Advent Song

Advent songs (German: Adventslieder) 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). Words: Ar­thur T. Pier­son, in Hymns of the Chris­tian Life No. 2 (South Ny­ack, New York: Chris­tian Al­li­ance Pub­lish­ing, 1897), num­ber 275. Music: Big Ben Lou­ise Shep­ard, 1897