Advent song
Advent songs (German: Adventslieder) are songs and hymns intended for Advent, the four weeks of preparation for Christmas. Topics of the time of expectation are the hope for a Messiah, prophecies, and the symbolism of light, among others. Several of the songs are part of hymnals such as the German Catholic Gotteslob (GL) and the Protestant Evangelisches Gesangbuch (EG).
14th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
- Tauet, Himmel, den Gerechten
19th century
20th century
- Advent är mörker och kyla
- Adventstid
- Det är advent
- Der grüne Zweig in unserer Hand (text: Wilhelm Willms 1980; melody: Peter Janssens 1980)
- Die Nacht ist vorgedrungen
- Night of Silence
- Vi tänder ett ljus i advent
Secular Advent songs
- Advent, Advent, ein Lichtlein brennt
- Leise rieselt der Schnee
- Morgen, Kinder, wird’s was geben
Literature
- Gerhard Engelsberger: Bilder vom Kommen Gottes. Dichter, Bilder und Botschaft der Adventslieder. Evangelischer Presseverband für Baden, Karlsruhe [1992], ISBN 3-87210-341-5.
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