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| On this day - 1792 (Silent Night); December 11th | |
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| daib0 | 11 Dec 2015, 09:31 AM Post #1 |
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Tuesday, December 11, 1792. : Josef Mohr, who wrote the lyrics to 'Silent Night', was born. Josef Mohr was born on 11 December 1792 in Salzburg, Austria, the illegitimate son of a seamstress and a military deserter. Mohr championed the cause of the poverty-stricken, the disadvantaged, the young and the elderly, and was a generous man who willingly gave his time and money to charity. It was while serving as parish priest at St Nikolas Church in Oberndorf that Mohr penned "Silent Night", one of the world's most enduring Christmas carols. Two days before Christmas 1818, the bellows in the church organ were found to be rotted through. Mohr wrote a poem and asked the church organist and choirmaster, Franz-Xaver Gruber, if he could set it to music which the two men could sing, accompanied by Mohr on the guitar. Late on Christmas Eve, the men practised the song for the first time, and performed it for Mass. "Silent Night" still endures today as a much-loved Christmas carol. ![]() If you could sing like Bing Crosby you could have made your fortune from singing "Silent Night". If you had written it, in this day and age, you could have retired, from royalties received, within a few weeks of putting pen to paper. |
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| daib0 | 24 Dec 2015, 09:51 AM Post #2 |
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ANNEX - Thursday, December 24, 1818. : The Christmas carol 'Silent Night' was sung for the first time. Josef Mohr was a young priest serving as parish priest at St Nikolas Church in Oberndorf, Germany. Two days before Christmas 1818, the bellows in the church organ were found to be rotted through, possibly eaten by rats. Needing music that could still be appreciated by the congregation, Mohr wrote a poem. He then asked the church organist and choirmaster, Franz-Xaver Gruber, if he could set it to music which the two men could sing, accompanied by Mohr on the guitar. Late on Christmas Eve, the men practised the song for the first time, and performed it for Mass. The song that Mohr penned was "Silent Night", one of the world's most enduring Christmas carols, and it was first sung on 24 December 1818. ![]() |
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