Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. The German version of the song Silent Night contains six verses. "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. The Christmas carol Silent Night, Holy Night was written and composed in the Age of.
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht Alles schlft, einsam wacht Nur das traute, hochheilige Paar. "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." ~ Isaiah 9:6 Silent night, holy night Son of God, love’s pure light Radiant beams from Thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming grace Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth Lyrics (German) 1. And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear." ~ Luke 2:7-9 "And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. Before Christmas Eve, Mohr brought the words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the Christmas Eve mass. We have given the lyrics in English and in German in honor of Father Mohr and the church organist Franz Gruber.
We have arranged the famous carol in a simple form and present it for you here to download and print. The melody was arranged by Franz Xaver Gruber, schoolmaster and organist in the nearby village of Arnsdorf. That Christmas Eve in 1818 when all was calm and all was bright, the carol, Silent Night was performed for the first time. A youthful priest, Father Joseph Mohr, had arrived in Oberndorf the year earlier.
The hymn was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas church in Oberndorf, a village in the Austrian Empire on the Salzach river in present-day Austria. The version sung by Bing Crosby is the third best-selling single of all-time. Its different from the version thats commonly known in the English-speaking world as Silent Night. This hymn has been performed by a vast number of singers from every music genre. comes directly from the original lyrics in German. "Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria.