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Silent Night (Orchestral)

File:grustillorch.nwc (December 2005) 2 kB
Full name of work:Silent Night (Orchestral)
Composer:Gruber, Fr. Xavier (1787-1863), Austrian
Arranger:Kelly, Virgil (b1966- ) USA
About:http://www.fortunecity.com/victo.....m/59/gruber.html
Lyricist:Fr. Joseph Mohr
First line:"Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!"
Music category:classical
Instruments:arranged for Brass Quintet, Strings, and Auxillary Percussion
Name of file creator:Virgil Kelly
e-mail address:vkkelly "at" brier "dot" net
Running time:3:22
Comments:With my love for jazz-style chords and harmonies, I've always
heard the simple melody being played over more elaborate harmonic
movement. Here's my version... Enjoy! (Gotta love those
full-diminished seventh chords!)

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