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The assistant priest at St. Nicholas' Church in Oberndorf, a small village near Salzburg, was worried about a Christmas celebration without music. The church organ had broken down again and it would be months before it could be repaired. The 26-year old Father Joseph Mohr, took a poem he had written to his friend, Franz X. Gruber, a school teacher and the church organist, asked him to set it to music so that they could sing it together, to guitar accompaniment at the midnight service celebrating the birth of Christ.
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (Silent Night, Holy Night) |
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Words by Joseph Mohr. Music by Franz X. Gruber.The translation is traditional. |
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Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, |
Silent night, Holy night, Silent night, Holy night, Silent night, Holy night, . |
Max Kade German-American Center |
Created: 4 December 2005, SJS
Updated: 13 December 2005, BAS
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