Advent song explained

Advent songs (German: '''Adventslieder'''|link=no) 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.

4th century

6th century

12th century

13th century

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

Secular Advent songs

Literature