I’m a musicologist who studies historical traditions of song, and the story of “Silent Night” and its meteoric rise to worldwide fame has always fascinated me. The song’s lyrics were ...

Mack Wilberg was chosen for the commission, and his crystalline arrangement of “Silent Night” was premiered at the 2006 “Christmas at Luther” concert. The shimmering orchestration and ...

3. The version we sing today is a translation As an Austrian German speaker, Joseph Mohr naturally wrote the lyrics to Silent Night in his native language – the original title being ‘Stille ...