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The First Silent Night (2014), documentary narrated by Simon Callow [27] Stille Nacht – ein Lied für die Welt (2018), music documentary created and directed by Hannes M. Schalle, narrated by Peter Simonischek. [28] [29] An English version, Silent Night – A Song for the World (2020), narrated by Hugh Bonneville, was released two years later ...
"7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their third studio album, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966). The track is a sound collage juxtaposing a rendition of the Christmas carol " Silent Night " with a simulated " 7 O'Clock News " bulletin consisting of actual events from the summer of 1966.
"Night of Silence" words and music: Daniel Kantor 1981 written to be sung simultaneously with "Silent Night" "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (Adeste Fideles) 17th century carol. English translation by Frederick Oakeley in 1841. "O Holy Night" words: Placide Cappeau de Rouquemaure, translated by John Sullivan Dwight, music: Adolphe Adam: 1847
Words: 15th–17th century Music: Robin Holloway: 2003 The Gleam [33] (Not yet shepherds the gilded kings) Words: Stephen Plaice Music: Harrison Birtwistle: 2004 God Would be Born in Thee [34] [35] (Lo, In the Silent Night a Child in God is Born) Words: Angelus Silesius Music: Judith Bingham: 2005 Away in a Manger [26] Words: 19th century Music ...
The song was sung at Midnight Mass in a simple arrangement for guitar and choir. Various legends have sprung up over the years concerning the genesis of "Silent Night", but the simplest and likeliest explanation seems to have been that Mohr simply wanted an original song that he could play on his favourite instrument, the guitar. [4]
This article refers to the English version. The book was published on the 150th anniversary of the publication of the first LDS hymnbook, compiled by Emma Smith in 1835. Previous hymnbooks used by the church include The Manchester Hymnal (1840), The Psalmody (1889), Songs of Zion (1908), Hymns (1927), and Hymns (1948).
On Dec. 20, 1957, the two crooners brought their dulcet tones together for a night of Christmas carols, story swapping, and even a visit to merry old Victorian England. (Rent or buy the 26-minute ...
Together with Joseph Mohr, a Catholic priest who wrote the original German lyrics, Gruber composed the music for the Christmas carol Silent Night. On Christmas Eve of 1818, Mohr, an assistant priest at the Nikolauskirche, showed Gruber a six-stanza poem he had written in 1816. He asked Gruber to set the poem to music.