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.
Gerhard Engelsberger: Bilder vom Kommen Gottes. Dichter, Bilder und Botschaft der Adventslieder. Evangelischer Presseverband für Baden, Karlsruhe [1992],
ISBN3-87210-341-5.
External links
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