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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.
Young is well known for his translation of the famous German Christmas carol Silent Night into English in 1859. His English translation is the most frequently sung English text today. It was translated from three of Joseph Mohr original six verses and first published in a 16-page pamphlet titled Carols For Christmas Tide. [7]
"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 Temptations' Christmas Card is a 1970 Christmas album by The Temptations for the Gordy label.The album was released on October 30, 1970. It's also the group's first holiday release, it features each Temptation leading on various popular Christmas standards and original Christmas songs.
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.
Christmas Songs by Sinatra is the third studio album by the American singer Frank Sinatra.It was released on October 4, 1948 as a 78 rpm album set of four 78 rpm records in an actual album and as a 10" LP record (CL 6019) featuring a collection of eight holiday songs.
Friday After Next (Original Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to Marcus Raboy's 2002 Christmas-themed comedy film Friday After Next. It was released on November 19, 2002 via Hollywood Records . Produced by Mitch Rotter, Mitchell Leib and Spring Aspers with Ice Cube and Matt Alvarez as executive producers, the album is composed of hip hop ...