Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg (česky Solnohrad, počeštěně Salcburk, dříve česky též Salcpurk) je statutární město, hlavní město rakouské spolkové země Salcbursko a centrum okresu Salzburg-venkov. Leží nedaleko hranic s Německem na řece Salzach ve výšce 425 m n. m.
Staré město salzburské (historické městské jádro) bylo v roce 1996 zapsáno na Seznam světového dědictví UNESCO. Stavba Hohensalcburské pevnosti byla zahájena v časech boje o investituru roku 1077 a je do dnešních dnů velmi dobře zachována, neboť byla jen jednou, neúspěšně, obléhána. Zámek Leopoldskron vznikl v 18. stol.
Roku 1921 byla dána Salzburskému pivovaru Stiegl v Maxglanu k dispozici zemědělská budova právě založenému „Salzburskému uměleckému filmu. Tam si mladý kolektiv filmové produkce založil laboratoř a filmový ateliér. V tu dobu byl právě vyroben dokumentární film „Die Festspiele 1921. První hraný film, „Die Tragödie des Carlo Pinetti (Tragedie Carla Pinettiho), měla premiéru 29. ledna 1924 ve Vídni. Žádný druhý film už nikdy nenásledoval, neboť byl nad podnikem se sídlem v hotelu „Österreichischer Hof již v roce 1925 -- uprostřed nejtěžší krize rakouského filmu -- vyhlášen konkurs.
Mozartkino v centru města bylo zřízeno roku 1905 v hotelu Kasererbräu a od té doby se několikrát stěhovalo. Nakonec bylo kino roku 1987 rozšířeno, přičemž byla odkryta studna z doby římské impéria, která je dnes vystavena v Salcburském muzeu Karla Augusta Salzburger Museum Carolino Augusteum. Zbytky římského opevnění jsou vidět v „Římském sále (Römersaal) kina. Předchůdce kina Elmo vznikl v roce 1947 ve cvičebně lidové školy v Plainu, jen pár stovek metrů vzdáleného od místa dnešního Lehenského mostu. Roku 1949 postavili Alfred a Else Morawetzových novou budovu s jedním sálem s 1000 křesly. V roce 1972 přibyl druhý sál, a o čtyři roky později ještě další dva sály a od 80. let jich je pět, z nichž největší má 435 křesel. Program zahrnuje rodinné filmy a životopisné medailony.
DAS KINO (salzburské kulturní filmové centrum) na Äußeren Steinu má své těžiště na kultovních filmech a retrospektivách. Každý podzim je pořádá Bergfilm-Festival.
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video audio photo edit © 2016 Jan J. Vágner
Still Still Still - Alto.wmv
Still Still Still or Austrian Carol is a Weihnachtslied (Christmas Song) based on an 1819 Tyrolean melody. The text appeared for the first time in 1865 in a folk song collection by Vinzenz Maria Süss , the founder of the Carolino Augusteum museum of Salzburg Austria. Choirparts, SATB Parts on this channel, Alto
Salzburg Museum. Neue Residenz
Im Salzburg Museum in der prachtvoll renovierten Neuen Residenz am Mozartplatz bilden wertvolle Kunstobjekte, ästhetische Präsentation, interessante Inhalte und multimediale Installationen ein harmonisches Ganzes. Das Salzburg Museum ist der Beweis dafür, dass ein modernes Museum informativ und gleichzeitig unterhaltsam sein kann. Für dieses gelungene Konzept wurde das Salzburg Museum mit dem Europäischen Museumspreis 2009 und dem Österreichischen Museumspreis 2007 ausgezeichnet.
Still Still Still - Tenor.wmv
Still Still Still or Austrian Carol is a Weihnachtslied (Christmas Song) based on an 1819 Tyrolean melody. The text appeared for the first time in 1865 in a folk song collection by Vinzenz Maria Süss , the founder of the Carolino Augusteum museum of Salzburg Austria. Choirparts, SATB Parts on this channel.Tenor
Still Still Still All-Parts.wmv
All Parts :
Still Still Still or Austrian Carol is a Weihnachtslied (Christmas Song) based on an 1819 Tyrolean melody. The text appeared for the first time in 1865 in a folk song collection by Vinzenz Maria Süss , the founder of the Carolino Augusteum museum of Salzburg Austria. Choirparts, SATB Parts on this channel.
