The melody and harmonization of “Silent Night” is actually based on an Italian musical style called the “siciliana” that mimics the sound of water and rolling waves: two large rhythmic ...

the original manuscript was lost and it was widely assumed that a famous composer wrote the melody for Silent Night – in the past it has been credited to Haydn, Beethoven and Mozart. Then in ...

By then, 'Silent Night' had been translated into over 300 ... ink pot and pen and a sheet of blank paper and began to write a melody… Franz worked all day and made Joseph a very beautiful ...