He played the Christmas hymn shared in Sunday’s video message in a living room filled with nativity scenes. At the end of the message he smiles and says, “Merry Christmas!” “Silent Night ...

I’m a musicologist who studies historical traditions of song, and the story of “Silent Night” and its meteoric rise to worldwide fame has always fascinated me. The song’s lyrics were ...

New Bloomfield Elementary fourth-grade student Daria Panfilova serenaded the body with her violin by performing “Silent Night.” Panfilova is an immigrant from Ukraine who has been a district student ...

Mack Wilberg was chosen for the commission, and his crystalline arrangement of “Silent Night” was premiered at the 2006 “Christmas at Luther” concert. The shimmering orchestration and ...

who translated hymns as a hobby. 4. It was originally composed for guitar Although Franz Gruber was an organist, he composed the music for Silent Night on guitar. A commonly held myth is that this ...

“Silent Night” lifts from No. 8 to No. 6 on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart this week, which measures the bestselling R&B-only tracks in the country. At the same time, the beloved act is also ...

Mohr's manuscript was lost, leading to confusion about the song's authorship, until his handwritten version resurfaced in 1995. By then, 'Silent Night' had been translated into over 300 languages ...