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Silent Night origin story echoes Christmas legend
The article recounts how the 1818 Silent Night arose in Oberndorf Austria when Father Mohr lacked organ music for midnight Mass. He wrote a poem and, with Franz Gruber, created a guitar accompanie d song just as the organ failed. The hymn spread across Austria and beyond, with Mohr later gaining authorship for the music.
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Joseph Mohr
Oberndorf
Austria
Christ
Father Mohr
Franz Xavier Gruber
Gruber
Mohr
Prussia
Saxony
Rainer
America
Franz Gruber
St. Nicholas' Church