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"Silent Night" (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] It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011. [ 2 ]
The Christmas carol "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night") was first performed in the church in 1818. A first church in the area, at Altach, was mentioned in the 12th century. It was known as the Schifferkirche St. Nikola or simply St. Nikola. After it burned down in 1757, it was rebuilt in Baroque style and became the parish church of Oberndorf.
The Silent Night Chapel (German: Stille-Nacht-Kapelle) is located in the town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in the Austrian province of Salzburg, and is a monument to the Christmas carol "Silent Night", its lyricist Joseph Mohr, and its composer Franz Xaver Gruber.
"Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" Josef Mohr / Franz Xaver Gruber: 1818 "Silent Night", in the English translation by John Freeman Young "Süßer die Glocken nie klingen" ("The Bells Never Sound Sweeter") traditional /Wilhelm Kritzinger "Tausend Sterne sind ein Dom" ("Thousands of Stars form a dome") Siegfried Köhler: 1946
The organ was in fine condition but a yearly tradition of sharing a new carol continued. The two men sang Stille Nacht for the first time at Christmas Mass in St Nicholas Church while Mohr played guitar and the choir repeated the last two lines of each verse. For a long time many thought that Silent Night was written by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven.
Gotteslob ("Praise of God") is the title of the hymnbook authorized by the Catholic dioceses in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, Luxembourg and Liège, Belgium.First published in Advent 2013, it is the current official hymnal for German-speaking Catholics, succeeding the first common German hymnal, the 1975 edition of the same name.
Stilla natt (Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) (Franz Gruber, Torsten Fogelqvist) Jag känner lugnet i kväll (Erik Linder) Julen är här igen (Erik Linder, Fredrik Wide) Min gamla stad (Jörgen Toresson) När det lider mot jul (Det strålar en stjärna) (Ruben Liljefors, Jeanna Oterdahl) När julen knackar på (Erik Linder, Nicklas Eklund)
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