HYMNS AND THEIR STORIES – 11. “Silent Night” Author: Joseph Hermann Mohr(1792–1848) Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber (1787–1885) Tune: “Stille Natcht”
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igh in the Tyrol region of the Austrian Alps, in the small village of Oberndorf just north of Salzburg, news reached assistant priest and school-master Joseph Mohr that the organ in St. Nicolas Church had broken, and could not be repaired in time for the Christmas celebrations. To avoid disappointing his parishioners Mohr immediately wrote this carol in time for mass on Christmas Eve, in the year 1818.
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1. Silent Night! Holy night! All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and child, Holy infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace. 2. Silent night! Holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight; Glories stream from heaven afar, Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia, Christ the Saviour is born.
3. Silent night! Holy night! Quickly he took the words to the church Son of God, love’s pure light; organist, Franz Gruber. Franz composed a Radiant beams from from Thy holy face, simple but beautiful tune which expressed With the dawn of redeeming grace. so well the spirit of Mohr’s words. At the Jesus, Lord at Thy birth. service Mohr and Gruber sang this hymn as a duet, accompanied by Gruber’s guitar. The song made a deep impact upon the congregation. Later the organ repairman saw a copy of the carol, and was so impressed by it that he spread it all around the region of Tyrol. Today it is sung in all major languages of the world! It was translated in the 1859 from German into English by John Freeman Young, the Episcopal priest at Trinity Church, New York City in Maryland, USA. The English version includes only three of Mohr’s original six verses, and the melody that is generally used is a slow meditative lullaby differing slightly from Gruber’s original. Today, the lyrics and melody are in the public domain.
An old photo of St. Nicholas Church where Silent Night was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818. This church was razed in 1906.
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