Hermann Schein) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland a 8 (Michael Praetorius) Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, SWV 301 (Heinrich Schütz) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Anonymous) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Balthasar Resinarius) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Michael Altenburg) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland a 4 I (Michael Praetorius) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland a 4 II (Michael Praetorius) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland a 6 (Michael Praetorius) Nun lob mein Seel den Herren (Michael Altenburg) Nāc, Jēzu Kristu (Mamerts Celminskis) Nāc, mans Jēzu (Come, thou long-expected Jesus) (Christian Friedrich Witt) O come, O come Emmanuel (Charles Gounod) O Dayspring (John Stainer) O Emmanuel (John Stainer) O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf (Burkhart M. Schürmann) O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf (Hugo Distler) O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf (Krystian Viszla) O Herre Gott dein göttlich Wort (Michael Altenburg) O King and desire of all nations (John Stainer) O komm, o komm, Emanuel (Verspoell) (Christoph Dalitz) O Oriens (Carlo Gesualdo) O Oriens (Guillaume Leroy) O radix Jesse (Luc Jakobs) O Sapientia (Robert Ramsey) O Thou the central orb (Orlando Gibbons) O Thou, the central orb (Charles Wood) O Virgo Virginum (Pierre de Manchicourt) Obsecro Domine (Jacob Handl) Of the Father's heart begotten (Corde natus ex Parentis) (Douglas Brooks-Davies) Of the Father's love begotten (Charles H. Giffen) Oh komm, oh komm Emmanuel (Manfred Hößl) On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry (William Henry Monk) Populus Sion (William Armiger) Praesepe jam fulget tuum (Michael Praetorius) Prepare the way, O Zion (Traditional) Psalm 150 for Advent (Jeremy Rawson) Qui condolens interitu (Costanzo Festa) Radix Jesse (Jacob Handl) Rejoice greatly (Herbert Hall Woodward) Remember, O thou man (Thomas Ravenscroft) Ring out glad bells (Maggie Furtak) Rorate caeli (Christoph Dalitz) Rorate coeli (Advent prose) (Gregorian chant) Salut pour la veille des O, H. 36 "O salutaris hostia" (Marc-Antoine Charpentier) Salutare tuum exspectabo (Nobuaki Izawa) Salvatorem exspectamus (Nobuaki Izawa) Siehe, ich sende meinen Engel (Melchior Vulpius) Sive vigilem (William Mundy) Slēdz debess vārtus (Anonymous) Stir up thy power, O Lord (Ross Jallo) The night is far spent (Myles Birket Foster) This Advent moon (Charles H. Giffen) This Advent moon shines cold and clear (Charles H. Giffen) Three Motets for Advent and Christmas (Mark Chapman) Time enough for joy (Allen H. Simon) Tochter Zion, freue dich (George Frideric Handel) Tollite portas (Gregorian chant) Tollite portas (Lift up your heads, o ye gates) (Christoph Dalitz) Tollite portas (William Byrd) Treiffet ihr Himmel von oben (Johann Rosenmüller) Übers Gebirg Maria geht (Johannes Eccard) Uz upes krasta Jordānā (On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry) (William Henry Monk) Vater unser im Himmelreich (Michael Altenburg) Veni Domine (Nobuaki Izawa) Veni Emmanuel (anonymous) (Christoph Dalitz) Veni redemptor gentium (Anonymous) Veni redemptor gentium (Christoph Dalitz) Veni redemptor gentium (Jacob Handl) Veni, o Sapientia (Traditional) Veni, veni Emmanuel (O come, O come Emmanuel) (Traditional) Veni, veni, Emmanuel (Charles H. Giffen) Vergente mundi vespere (Michael Praetorius) Visitabit nos Oriens (Nobuaki Izawa) Vocabunt nomen ejus (Nobuaki Izawa) Vox clara ecce intonat (Michael J. Drake, Jr.) Wachet auf (Stefano Torchio) Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Hubertus Krämer) Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme a 7 (Michael Praetorius) Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BuxWV 100 (Dietrich Buxtehude) Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 (Johann Sebastian Bach) We wait for Christ, our Advent Light (Thurlow Weed) Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält (Michael Altenburg)

