Not long after, Placide Cappeau showed this poem, “Minuit ... dates from 1855. “O Holy Night” is one of the most dramatically beautiful Christmas carols ever penned but is unfortunately ...

In an article published in America in 2020, Benjamin Ivry explored the origins of “O Holy Night.” The carol originated as a French poem, “Minuit, Chrétiens” (sometimes known as ...

‘O Holy Night’ is a timeless Christmas carol, and a long-running favourite in The Nation’s Favourite Carol on Classic FM. Composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847, the carol’s music was originally set to a ...

Written by poet Placide Cappeau in 1847, "O Holy Night" is derived from Cappeau's poem Minuit, chrétiens, penned a few years earlier. In 1855, English composer John Sullivan Dwight wrote the ...

His poem begins didactically ... Nothing of this discourse survives in the dulcet verses of the “O Holy Night” we sing today. Having ordered listeners to kneel, “Minuit, Chrétiens ...

“O Holy Night,” on the other hand, written in 1847 by French composer Adolphe Adam as a setting of the poem “Minuit, chrétiens,” offers the irresistible combination of operatic drama and ...

The lyrics were composed from a poem, “Minuit ... While the theology of the hymn, “O Holy Night,” may be a faith expression, what is also clearly expressed is the power of love and the ...

Amid all this poetry, what do humans do ... I mentally associate “O Holy Night” with sopranos like Céline Dion and Whitney Houston, who dramatically trill the song to unbelievable heights ...

Watch Lea Salonga perform 'O Holy Night' with The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra. The Christmas poem “Minuit, chrétiens,” written by a French merchant Placide Cappeau, was set to music by ...