Still Still Still - Bass.wmv
Still Still Still or Austrian Carol is a Weihnachtslied (Christmas Song) based on an 1819 Tyrolean melody. The text appeared for the first time in 1865 in a folk song collection by Vinzenz Maria Süss , the founder of the Carolino Augusteum museum of Salzburg Austria. Choirparts, SATB Parts on this channel. Bass
Still Still Still - Soprano.wmv
Still Still Still or Austrian Carol is a Weihnachtslied (Christmas Song) based on an 1819 Tyrolean melody. The text appeared for the first time in 1865 in a folk song collection by Vinzenz Maria Süss , the founder of the Carolino Augusteum museum of Salzburg Austria. Choirparts, SATB Parts on this channel.Soprano
Webcam Salzburg Schloss Mirabell
Die Webcam steht in der Stadt Salzburg und zeigt das Schloss Mirabell sowie den Mirabellgarten.
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Salzburg, auch die Mozartstadt genannt, ist die Hauptstadt des namensgleichen Bundeslandes Salzburg und die älteste Stadt in Österreich. Salzburg ist mit 148.256 Einwohnern die viertgrößte Stadt Österreichs, liegt auf eine Höhe von 424 m und hat eine Fläche von 65,64 km².
Salzburg hat sich als weltweit bekannte Tourismus-, Kultur-, Universitäts- und Sportstadt etabliert. Vor allem mit seiner historischen Altstadt, von der UNESCO 1996 zum Weltkulturerbe ernannt, mit dem Sigmundstor als ältesten Straßentunnel Österreichs und der Festung Hohensalzburg als größte erhaltene Burg in Mitteleuropa und dem Schloss Hellbrunn, seinem Schlossgarten, seinen berühmten Wasserspielen und der Hellbrunner Allee als älteste erhaltene Allee der Welt kann Salzburg mit einer langen kulturellen Tradition aufwarten. In der Altstadt kann man berühmte Profanbauten wie die Alte und Neue Residenz, die heute das Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum beherbergt, die Alte Universität mit Saecellum und Großer Aula, das Rathaus, das Festspielhaus mit der Felsenreitschule uvm. besichtigen.
Neben den kulturellen Sehenswürdigkeiten befinden sich in der Salzburger Altstadt auch bekannte Straßen und Plätze, vor allem die Getreidegasse, die für den Handel immer schon eine große Bedeutung hatte und über deren Geschäftsportale heute noch die mittelalterlichen Zunftzeichen zu sehen sind. Hier steht das Geburtshaus von W.A. Mozart. Sehenswert sind außerdem der Domplatz mit der Mariensäule, der Kapitelplatz und die Kapitelgasse, der Residenzplatz mit dem Residenzbrunnen aus Marmor, der Mozartplatz mit dem Mozartdenkmal oder der Alte Markt mit dem Florianibrunnen.
Berühmte kirchliche Bauwerke in der Stadt Salzburg sind der Salzburger Dom, das Stift Sankt Peter, das älteste bestehende Kloster im deutschsprachigen Raum, das Benediktinen-Frauenstift Nonnberg, das älteste bestehende Frauenkloster der Welt und die Werke des berühmten Architekten J.B. Fischer von Erlach, wie die Kollegienkirche, die Dreifaltigkeitskirche, die Markuskirche oder die Johannsspitalkirche. Weiters wartet die Stadt Salzburg mit bekannten Burgen und Schlössern auf wie dem Schloss Mirabell mit dem berühmten Mirabellgarten, Schloss Aigen oder Schloss Leopoldskron.
