Over the centuries, hundreds of Christmas ... of “Silent Night” and its meteoric rise to worldwide fame has always fascinated me. The song’s lyrics were originally written in German just ...

Themes: Christmas; festivals; special days; music; friendship. Summary: The much-loved carol 'Silent Night' was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818. Originally it was sung to a simple guitar ...

That night, the two men sang their brand new song at St Nicholas church and one of our best-loved Christmas Carols ... German speaker, Joseph Mohr naturally wrote the lyrics to Silent Night ...

Two hundred years of Silent Night How a church sings when a choir can't meet What are Level 4 rules in Wales over Christmas? Mr Ellis said: "A carol for ... it was written in Austria and is ...

The 13th century saw St. Francis of Assisi introducing joyful hymns during his nativity plays, making carols a central feature of Christmas worship. Classics like "Silent Night", composed in 1818 ...