[www.keralites.net] Silent Night

180 years ago the carol "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht" was heard for the first time in a village church in Oberndorf, Austria. The congregation at that Midnight Mass in St. Nicholas Church listened as the voices of the assistant pastor, Fr. Joseph Mohr, and the choir director, Franz Xaver Gruber, rang through the church to the accompaniment of Fr. Mohr's guitar. On each of the six verses, the choir repeated the last two lines in four-part harmony.

The only surviving autograph of the song by Joseph Mohr (Carolino Augusteum, Salzburg)

Silent Night" (German: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) is a popular Christmas carol. 

Silent night holy nlght 
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 nlght holy nlght 
Shepherds quake at the sight, 
Glories stream from heaven afar, 
Heavenly hosts sing alleluia; 
Christ the Savior, is born 
Christ the Savior, is born. 

Silent nlght holy nlght 
Son of God, love's pure light 
Radiant beams from thy holy face, 
With the dawn of redeeming grace, 
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth. 
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.

The original lyrics of the song Stille Nacht were written in Austria by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber.

In 1859, John Freeman Young (second Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Florida) published the English translation that is most frequently sung today. The version of the melody that is generally sung today differs slightly (particularly in the final strain) from Gruber's original, which was a sprightly, dance-like tune in 6/8, as opposed to the slow, meditative lullaby version generally sung today.

Today, the lyrics and melody are in the public domain.

The carol was first performed in the Nikolaus-Kirche (Church of St. Nicholas) in Oberndorf, Austria on December 24, 1818. Mohr had composed the words two years earlier, in 1816, but on Christmas Eve brought them to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the church service

Silent Night Museum and Memorial Chapel in Oberndorf

http://silentnight.web.za/

Silent Night Web is devoted to the Christmas song Silent Night, Holy Night.

	Silent Night More… with piano Silent Night More… with guitar Silent Night More… Full version with intro for Guitar and Flute
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Courtesy : Wikipedia, Youtube,silentnight.web.za

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