Advent I Ad te Domine (Gregorian chant) Ad te Domine levavi (Giovanni Maria de Rossi) Ad te Domine levavi (Stefano Bernardi) Ad te Domine levavi animam meam (Alessandro Scarlatti) Ad te levavi (Frédéric Debons) Ad te levavi (introit) (Heinrich Isaac) Ad te levavi (Ludovico Balbi) Ad te levavi (Pedro Aranaz y Vides) Ad te levavi (Robert Hugill) Ad te levavi (Samuel Webbe) Ad te levavi animam meam (Ambrosian chant) Ad te levavi animam meam (Franz Xaver Witt) Ad te levavi animam meam (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Ad te levavi animam meam (Valentin Rathgeber) Ad te levavi, Op. 9, No. 10 (Johann Kaspar Aiblinger) Ad te, Domine, levavi, K153 (Johann Joseph Fux) Alleluia - Ostende nobis (Gregorian chant) Alleluia: Ostende nobis, Domine (Heinrich Isaac) Almighty God, give us grace (Clifford Boyd) Almighty God, give us grace (Richard John Samuel Stevens) C - 1. neděle adventní (Karel Bříza) Confortamini et jam nolite (Orlando di Lasso) The days come (Tim Risher) Dominus dabit (Gregorian chant) Dominus dabit (Johann Joseph Fux) Dominus dabit (John Reager) Dominus dabit (Nobuaki Izawa) Dominus dabit benignitatem (Heinrich Isaac) Dominus dabit benignitatem (Jeffrey Quick) Dominus dabit benignitatem (Ludovico Balbi) Ecce veniet Propheta magnus (Gierolamo Lambardi) Hosianna dem Sohn Davids (Andreas Raselius) Hosianna in excelsis (Sethus Calvisius) I look from afar (David Drexler) I look from afar (John S. Wilson) Introit 1: First Sunday of Advent (Jeremy Rawson) Levavi animam meam (Offertorium) (Carl Ludwig Drobisch) Matin Responsory (Adrian Wall) Motetes de Adviento (Diego de las Muelas) Ne timeas Maria (Gregorian chant) Ne timeas Maria (Tomás Luis de Victoria) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Offertorium pro omne tempore (Roeckl) Osanna filio David (Johannes Wanning) A patient presence broods (Thurlow Weed) Salvatorem expectamus (Tiburtio Massaino) Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Spiritus Sanctus in te (Claudio Merulo) Then He said (Tim Risher) Universi qui te expectant (Johann Ernst Eberlin) Universi qui te exspectant, MH 442 (Johann Michael Haydn) Das Volk aber (Melchior Vulpius) Advent II Amen dico vobis (Johannes Wanning) Audite insulae (Adrian Willaert) Audite insulae a 8 (Alvise Balbi) Behold the Lamb of God (Tim Risher) Blessed Lord (William Russell) Blessed Lord, who hast caused (Joseph Key) Cum audisset Ioannes (Francisco Guerrero) Deus convertens (Wolfgang Joseph Emmerig) Deus tu convertens (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Deus tu convertens (Gregorian chant) Deus tu convertens (Henry Thomas Smart) Deus tu convertens (Pedro Aranaz y Vides) Deus tu convertens (Valentin Rathgeber) Deus tu convertens, K149 (Johann Joseph Fux) Ecce Dominus noster (Gierolamo Lambardi) Ecce Dominus veniet (Sethus Calvisius) Ex Sion, MH 443 (Johann Michael Haydn) Ierusalem a 5 (Agostino Agazzari) Introit 2: Second Sunday of Advent (Jeremy Rawson) Jerusalem cito veniet (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Jerusalem surge (Giovanni Battista Martini) Jerusalem surge (Gregorian chant) Jerusalem surge (Heinrich Isaac) Jerusalem surge (John Reager) Jerusalem surge (Ludovico Balbi) Jerusalem surge (Nobuaki Izawa) Jocundare filia Sion (Silvio Marazzi) Laetatus sum (Heinrich Isaac) Motetes de Adviento (Diego de las Muelas) Populus Sion (Giovanni Matteo Asola) Populus Sion (Heinrich Isaac) Populus Sion (Robert Hugill) Populus Sion (William Armiger) Prepare ye the way of the Lord (Michael Wise) Tu es, qui ventúrus es (Gierolamo Lambardi) Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! BWV 70 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Wahrlich ich sage euch: dies Geschlecht (Andreas Raselius) Wahrlich, ich sage euch (Melchior Vulpius) When the silence takes a voice (Thurlow Weed) Advent III Alleluia, Excita, Domine (Gregorian chant) Alleluia: Excite, Domine (Heinrich Isaac) Ante me non est formatus Deus (Orlando di Lasso) Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Beata es Maria quae credidisti (Gierolamo Lambardi) Benedixisti Domine (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Benedixisti Domine (Orlando di Lasso) Benedixisti Domine (Valentin Rathgeber) Benedixisti Domine a 7 (Giovanni Gabrieli) Benedixisti Domine terram tuam (Ludovico Balbi) Benedixisti Domine, K150 (Johann Joseph Fux) Benedixisti Domine, op. 66/3 (Oreste Ravanello) Canite tuba (Jacob Regnart) Clama, ne cesses (Friedrich Weissensee) Dabo in Sion salutem (Gierolamo Lambardi) Das ist je gewißlich wahr, TWV 1.183 (Georg Philipp Telemann) Dicite pusillanimes (Gregorian chant) Dicite pusillanimes (John