Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr are best known for composing the timeless Christmas carol Silent Night. Gruber, a schoolteacher and church organist, composed the melody, while Mohr, a young priest, ...

In 2018, the popular Christmas carol ‘Silent Night’ celebrated the 200th anniversary of its first performance. The lyrics to ‘Silent Night’ were written by Austrian Roman Catholic priest Joseph Mohr ...

The gentle, familiar lyrics will emanate across the world on Christmas Eve, at church services, across radio airwaves and through living room speakers. Silent night, holy night. It’s a song that ...

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 ...

In 2003, Pete and Judy Duelo of Minneapolis lost their son Nick in a tragic car accident. Nick was a senior at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and had been an enthusiastic participant in the choral ...

“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 ...

Christian Associates of Southwest Pennsylvania (CASP) is encouraging all Christians to join in a socially distant, yet spiritually unified, “Silent Night” singalong on Christmas Eve. The event will ...

Christmas Eve 2018 marks bicentennial of the classic carol. Silent Night Memorial Chapel in the Austrian village of Oberndorf stands on the original site of St. Nicholas Church, where the Christmas ...

On CBS' Late Show with David Letterman, Bill O'Reilly resurrected his false claim that a Wisconsin elementary school banned the singing of the Christmas hymn “Silent Night,” erroneously attributing ...