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, ...

In 2018, the popular Christmas carol ‘Silent Night’ celebrated the 200th anniversary of its first performance. The lyrics to ‘Silent Night’ were written by Austrian Roman Catholic priest Joseph Mohr ...

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 ...

Silent Night is one of the world’s most loved Christmas carols. This film tells its story - from the composition, to the meaning of the lyrics, to how Silent Night was declared an Intangible Cultural ...

From Julie Andrews to Kelly Clarkson, take a look at ten of the best versions of "Silent Night." By Xavier Piedra “Silent Night” has been a Christmas carol staple that has captured the ears of several ...

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 ...

Over the centuries, hundreds of Christmas carols have been composed. Many fall quickly into obscurity. Not “Silent Night.” Translated into at least 300 languages, designated by UNESCO as a treasured ...

Everyone knows 'Silent Night' -- it's one of the most peaceful and representative holiday classics out there. On his new album, Justin Bieber tips a hat to the 1800s Christmas ballad by, well, not ...

Earliest surviving manuscript of “Silent Night,” in the handwriting of the Rev. Joseph Mohr. (photo: Salzburg Museum). The hills around Salzburg are alive, we hear, “alive with the sound of music.” ...

“Silent Night” is not that silent after all. The 19th-century Austrian Christmas carol has been covered so many times by so many artists that if you take the 2 minutes and 40 seconds of Bing Crosby’s ...

Over the centuries, hundreds of Christmas carols have been composed. Many fall quickly into obscurity. Not “Silent Night.” Translated into at least 300 languages, designated by UNESCO as a treasured ...