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).

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

4th century

Veni redemptor gentium

6th century

12th century

Veni, veni, Emmanuel (the most common setting in the Anglophone world dates to the 19th century)

13th century

14th century

Sei uns willkommen, Herre Christ

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

Advent är mörker och kyla
Adventstid
Det är advent
Die Nacht ist vorgedrungen [de]
In das Warten dieser Welt
Kündet allen in der Not
Long Ago, Prophets Knew
Singet fröhlich im Advent
Und unser lieben Frauen
Up, Awake, and Away! (Traditional Galician carol arranged by Philip Ledger)
Vi tänder ett ljus i advent
Wir sagen euch an den lieben Advent

Secular Advent songs

Advent, Advent, ein Lichtlein brennt [de]
Leise rieselt der Schnee
Morgen, Kinder, wird’s was geben [de]

Literature

Gerhard Engelsberger: Bilder vom Kommen Gottes. Dichter, Bilder und Botschaft der Adventslieder. Evangelischer Presseverband für Baden, Karlsruhe [1992], ISBN 3-87210-341-5.

External links

Media related to Advent hymns at Wikimedia Commons

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Liturgy	Advent Sunday Angelus Christmas Eve Ember days Gaudete Sunday Hail Mary Magnificat Saint Nicholas Day
Narratives	Fall of man Christian messianic prophecies Isaiah 9:6 Isaiah 53 Davidic dynasty in Bible prophecy Genealogy of Jesus John 1:1 John the Baptist Saint Joseph's dreams Tree of Jesse
Traditions	Advent calendar Advent candle Christingle Hanging of the greens Christmas markets List Stir-up Sunday Advent wreath Moravian star
Songs and hymns	"Adam lay ybounden" "Advent är mörker och kyla" Advent song Adventstid Angelus ad virginem "Bereden väg för Herran" "Come, thou Redeemer of the earth" "Conditor alme siderum" "The Cherry-Tree Carol" "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus" "Det är advent" "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" Gabriel's Message "The Holly and the Ivy" "Hosianna, Davids son" "In das Warten dieser Welt" "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree" "Kündet allen in der Not" "Lo! He comes with clouds descending" "Long Ago, Prophets Knew" "Macht hoch die Tür" "Macht weit die Pforten in der Welt" "Maria durch ein Dornwald ging" "Meine Seele, dank und singe" "Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder" "Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen" "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" O Antiphons "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" "O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf" "O How Shall I Receive Thee" "Of the Father's Heart Begotten" Rorate Caeli "Sei uns willkommen, Herre Christ" "Singet fröhlich im Advent" "There is no rose of such virtue" "Tochter Zion, freue dich" "Savior of the Nations, Come" "Vi tänder ett ljus i advent" "Hark, a Thrilling Voice Is Sounding" "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
Cantatas and other music	Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186a Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147a Handel's Messiah (Part I) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Böhm) Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 This Is the Record of John Unser lieben Frauen Traum Virga Jesse (Bruckner) Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! BWV 70a Wir sagen euch an den lieben Advent List of Advent cantatas
Music publications	Carols for Choirs The New English Hymnal The Oxford Book of Carols The New Oxford Book of Carols Piae Cantiones The English Hymnal Hymns Ancient and Modern The Hymnal 1982
Related topics	Anglican church music Catholic music Lutheran hymns Carol service Christmastide Liturgical year
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