 "Heiligste Nacht" (1836) |
| File: | heiligste.nwc (October 2002) 2 kB |
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| Full name of work: | "Heiligste Nacht" (1836) |
| Composer: | Gruber, Fr. Xavier (1787-1863), Austrian |
| About: | http://www.fortunecity.com/victo.....um/59/music.html |
| Lyricist: | Unk. |
| First line: | "Heiligste Nacht. Finsternis weichet, es glänzet hernieder" |
| Music category: | Christmas choral folksong |
| Instruments: | SATB with piano |
| Name of file creator: | Ivo Swinnen |
| e-mail address: | ifs "at" skynet "dot" be |
| Running time: | 1:30 |
| Comments: | The composer Franz Gruber is best known for his famous "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht" (Silent Night, Holy Night), but he has written much more, including several masses. Here's another of his Christmas songs. |