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Silent Night was written in 1818 with lyrics by Joseph Mohr and music by Fanz Xavier Gruber.
Dresden Choir
The Bing Crosby version recorded in 1935 is the fourth best-selling single of all time.
The Mannheim Steamroller version has always been my favorite. I'm not really sure why, but it speaks to me. Every year when I hear it that first time at Christmas, I'm in love all over again.
This version of the song is full of good memories. It takes me back to my childhood. I listened to it with my family. It's not Christmas for me until I've heard this whole album. Then we got to play an orchestral version in high school. When I found out I was so excited because the whole second half of the song is violin solo! I was concertmaster at the time and that was going to be me!
Except it wasn't. The orchestral version gives that solo to the cello. I was so mad. I still love the song, though.
One of my favorite Christmas stories begins with Silent Night. Here is a beautiful Sainsbury's ad that shows what happened one Christmas Eve during World War One.
Merry Christmas!
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