Commercium songs are traditional academic songs that are sung during academic feasts:
commercia and
tablerounds.
Some very old commercium songs are in
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
, 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 (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 (Belgium)
* Carpe Diem (Belgium)
* Codex Studiosorum Bruxellensis (Belgium)
See also
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De Brevitate Vitae
"Gaudeamus igitur" (Latin for "So let us rejoice") or just "Gaudeamus", also known as "De brevitate vitae" ("On the Shortness of Life"), is a popular academic commercium song in many European countries, mainly sung or performed at university ...
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Academic Festival Overture
''Academic Festival Overture'' (), 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 summer of 1880 as a tribute to the ...
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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 mar ...
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Academic songs
German styles of music
Song forms
19th century in music
20th century in music
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