Det är advent

"Det är advent" or Ett litet barn av Davids hus, is a Swedish Advent song with lyrics written by Britt G. Hallqvist in 1966 and music by Olle Widestrand. Music is often mentioned to have been published in 1981, but sources say the tune is older, and was in use already in the 1970s, as the song is published in Swedish 1977 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.^[1]

Publication

• Smått å Gott, 1977
• Psalmer och Sånger 1987 as number 485 entitled "Ett litet barn av Davids hus", under the lines "Advent".
• Segertoner 1988 as number 443 entitled "Ett litet barn av Davids hus", under the lines "Advent".
• Verbums psalmbokstillägg 2003 as number 736 entitled "Ett litet barn av Davids hus", under the lines "Advent".
• Frälsningsarméns sångbok 1990 as number 718 under the lines "Kyrkoårets högtider, Advent".
• Julens önskesångbok, 1997, under the lines "Advent".

Recordings

The song was recorded by the Glenmark Family on 1983 album Från advent till jul.^[2]

References

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Advent

Liturgy

• Advent Sunday
• Angelus
• Christmas Eve
• Ember days
• Gaudete Sunday
• Hail Mary
• Magnificat
• Saint Nicholas Day

Narratives

• Fall of man
• Christian messianic prophecies
  • Isaiah 9:6
  • Isaiah 53
• Davidic dynasty in Bible prophecy
• Genealogy of Jesus
• John 1:1
• John the Baptist
• Saint Joseph's dreams
• Tree of Jesse

Traditions

• Advent calendar
• Advent candle
• Christingle
• Hanging of the greens
• Christmas markets
  • List
• Stir-up Sunday
• Advent wreath
• Moravian star

Songs and hymns

• "Adam lay ybounden"
• "Advent är mörker och kyla"
• Advent song
• Adventstid
• Angelus ad virginem
• "Bereden väg för Herran"
• "Come, thou Redeemer of the earth"
• "Conditor alme siderum"
• "The Cherry-Tree Carol"
• "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus"
• "Det är advent"
• "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen"
• Gabriel's Message
• "The Holly and the Ivy"
• "Hosianna, Davids son"
• "In das Warten dieser Welt"
• "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree"
• "Kündet allen in der Not"
• "Lo! He comes with clouds descending"
• "Long Ago, Prophets Knew"
• "Macht hoch die Tür"
• "Macht weit die Pforten in der Welt"
• "Maria durch ein Dornwald ging"
• "Meine Seele, dank und singe"
• "Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder"
• "Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen"
• "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"
• O Antiphons
• "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"
• "O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf"
• "O How Shall I Receive Thee"
• "Of the Father's Heart Begotten"
• Rorate Caeli
• "Sei uns willkommen, Herre Christ"
• "Singet fröhlich im Advent"
• "There is no rose of such virtue"
• "Tochter Zion, freue dich"
• "Savior of the Nations, Come"
• "Vi tänder ett ljus i advent"
• "Hark, a Thrilling Voice Is Sounding"
• "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"

Cantatas and other music

• Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186a
• Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132
• Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147a
• Handel's Messiah (Part I)
• Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Böhm)
• Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61
• Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62
• This Is the Record of John
• Unser lieben Frauen Traum
• Virga Jesse (Bruckner)
• Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
• Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! BWV 70a
• Wir sagen euch an den lieben Advent
• List of Advent cantatas

Music publications

• Carols for Choirs
• The New English Hymnal
• The Oxford Book of Carols
• The New Oxford Book of Carols
• Piae Cantiones
• The English Hymnal
• Hymns Ancient and Modern
• The Hymnal 1982

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• Anglican church music
• Catholic music
• Lutheran hymns
• Carol service
• Christmastide
• Liturgical year

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