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Dec 20, 2021 · "Silent Night" is about a calm and bright silent night, and the wonder of a tender and mild newborn child, words written in 1816 by a young priest in Austria, Joseph Mohr, not long after the Napoleonic wars had taken their toll.
"Silent Night" (‹See Tfd› German: "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht") is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. [1]
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Joseph Mohr was born in Salzburg on December 11, 1792 to Anna Shoiber and Franz Mohr. Joseph was conceived out of wedlock which was socially unacceptable, making him an outcast. To top it off, his father deserted his mother when she became pregnant. Anna and young Joseph suffered socially and financially. God saw fit to provide a sort of father fig...
“Stille Nacht” was sung by Mohr and Gruber and performed by Gruber on guitar shortly after midnight on the morning of December 25, 1818, at the St. Nicholas Church in Oberndorf, Austria. “…the song was sung in the church room in front of the nativity scene after mass had already been completed,” writes stillenacht.com. Thomas Mohr and Franz Gruber ...
The German version of the song became popular in the United States two decades before it was translated into English. (German speakers were immigrating to America at this point in history by the millions.) “Stille Nacht” was performed for the first time in America in Central Park, Manhattan, at the Alexander Hamilton Monument by the Rainer family, ...
Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and Child. Holy Infant, so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace. Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight; Glories stream from heaven afar, Heav’nly hosts sing Alleluia! hrist the Savior is born, Christ the Savior is born! Silent ...
The following is a literal translation, done by Hyde Flippo, of three of the six original verses from the German: Silent night! Holy night! All asleep, lonely wakes Only the faithful sacred pair Blessed boy with curly hair Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night, Shepherds just informed By the angels’ hallelujah, It...
Toward the end of his life, Joseph Mohr took a final vicarage in Wagrain, Austria in 1837. Writers at Stille Nacht.comsum up the end of his life in this way:
written by David Burchett The year was 1914 and soldiers were having to spend Christmas Eve night on the battlefields of France during World War I, the Great War, as it was called. After only four months of fighting, more than a million men had already perished in the bloody conflict. The bodies of dead soldiers were scattered between the trenches....
All Music: Artist Biography Christmas Carols: Silent Night – A History of the Carol Stille Nacht: Joseph Mohr (1792 – 1848) The Irish Times: Luck and the mice in the church organ by Timothy Garton Ash German Way: “Stille Nacht” – Lyrics Kristi Walkerhas been a missionary in Berlin, Germany for over 15 years working with an international church as t...
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Dec 19, 2022 · The Song’s History and Meaning. Composed in 1818 by Franz Gruber (not to be confused with the Die Hard movie villain, Hans Gruber) to lyrics written by Joseph Mohr in the hamlet of Oberndorf bei...
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Dec 7, 2023 · ‘Silent Night’ is one of the world’s most famous Christmas melodies. The story goes that the carol (originally ‘Stille Nacht’) was first performed on the evening of Christmas Eve in 1818.
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Unexpected circumstances led to the creation of "Silent Night" on Christmas Eve when a church organ broke down. "Silent Night" spread across Europe and eventually reached the United States on its way to becoming a beloved Christmas carol worldwide.
Dec 20, 2018 · While there is debate among historians about the nature and scope of the truce, Silent night is firmly established in popular imagination as the soundtrack for this remarkable event, as shown by...
