Assertion: advent | /r/HasProperty | silent time
Facets:
value: before the mass commercialization of christmas
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Johann Sebastian Bach composed several cantatas for Advent in Weimar, from Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61, to Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147a, but only one more in Leipzig where he worked for the longest time, because there Advent was a silent time which allowed cantata music only on the first of the four Sundays.
text: Before the mass commercialization of Christmas, Advent was also a solemn time, as people fasted to prepare for the holiday.