But in order to become a worldwide phenomenon, “Silent Night” would need to resonate far beyond Oberndorf. According to a document written by Gruber in 1854, the song first became popular in ...

‘Silent Night’ is one of the world’s most famous Christmas melodies ... But young Joseph had an idea. A few years before, he had written a rather beautiful poem called ‘Stille Nacht’. So, he asked ...

When Mohr contemplated a silent Christmas night, he remembered that he had written a poem two years back. He also remembered his friend Franz Xavier Gruber, a school teacher and his church organist.

Gruber could and Stille Nacht — Silent Night — duly made its debut ... ‘He may have been there on Christmas Eve, 1865. On his return, he wrote O Little Town of Bethlehem for his Sunday-school children ...

Just when many audiences may have written off the innovative Hong Kong ... catches up to the gang members who murdered his son, “Silent Night” has already demonstrated that Woo has no ...

Silent Night is produced by Christian Mercuri, Lori Tilkin deFelice, Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, and John Woo. It is written by Rober Archer Lynn. Silent Night, directed by John Woo, opens in ...

This letter found its way to Gruber who wrote identifying himself and Mohr as its authors. The original letter is lost but several early drafts are now housed in the Silent Night Museum in Hallein ...

“Silent Night” is not that silent after all ... says that the lyrics, originally written in 1816, are key to the appeal of the composition. “I think there’s something deeply meaningful ...