Kommersbuch
A Kommersbuch (emphasis on the second syllable; also Commersbuch ) is a song book of the student associations , in which suitable songs for pubs and Kommers are collected. In addition to student songs, a Kommersbuch usually also contains numerous folk songs . In Switzerland and Austria, Kommers books are traditionally also called "Kantus beatings". The cover of bound Kommers books is often provided with beer nails . These hemispherical or pyramidal decorative nails reduce the risk of the book lying flat on the table coming into contact with poured beer.
The General German Kommersbuch
The best known in German-speaking countries is the Allgemeine Deutsche Kommersbuch (ADK, also Lahrer Kommersbuch ), which was first published in 1858 and had its 166th edition in 2013. The ADK is bound by hand especially for the customer and equipped according to the customer's wishes, for example in leather, less often in parchment , provided with beer nails, designed with the circle of connection and with a color cut . There are also cheaper standard versions and a pocket version. The ADK was published by Moritz Schauenburg until 1999 , and has been published by Morstadt Verlag in Kehl since the 161st edition in 2000 .
Kommers books are also published by student corporation associations . Many compounds also have their own Kommers books. At the pub, a distinction is made between the Großer Kommersbuch (for example, the ADK) and its own Kleine Kommersbuch .
The Große Kommersbuch is rarely used outside of one's own corporation house. On Kommersen , which take place outside the house in rented ballrooms, songbooks printed especially for this purpose are usually used, which also contain the Kommers program.
Regional and national Kommers books
A Kommersbuch from 1816 has been preserved from the University of Leipzig . It bears a dedication by Heinrich Moritz Chalybäus , dated August 15, 1824. It came from the estate of Christian Helfer to the archives of the Corps Thuringia Leipzig .
Austria
In Austria , in addition to the ADK, the Austrian Kommersbuch , which appeared for the first time in 1965 and was given a second, modified edition in 1984, is widespread. It is particularly used by Catholic fraternities . This second edition was replaced in 2015 by a completely revised version.
1880 appeared with the Commersbuch the Vienna students the first explicitly intended for the university towns of the Danube monarchy and against the large German oriented Fraternities directed Kommersbuch (→ See also: Swear by this bare weirs )
Switzerland
In Switzerland , the Swiss Commers book, first published in 1991, is in use. A special feature in Switzerland is that you have your personal Kommersbuch and take it with you to bars of other connections. The Kommersbuch used in Switzerland often at the same time as a kind of family album .
The student choirs in Zurich and Bern publish their own collections. The issues of 1926, 1946, 1966 and 1989 were common to both compounds. The editions Zurich 2006 and Bern 2009 are based on the same master repertoire, which they supplement in different ways. In addition to the traditional Kommersbuch repertoire, both books contain mostly polyphonic movements, partly from the male choir tradition, partly on older and newer student songs.
Belgium
The most widely used Kommersbuch in the Flemish part of Belgium is the student code, which also often has the function of a studbook . It is published by the umbrella organization of the Flemish Catholic student associations, the Katholiek Vlaams Hoogstudentenverbond (KVHV) and exists in a green-bound edition for the provinces of Flemish Brabant , Antwerp and Limburg as well as a blue-bound edition for East Flanders and West Flanders . The first edition of the student code was published in Leuven in 1955 , and in 2003 the thirteenth, modified edition appeared. During this time, the number of songs rose from 277 to 324.
The secularized Codex Studiosorum Bruxellensis is used in Brussels . In the Walloon part of the country, the French- speaking Bitu Magnifique is widespread.
literature
- Harald Lönnecker : Kommersbuch. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present. General encyclopedia of music. Supplement, 2nd ed. Kassel, Basel, London, New York, Prague, Weimar 2008, col. 424–427.
