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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 ]
Together with Joseph Mohr, a Catholic priest who wrote the original German lyrics, Gruber composed the music for the Christmas carol Silent Night. On Christmas Eve of 1818, Mohr, an assistant priest at the Nikolauskirche, showed Gruber a six-stanza poem he had written in 1816. He asked Gruber to set the poem to music.
4 Alternate German lyrics. 1 comment. 5 reverts. 1 comment. 6 Lyrics in other languages (Japanese, French, etc.) 1 comment. 7 Origins of English version. 2 comments ...
The words to "Silent Night" were changed so it made no reference to God, Christ, or religion. [7] Words were also changed to the hymn "Unto Us a Time Has Come" so as to remove references to Jesus. The modified version of the hymn was in use for several more years in post-war Germany.
"7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their third studio album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966). The track is a sound collage juxtaposing a rendition of the Christmas carol " Silent Night " with a simulated " 7 O'Clock News " bulletin consisting of actual events from the summer of 1966.
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.
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Several recordings of "Silent Night" have reached the record charts in various countries. These include: 1969–1979: Percy Sledge No. 10 on the Dutch Charts [1] 1972–1973: Tom Tomson No. 21 on the Belgium Ultratop Flanders chart [2] and No. 10 on its Wallonia chart [3] 1975–1976: The Cats No. 10 on the Dutch Charts [4]