Silent Night

Silent night is a popular Christmas song. The original text was in German written by Joseph Mohr. The Austrian composer Franz Gruber wrote the melody. This melody is now something has changed. The song has been translated into more than 40 languages and performed by more than 300 artists, this is the world-wide one of the most popular songs of all time. The song is often sung without or with minimal musical accompaniment .



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == Silent night was first performed in the St. Nicholas in Oberndorf (Austria) on Christmas day 1818. The text was written by Mohr in 1816, but early on Christmas Eve1818 Mohr to Gruber at a guitar accompaniment to the text. Why specifically to a guitar accompaniment was asked to this day is unclear. The most common explanation was that the organ of the Church was broken, according to a popular version because mice had eaten of the bellows . But perhaps wanted Mohr just a andersklinkend song.
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According to another anecdote, the song was once performed, in 1818, after the weather search and it became in 1825 by an organ repairman found. This story is most likely not on truth, because both Mohr and Gruber in the early 1820s with variations on silent night came. ==Versions[ Edit] == In the Dutch language area, there are several versions of the song are sung. The Catholic version is the most accurate translation of the German original text. The Protestant version, however, is entirely different. It is often said that the Protestants the original text (with hoogheilige terms like "few", "Herald Angels") to "Catholic" took place, and therefore a proprietary version wrote. ===English text[ Edit] ===