Franz Gruber famously composed the music for "Silent Night" just a few hours before its debut at a Christmas Eve mass. That is, Gruber composed the music in a big hurry. Mozart was famous for being ...

But what is the history and meaning of the song beyond its tender qualities? That’s what we’re going to dive into here today. The Song’s History and Meaning Composed in 1818 by Franz Gruber (not to be ...

One of the world's most beloved Christmas carols, "Silent Night" was written nearly two centuries ago, yet keeps resonating in Christmas festivities. For millions of people around the world, "Silent ...

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. -- Butch Dallmann of Alexandria grew up hearing stories about his great-great-great-grandfather, an Austrian organist and choir master named Franz Gruber. In the small Austrian ...

Picture the scene in the snowy Austrian village of Obendorf on Christmas Eve, 1818. Father Joseph Mohr is preparing the music for midnight mass and asks his friend Franz Gruber, a schoolteacher, to ...

“Silent Night” might be one of the sweetest Christmas carols there is, but following the trail of the man who wrote it exactly 200 years ago involves an unexpectedly macabre twist. “The skull is ...

Walk into any public square or shopping mall at this time of year and an encounter with a traditional Christmas carol is well-nigh unavoidable. We may not sing them ourselves with anything like the ...

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. - Butch Dallmann of Alexandria grew up hearing stories about his great-great-great-grandfather, an Austrian organist and choir master named Franz Gruber. In the small Austrian ...