Voglerin Hoosiannan vakiintuminen adventin suosikkilauluksi 1800-luvun Suomessa ja Inkerinmaalla

Authors

• Samuli Korkalainen Taideyliopisto

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37449/ennenjanyt.137725

Keywords:

Hoosianna, Vogler, 1800-luku, Suomi, kirkkomusiikki, kuoromusiikki, jumalanpalvelus, hengelliset laulut, kansakoulu, Georg Joseph, Inkerinmaa

Abstract

Georg Joseph Vogler’s Hosanna from late-eighteenth-century Stockholm is the reason why the First Advent Sunday is one of the most popular Sundays in Finland. Hosanna, originally a choral song for Palm Sunday, became established in nineteenth-century Sweden and Finland as part of the celebration of Advent. At first, it was performed by schoolchildren, but gradually choirs began to be assembled to sing it. The tradition started in the school towns and spread to the countryside. Hosanna was also performed in other celebrations, such as the inauguration of new churches, and as an instrumental piece. It gained an irreplaceable place in the Advent and Christmas celebrations of primary schools. Hosanna began to be published in many choral collections, school songbooks, collections of liturgical melodies, and chorale books. Gradually, it also became common in songbooks intended for community singing but did not find its way into the Hymnal until in 1986. Hosanna’s popularity is predominantly explained by its catchy melody, which strongly differed from the style and ideals of liturgical music of its own time. Based on this melody, during the nineteenth century, at least three melodies of the Sanctus for the Communion Service were formed.