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Silent Night Origins Return to Oberndorf Remembered
The article recounts how 1818 in Oberndorf Austria Father Josef Mohr wrote the Christmas Day poem Stille Nacht Holy Night and Franz Gruber quickly composed a guitar tune. The rusted organ blocked music until the performance. The song spread across Europe and America with later claims of authorship by Gruber after Mohr’s death.
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Oberndorf
Austria
Josef Mohr
Bethlehem
Franz Gruber
Father Mohr
Gruber
Mohr
Trapp
Sound of Music
Europe
Strasser
Prussia
Rainer
America