Simple but moving, ‘Silent Night’ is a perennial favourite among carollers. But who composed the carol, and what are the original lyrics? ‘Silent Night’ is one of the world’s most famous Christmas ...

The names Joseph Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber have largely vanished into the annals of Christmas tormentors, but their greatest triumph lives on. “Silent Night,” which Mohr wrote the lyrics for (in ...

“Silent Night” might be one of the sweetest Christmas carols there is, but following the trail of the man who wrote it exactly 200 years ago involves an unexpectedly macabre twist. “The skull is ...

The story starts long before that, though. It starts with a poem written by Father Joseph Mohr in 1816, an assistant priest in Mariapfarr, Austria. Written in German, it was called “Stille Nacht.” Two ...

"Stories of Silent Night" or Stille Nacht as it was originally written in German in Austria almost 200 years ago, is the theme of the annual holiday exhibit opening Saturday, Nov. 10, at the German ...

The Christmas song Silent Night has long been a cherished part of our shared culture — in 2011 it was even granted UNESCO cultural heritage status. But the power of the carol was never so clear as on ...

Silent Night was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr - a local Catholic priest - and was first performed on December 24th 1818 in the small village of Oberndorf in the ...

It is one of the most beloved Christmas songs — one that has been performed in more than 300 languages and dialects. But on Christmas Eve, 1818, Silent Night was being performed for the very first ...