thumb|200px|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)
thumb|left|300px|German fraternity students singing a commercium song during a [[tableround (Kneipe)]]
See also
- De Brevitate Vitae
- Academic Festival Overture
- Im schwarzen Walfisch zu Askalon
- Biernagel
External links
- English and Latin commercium songs
Medieval Latin Students' Songs Translated into English Verse by John Addington Symonds