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On 22 September 1936, the Catholic Church in Canada banned "O Holy Night" from being performed in churches, along with other songs and wedding marches, the Canadian national anthem, and many versions of Ave Maria, including those by composers such as Franz Schubert, Charles Gounod, Pietro Mascagni, and Jules Massenet. [11]
Adam in 1840, by Nicolas Eustache Maurin. Adolphe Charles Adam (French: [adɔlf adɑ̃]; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic.A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1841) and Le corsaire (1856), his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836) and Si j'étais roi (1852) and his Christmas carol "Minuit, chrétiens!"
In 1855, Dwight wrote English lyrics for the Christmas carol "O Holy Night", which was originally written in French. Together with his friend and colleague Otto Dresel , who emigrated from Leipzig in 1848 and settled in Boston in 1852, the two "contributed singly and jointly to the shaping of American taste for the European classical tradition ...
written to be sung simultaneously with "Silent Night" "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (Adeste Fideles) 17th century carol. English translation by Frederick Oakeley in 1841. "O Holy Night" words: Placide Cappeau de Rouquemaure, translated by John Sullivan Dwight, music: Adolphe Adam: 1847 "O Little Town of Bethlehem" words: Phillips Brooks: 1867
Placide Cappeau (25 October 1808 – 8 August 1877) was a French poet and the author of the poem "Minuit, chrétiens" (1847), set to music by Adolphe Adam and known in English as "O Holy Night" or "Cantique de Noël".
O Holy Night is a Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847. O Holy Night may also refer to: O Holy Night, a 1976 album by Luciano Pavarotti; O Holy Night (John Berry album), 1995; O' Holy Night (Daniel O'Donnell album), 2010; O Holy Night (Jackie Evancho EP), 2010
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O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) Christmas Portrait: 1978: 1978: Oakeley, Wade: Christmas Portrait 1978 TV Special O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: Christmas Portrait: 1978: 1978: Traditional, Neale: Christmas Portrait 1978 TV Special O Holy Night: An Old-Fashioned Christmas: 1984: 1984: Adam, Cappeau, Dwight: On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada ...