On Christmas Eve 1818, the villagers gathered for Christmas mass in the Church of St Nicholas in Oberndorf, a snow-covered village at the foot of the Austrian Alps near Salzburg. Because the church’s organ was not in a playable state, the curate and the village schoolteacher had composed a special […]
Josephus Franciscus Mohr
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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,Heav’nly hosts sing, “Alleluia!Christ the Savior is born!Christ the Savior is born!” Silent night! […]