Commercium song

Traditional academic song
Allgemeines Deutsches Kommersbuch ("General German Commercium Songbook"), cover sheet of 1858

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 or Gaudeamus igitur.

In some countries, hundreds of commercium songs are compiled in commercium books.

  • Allgemeines Deutsches Kommersbuch (Germany)
  • Le petit bitu (Belgium)
  • Studentencodex (Belgium)
  • Carpe Diem (Belgium)
  • Codex Studiosorum Bruxellensis (Belgium)
German fraternity students singing a commercium song during a tableround (Kneipe)

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  • English and Latin commercium songs
  • Wine, Women, and Song at Project Gutenberg Medieval Latin Students' Songs Translated into English Verse by John Addington Symonds
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