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Silent Night creators tied to Christmas hymn origins
The article recalls Father Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber who wrote and composed Silent Night in 1818 for an Arnsdorf Christmas Eve mass. They faced organ issues, penned the words and music, performed it with a guitar, and the hymn later gained worldwide fame after its 1840 print appearance.
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Ather Josef Mohr
Franz Gruber
Father Mohr
Arnsdorf
Salzburg
Austria
Gruber