Silent Night Holy Night Song
Video of traditional Christmas song Silent Night Holy Night by Daniel 9 years old
Silent Night Song History
Silent Night
is one of the oldest, traditional and popular Christmas song that is being sung
for many years. It was written by a young priest, Father Joseph Mohr in 1816 at
Mariapfarr, the hometown of his father in the Salzburg Lungau region, where
Joseph had worked as a co-adjutor. 
Silent Night Holy Night Poster
A year later before Christmas Eve, in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, Mohr brought the words to Franz Xaver Gruber, Schoolmaster and Organist in the nearby village of Arnsdorf, and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the Christmas Eve mass, after river flooding had damaged the church organ.
Thus, in 1818, the music was composed and the song was first performed by Gruber at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, a village in the Austrian Empire on the Salzach River in present-day Austria.
The church was eventually destroyed by repeated flooding and replaced with the Silent-Night-Chapel. It is unknown what inspired Mohr to write the lyrics, or what prompted him to create a new carol.
The song has been recorded by a large number of singers across many music genres. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011.
Silent Night English Song Lyrics
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,
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Silent night, holy night,
Shepherds quake at the sight;
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ the Savior is born,
Christ the Savior is born!
Silent night, holy night,
Son of God, love's pure light;
Radiant beams from thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth,
Jesus, Lord, at thy birth.
Silent Night Holy Night German Lyrics: "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht"
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,
Alles schläft; einsam wacht
Nur das traute hochheilige Paar.
Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar,
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,
Hirten erst kundgemacht
Durch der Engel Halleluja,
Tönt es laut von fern und nah:
Christ, der Retter ist da!
Christ, der Retter ist da!
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,
Gottes Sohn, o wie lacht
Lieb' aus deinem göttlichen Mund,
Da uns schlägt die rettende Stund'.
Christ, in deiner Geburt!
Christ, in deiner Geburt!
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