Silent night

[torben]

Hi 

I bring you the ultimate Christmas carol ... sung by my gorgeous friend Nadia.

https://app.box.com/s/36i2n00wtkjrdjmkl1kus4kgaoaxxbs2

The song is actually Austrian (Stille nacht) and was composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011. It was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf. A young priest, Father Joseph Mohr, had come to Oberndorf the year before. He had written the lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" in 1816 at Mariapfarr, the hometown of his father in the Salzburg Lungau region, where Joseph had worked as a co-adjutor. The melody was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber, schoolmaster and organist in the nearby village of Arnsdorf. Before Christmas Eve, Mohr brought the words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the Christmas Eve mass, after river flooding had damaged the church organ. The church was eventually destroyed by repeated flooding and replaced with the Silent-Night-Chapel.

Merry X-mas

Torben

[Toril S]

Hello Torben. Beautiffy sung and played. Glade jul is the ultimate Christmas carol in Norway🌲🌲🌲 Thanks for the background info too🌲🌲🌲

[ticktock]

Hi Torben,
You should be a historian too.
Ted

[torben]

Thanks Toril 

Yes Ted - I love to have some history to follow an upload!Sets things in perspective ...

Regards

Torben

[Jon D]

  Hello there Torben and Nadia,
                A first class performance I enjoyed my pleasant listen to this great number.

                       Jon D.

[torben]

Thanks a lot Jon. We appreciate ypur comments very much!

Kindest greetings

Torben