HOLY NIGHT

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Or you can make your tax-deductible contribution by sending a check to Hymnary. Long lay the world in sin and error pining, Till he appeared and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope - the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn! Fall on your knees! O hear the angel voices!

O night divine, O night when Christ was born! O night, O holy night, O night divine! So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming, Here came the Wise Men from Orient land. The King of kings lay thus in lowly manger, In all our trials born to be our Friend. He knows our need-- to our weakness is no stranger.

Behold your King, before him lowly bend! Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother, And in his name all oppression shall cease.

Silent Night

Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we; Let all within us praise his holy name. Christ is the Lord!

O praise his name forever! His pow'r and glory evermore proclaim! Lead Me, Guide Me 2nd ed. Dwight John Sullivan Dwight, born, in Boston, May 13, , was a virtuoso in music, and an enthusiastic student of the art and science of tonal harmony. He joined a Harvard musical club known as "The Pierian Sodality" while a student at the University, and after his graduation became a prolific writer on musical subjects.

Six years of his life were passed in the "Brook Farm Community. His death occurred in He was born on 25 October at 8 p. From the beginning, he was destined to follow his father in the family business vinification and cooperage ; but after an accident, he turned to the life of an academic. The accident occurred when he was eight years old, while "playing" with his friend Brignon.

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The young Brignon was handling a gun and shot Cappeau in the hand. This led to the young Cappeau having to undergo an amputation of his hand. O holy night the stars are brightly shining Title: Oh, Holy Night Author: Placide Cappeau Translator: English Refrain First Line: Fall on your knees Copyright: Public Domain Isaiah None 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Contacting server The melody was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber , schoolmaster and organist in the nearby village of Arnsdorf.

Before Christmas Eve, Mohr brought the words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the Christmas Eve mass.

According to Gruber, Karl Mauracher, an organ builder who serviced the instrument at the Obendorf church, was enamoured with the song, and took the composition home with him to the Zillertal. The Rainers were already singing it around Christmas , and once performed it for an audience that included Franz I of Austria and Alexander I of Russia , as well as making the first performance of the song in the U. During this period, the melody changed slightly to become the version that is commonly played today.

Over the years, because the original manuscript had been lost, Mohr's name was forgotten and although Gruber was known to be the composer, many people assumed the melody was composed by a famous composer, and it was variously attributed to Haydn , Mozart , or Beethoven. It states that Mohr wrote the words in when he was assigned to a pilgrim church in Mariapfarr, Austria, and shows that the music was composed by Gruber in This is the earliest manuscript that exists and the only one in Mohr's handwriting.

In , the Episcopal priest John Freeman Young , then serving at Trinity Church , New York City, wrote and published the English translation that is most frequently sung today, translated from three of Mohr's original six verses.

Whenever possible, and mostly , Klein leaves the Young translation unchanged, but occasionally Klein and Mohr varies markedly. The carol has been translated into about languages. Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar, Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!

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Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh! Christ, der Retter ist da! Christ, in deiner Geburt! 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.

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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. Alfred Schnittke composed an arrangement of "Stille Nacht" for violin and piano in , as a holiday greeting for violinist Gidon Kremer.

Due its dissonant and nightmarish character, the miniature caused a scandal in Austria. Several theatrical and television films depict how the song was ostensibly written. Most of them however are based on a spurious legend about the organ breaking down at the church in Oberndorf, which appeared in a fictional story published in the U. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the Christmas carol.

For other uses, see Silent Night disambiguation. Silent-Night-Chapel in Oberndorf, where the song was first performed.

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