"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. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011.
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Dec 20, 2021 · It was 205 years ago when "Silent Night" was first heard by Austrian villagers attending Christmas Eve mass in St. Nicholas Church in ...
Dec 11, 2020 · The 'Silent Night' Christmas carol was first performed in the church of St Nikola in Oberndorf on Christmas Eve of 1818. Both Father Joseph Mohr ...
Dec 19, 2018 · According to a document written by Gruber in 1854, the song first became popular in the nearby Zillertal valley. From there, two traveling ...
During World War I, on Christmas Eve in 1914, soldiers on both sides of the Western Front sung "Silent Night" in their respective languages, leading to an ...
Dec 2, 2022 · Silent Night was originally written in the German language and was known as Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht. On Christmas Eve in 1818 pastor Joseph ...
The world's most famous Christmas song, “Silent Night,” comes to us from Austria (Österreich in German). Called “Stille Nacht” in its original German, ...
The traditional origin of “Silent Night” can be dated back to a chilly winter of 1818 at Oberndorf, a town in Austria. Joseph Mohr, a young and upcoming ...
Dec 17, 2018 · But the song did not spring from some holly- and ivy-lined fairy glade, instead the origin of the peaceful song comes 200 years ago during a ...
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Dec 22, 2019 · Silent Night was composed in Oberndorf, a small village in Austria, but spread across the world as the most performed Christmas song.