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 ...

This undated score, written by Joseph Mohr and titled 'Weynachts Lied' ('Christmas Carol'), is the earliest known surviving copy of 'Silent Night.' Salzburg Museum Over the centuries, hundreds of ...

Joseph Franz Mohr (1792–1848) was an Austrian priest and lyricist of the beloved Christmas carol “Silent Night.” Born in Salzburg to humble beginnings, Mohr was drawn to faith and music from a young ...

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 ...

Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr are best known for composing the timeless Christmas carol Silent Night. Gruber, a schoolteacher and church organist, composed the melody, while Mohr, a young priest, ...

The Silent Night Chapel in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. The most famous carol of all was dashed off in just a few hours -- out of desperation -- on Christmas Eve Day. It happened two centuries ago ...

Christmas Eve 2018 marks bicentennial of the classic carol. Silent Night Memorial Chapel in the Austrian village of Oberndorf stands on the original site of St. Nicholas Church, where the Christmas ...

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 ...

The gentle, familiar lyrics will emanate across the world on Christmas Eve, at church services, across radio airwaves and through living room speakers. Silent night, holy night. It’s a song that ...

In 1816, near the starving and ruined city of Salzburg, Austria, a 24-year-old priest named Joseph Mohr suffered, along with his parishioners, in the wreckage of the Napoleonic Wars. In that suffering ...

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 ...