Commercium songs are traditional academic songs that are sung during academic feasts:
commercia and
tableround
A tableround is a traditional academic feast known at universities in most Middle and Eastern European countries. At a tableround, tables usually are placed in the form of a U or a W, the participants drink beer and sing commercium songs. A more ...
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Some very old commercium songs are in
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
, like ''
Meum est propositum'' or ''
Gaudeamus igitur''.
In some countries, hundreds of commercium songs are compiled in commercium books.
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Allgemeines Deutsches Kommersbuch
The Allgemeines Deutsches Kommersbuch (ADK) or Lahrer Kommersbuch is the most popular commercium book in Germany. It was first published in 1858 and came up to its 166th edition in 2013. It is the German equivalent of the Flemish studentencodex. ...
(Germany)
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Le petit bitu (Belgium)
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Studentencodex (Belgium)
* Carpe Diem (Belgium)
* Codex Studiosorum Bruxellensis (Belgium)
See also
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De Brevitate Vitae
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Academic Festival Overture
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Im schwarzen Walfisch zu Askalon
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Biernagel
External links
English and Latin commercium songs Medieval Latin Students' Songs Translated into English Verse by
John Addington Symonds
John Addington Symonds, Jr. (; 5 October 1840 – 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies of writers and artists. Although m ...
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German styles of music
Song forms
19th century in music
20th century in music