 Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht |
| File: | stillenachtpno.nwc (December 2001) 1 kB |
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| Full name of work: | Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht |
| Composer: | Gruber, Fr. Xavier (1787-1863), Austrian |
| About: | http://stillenacht.tripod.com/ |
| Lyricist: | Mohr, Joseph (1792-1848), Austrian |
| Music category: | Christmas Carol |
| Instruments: | Piano solo |
| Name of file creator: | Geoff Walker |
| e-mail address: | geoff "dot" walker "at" ntlworld "dot" com |
| Website: | http://uk.geocities.com/GeoffW27/ |
| Comments: | "Ever since Austrian organ-builder Karl Mauracher, provided some traveling folk singers with an arrangement of "Silent Night," the world has been singing the wrong melody. . ." This arrangement is based on music downloaded from the "stillenacht" website which is a virtual museum of the origins of this ever popular carol. It was originally written by Joseph Mohr in 1816 and the music was added two years later in 1818. |