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silent night manuscript

12/24/2022

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​It was Christmas Eve, 1818, when the now-famous carol was first performed as Stille Nacht Heilige Nacht. Joseph Mohr, the young priest who wrote the lyrics, played the guitar and sang along with Franz Xaver Gruber, the choir director who had written the melody. In 1994, an original manuscript was found in Mohr’s handwriting with Gruber named as composer.
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Stille Nacht manuscript with Joseph Mohr's autograph, January 2, 1820 [a time of beautiful handwriting] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autograph_Mohr_Stille_Nacht.pn
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Josef Ketzer
12/25/2022 08:48:13 am

Surely one of the most beautiful songs ever... In memory in the village where the music was performed as premiere, a small romantic chapel was built, the "Stille Nacht-Kapelle". Some years ago I visited it, it can be done within a one-day-trip from Vienna. It's worth the effort, really! (It's directly on the border to Bavaria, so You can also easily visit Germany...)

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Robert E. Dunn link
12/25/2022 09:06:54 am

Thanks, Joe. He is a tutor in Vienna, and we correspond regularly.

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