Reager) Dicite pusillanimes (Ludovico Balbi) Dicite pusillanimes (Nobuaki Izawa) Dicite pusillanimes, K286 (Johann Joseph Fux) Dicite pusillanimis (Heinrich Isaac) Ecce ego mitto angelum (Johannes Wanning) Egipte noli flere (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Gaudete (Giovanni Matteo Asola) Gaudete (Robert Hugill) Gaudete (Tim Risher) Gaudete in Domino (Giaches de Wert) Geht hin und saget Johannes (Andreas Raselius) Heruvimskaya pesn' No. 7 (Dmitri Bortniansky) Hic est de quo scriptum est (Sethus Calvisius) In the winter's early darkness (Thurlow Weed) Introit 3: Third Sunday of Advent (Jeremy Rawson) Jerusalem, Gaude Gaudio magno (Gierolamo Lambardi) Juste et pie vivamus (Samuel Webbe) Lord, we beseech thee (Adrian Batten) Montes et omnes colles (Gierolamo Lambardi) Motetes de Adviento (Diego de las Muelas) Qui sedes, Domine, MH 444 (Johann Michael Haydn) Rejoice in the Lord (John Sheppard) Rejoice in the Lord alway (Anonymous) Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z 49 (Henry Purcell) Siehe, ich sende meinen Engel (Melchior Vulpius) Stir up thy power, O Lord (Ross Jallo) This is the record of John (Orlando Gibbons) Veniet Dominus, et non tardabit (Gierolamo Lambardi) We wait for Christ, our Advent Light (Thurlow Weed) Advent IV Ad te levavi (Samuel Webbe) Alleluia Veni Domine (Heinrich Isaac) Ave Maria (Gregorian chant) Ave Maria II (Gregorian chant) Ave Maria III, a 5 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Ave Maria, K151 (Johann Joseph Fux) Ave Maria, MH 388 (Johann Michael Haydn) Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Canite tuba (Benedetto Pallavicino) Canite tuba (Curtio Valcampi) Canite tuba (Francisco Guerrero) Canite tuba (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Canite tuba (Gregorian chant) Canite tuba (Hans Leo Hassler) Canite tuba (Hieronymus Praetorius) Canite tuba (Jacob Handl) Countless prayers of faithful people (Thurlow Weed) Dixit Maria (Allen H. Simon) Dixit Maria (Hans Leo Hassler) Domine praestolamur - Veni Domine noli tardare (William Byrd) Drop down dew from above (Charles H. Giffen) Ecce virgo concipies (Trent 91) (Anonymous) Ecce virgo concipiet (Antoine de Mornable) Ecce virgo concipiet (Cristóbal de Morales) Ecce virgo concipiet (D-Ju Ms. 35) (Anonymous) Ecce virgo concipiet (Gregorian chant) Ecce virgo concipiet (Heinrich Isaac) Ecce virgo concipiet (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck) Ecce virgo concipiet (John Reager) Ecce virgo concipiet (Ludovico Balbi) Ecce virgo concipiet (Nobuaki Izawa) Ecce virgo concipiet (William Byrd) Es kommt ein Schiff, geladen (Anonymous) Ich bin eine Stimme eines Rufers (Melchior Vulpius) Introit 4: Fourth Sunday of Advent (Jeremy Rawson) Laetabitur deserta et invia (Alvise Balbi) Let the clouds rain down (Charles H. Giffen) The Lord is arriving (Tim Risher) Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (Christoph Lahme) Misericordias Domini, KV 222 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf, Op. 74, No. 2 (Johannes Brahms) O Lord, raise up (Richard John Samuel Stevens) Orietur stella ex Jacob (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) Prope est (Adventsgraduale) (Caspar Ett) Prope est Dominus, MH 445 (Johann Michael Haydn) Rorate caeli (Advent IV) (Heinrich Isaac) Rorate caeli (Ercole Bernabei) Rorate caeli (Francisco Guerrero) Rorate caeli (Giovanni Matteo Asola) Rorate caeli (introit) (Gregorian chant) Rorate caeli (Jakob Reiner) Rorate caeli (Traditional) Rorate caeli desuper (Charles H. Giffen) Rorate caeli desuper (D-Ju MS 33) (Anonymous) Rorate caeli desuper (Salamone Rossi) Rorate caeli desuper (William Byrd) Rorate coeli (Advent prose) (Gregorian chant) Rorate coeli (Annunciation) (Heinrich Isaac) Rorate coeli (C. Titsek) Rorate coeli (Jacob Handl) Rorate coeli (Michael Praetorius) Rorate coeli (Robert Hugill) Rorate coeli (Samuel Webbe) Rorate cœli desuper (tr89) (Anonymous) Rorate cœli desuper (tr91) (Anonymous) Rorate, rorate coeli, SWV 322 (Heinrich Schütz) Sound the trumpets (Tim Risher) Veni Domine (Cristóbal de Morales) Veni Domine (Juan Esquivel) Veni Domine et noli tardare (Francisco Guerrero) Veni Domine, Op. 39, No. 1 (Felix Mendelssohn) Vox clamantis in deserto (Johannes Wanning) Vox clamantis in deserto (Sethus Calvisius) Your mighty word (Tim Risher)

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