According to a document written by Gruber in 1854, the song first became popular in the nearby Zillertal valley. From there, ...

On Christmas Eve, people attending services throughout Brooklyn Heights and around the world sang “Silent Night” in candlelit churches. This Christmas carol, beloved around the world, marked its 200th ...

This undated score, written by Joseph Mohr and titled 'Weynachts Lied' ('Christmas Carol'), is the earliest known surviving copy of 'Silent Night.' Salzburg Museum Over the centuries, hundreds of ...

The Oberndorf museum at the old parsonage opposite the Silent Night chapel picks up the story with its exhibits focusing on that Christmas Eve, 1818. The church organist at the time was Franz Xaver ...

TALLAHASSEE (WCTV) -- The popular Christmas carol 'Silent Night' is now 200 years old. The carol was penned by a priest in Austria and sung for the first time back In 1818. It was translated into ...

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