Simple but moving, ‘Silent Night’ is a perennial favourite among carollers. But who composed the carol, and what are the original lyrics? ‘Silent Night ... to set his six-stanza poem to music. That ...

“Silent Night” is ... The song might have remained a one-night wonder, but when the organ repairman Karl Mauracher arrived, he heard the song and took the sheet music home with him to Tyrol ...

But on Christmas Eve, 1818, Silent Night was ... Gruber if he could compose music that would accompany the lyrics, so he could perform it near the end of that night's Christmas mass.

The lyrics of "Stille Nacht," known in English as "Silent Night," were written by assistant ... as well as an app and 600 related events. The sheet music by Franz Xaver GruberImage: Stille Nacht ...