George Legge will invite everyone in the audience to sing.

The origin of the Christmas carol we know as Silent Night was a poem that was written in 1816 by an Austrian priest called Joseph Mohr. On Christmas Eve in 1818 in the small alpine village called Oberndorf it is reputed that the organ at St. Nicholas Church had broken. Joseph Mohr gave the poem of Silent Night (Stille Nacht) to his friend Franz Xavier Gruber and the melody and music for Silent Night was composed with this in mind. The Silent Night music was therefore intended for a guitar and the simple score was finished in time for Midnight Mass. Silent Night is the most famous Christmas carol of all time and its beautiful lyrics convey the essence of peace and love.

Recording taken from the original LP album "Christmas Voices of Our Valley" - featuring the Springfield Local High School vocal music department (Jefferson County Ohio) Winter Concert, 1966, George O. Legge directing.
LP originally recorded from analog tape by the Coronet Recording Company, Columbus Ohio

Christmas Voices of Our Valley

Silent Night

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Silent Night

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