"Det är advent" or ''Ett litet barn av Davids hus'', is a
Swedish
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Advent
Advent is a Christian season of preparation for the Nativity of Christ at Christmas. It is the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity.
The name was adopted from Latin "coming; arrival", translating Greek ''parousia''.
In ...
song with lyrics written by
in
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo is ...
and music by
Olle Widestrand. Music is often mentioned to have been published in
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...
, but sources say the tune is older, and was in use already in the 1970s, as the song is published in Swedish
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...
children’s songbook ''
Smått å Gott''.
During
SVT's Luciamorgon in 2014 the song lyrics were performed to a tune credited traditional from
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...
.
Publication
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Smått å Gott, 1977
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Psalmer och Sånger 1987 as number 485 entitled "Ett litet barn av Davids hus", under the lines "Advent".
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Segertoner 1988 as number 443 entitled "Ett litet barn av Davids hus", under the lines "Advent".
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Verbums psalmbokstillägg 2003 as number 736 entitled "Ett litet barn av Davids hus", under the lines "Advent".
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Frälsningsarméns sångbok 1990 as number 718 under the lines "Kyrkoårets högtider, Advent".
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Julens önskesångbok, 1997, under the lines "Advent".
Recordings
The song was recorded by the
Glenmark Family on
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...
album ''
Från advent till jul''.
Information
at Svensk mediedatabas
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References
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Advent songs
Swedish songs
Songs in Swedish