Commercium songs are traditional academic songs that are sung during academic feasts:
commercia and
tablerounds.
Some very old commercium songs are in
Latin, like ''
Meum est propositum
The Archpoet ( 1130 – c. 1165), or (in Latin and German), Jeep 2001: 21. is the name given to an anonymous 12th-century author of ten medieval Latin poems, the most famous being his "Confession" found in the manuscript (under CB 191). Along ...
'' 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
Le Bitu is a book which compiles a register of numerous commercium songs. As an important part of student folklore, it is considered a must-have for students who want to be involved in societies in the French-speaking Belgium, French-speaking part ...
(Belgium)
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Studentencodex The Studentencodex is the most widely used commercium book in the Flemish Region, Flemish part of Belgium.
Most students use the editions published by the Katholiek Vlaams Hoogstudentenverbond (KVHV), which is composed of three parts: the ''corpsb ...
(Belgium)
* Carpe Diem (Belgium)
* Codex Studiosorum Bruxellensis (Belgium)
See also
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De Brevitate Vitae
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Academic Festival Overture ''Academic Festival Overture'' (german: Akademische Festouvertüre), Op. 80, by Johannes Brahms, was one of a pair of contrasting concert overtures — the other being the ''Tragic Overture'', Op. 81. Brahms composed the work during the ...
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Im schwarzen Walfisch zu Askalon
"Im schwarzen Walfisch zu Askalon" ("In Ashkelon's Black Whale") is a popular academic commercium song. It was known as a beer-drinking song in many German speaking ancient universities. Joseph Victor von Scheffel provided the lyrics under the tit ...
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Biernagel
Biernagels (german: Biernagel, pl. Biernägel for "beer nails") are conical, hemispherical or pyramid shaped fittings on the outer covers of books used in tableround and commercium type academic feasts. Primarily biernagels are used on German so ...
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