Advent song

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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.

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Literature[edit]

  • 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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