Schwarzler Hotel Neutor Hotel Salzburg
The hotel lies right in the heart of the Festival City of Salzburg, right next to the MÃÂönschberg. It takes less than 3 minutes to walk to the Getreidegasse. Of course, Salzburg's world famous Festival Hall, numerous cultural sights, galleries and popular bars and pubs are all close to the hotel. The central train station is about 15 minutes away by public transport, and Salzburg Airport is just 10 km away.Enjoy the informal and artistic atmosphere at the hotel, where it is still possible to completely switch off. A special service for late risers is offered, including especially quiet rooms and late breakfast. The hotel has 89 rooms and the lobby offers a 24-hour reception and check-out service, a hotel safe, cloakroom and lift access. Internet access, room service and laundry services are available, and guests may also enjoy the cafÃÂé, bar and breakfast room.A few minutes' walk will take you to all the cultural sights, such as the Festspielhäuser, Salzburg cathedral, Mozart's birthplace, the Carolino Augusteum museum, or the Hohen Salzburg fortress. Right next to the hotel is where the old part of the city starts, with its splendid squares, cafés, restaurants, galleries and innumerable shops. It's the rendezvous for interesting guests and business people from all over the world.The HOTEL NEUTOR is a classic city hotel. It possesses a pleasant stylistic mix of a Salzburg country house with a modern interior. All 89 rooms come with bath/shower, satellite TV, direct dial telephone and modem connection. Spend some pleasant hours in modern rooms or Junior suites with a roof terrace, in our hotel bar or in the café. Everywhere the informal hospitality of Schwärzler Hotels awaits you.The Schwaerzler Hotel Neutor Was Built In 1965 And Has Been Refurbished In 2000. The Hotel Offers Comfortable Rooms And Suites For All Clients Traveling On Business Or Leisure.
Stille nacht Heilige nacht
Stille nacht Heilige nacht
****met dank aan Dominique en Maurice voor hun prachtige video bewerking****
The song was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at the St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf bei Salzburg. The small town on the Salzach river, part of the former Archbishopric of Salzburg, had just passed to Austria in 1816. The young priest Father Joseph Mohr had come to Oberndorf the year before, he had already written the original lyrics of the song Stille Nacht in 1816 at Mariapfarr, the hometown of his father in the Salzburg Lungau region, where he had worked as a coadjutor.
The melody was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber, schoolmaster and organist in the nearby village of Arnsdorf. Before Christmas Eve, Mohr brought the words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the church service. Both performed the carol during the mass on the night of December 24.
In his written account regarding the composition of the carols, Gruber gives no mention of the specific inspiration for creating the song. According to the song's history provided by Austria's Silent Night Society, one supposition is that the church organ was no longer working so that Mohr and Gruber therefore created a song for accompaniment by guitar. Silent Night historian Renate Ebeling-Winkler Berenguer says that the first mention of a broken organ was in a book published in the United States, The Story of Silent Night (1965) by John Travers Moore.[citation needed] There is evidence that a radio play of this version was performed as a Hallmark Theatre Broadcast in 1948.
Some believe that Mohr simply wanted a new Christmas carol that he could play on his guitar. The Silent Night Society says that there are many romantic stories and legends that add their own anecdotal details to the known facts.
The Nikolaus-Kirche was demolished in the early 1900s as a result of flood damage and because the town's center was moved up the river to a safer location, with a new church being built in the new town, close to the new bridge. A tiny chapel, called the Stille-Nacht-Gedächtniskapelle (Silent Night Memorial Chapel), was built in the place of the demolished church and a nearby house was converted into a museum, attracting tourists from all over the world, not only but primarily in December.
The original manuscript has been lost. However a manuscript was discovered in 1995 in Mohr's handwriting and dated by researchers at ca. 1820. It shows that Mohr wrote the words in 1816 when he was assigned to a pilgrim church in Mariapfarr, Austria, and shows that the music was composed by Gruber in 1818. This is the earliest manuscript that exists and the only one in Mohr's handwriting. Gruber's composition was influenced by the musical tradition of his rural domicile. The melody of Silent Night bears resemblance to aspects of Austrian folk music and yodelling.
Another popular story claims that the carol, once performed, was promptly forgotten until an organ repairman found the manuscript in 1825 and revived it. However, Gruber published various arrangements of it throughout his lifetime and we now have the Mohr arrangement (ca. 1820) that is kept at the Museum Carolino Augusteum in Salzburg.
Enya - Oíche Chiúin - Silent Night ( In Irish ) - 1988
Εύχομαι σε όλους τους αγαπημένους φίλους υγεία,
σε αυτούς και τις οικογένειες τους,να περάσουν όμορφα και οικογενειακά
και ο γεννημένος μας Χριστός να πλημμυρίσει τις καρδιές μας
με την ουράνια γαλήνη,χαρίζοντας ελπίδα και υπομονή για τις δύσκολες μέρες
που περνάμε και τις δυσκολότερες που έρχονται.
Και σε όλους τους συμπολίτες μας που σήμερα στερήθηκαν
την σημερινή άγια ημέρα μακρυά από τις οικογένειες τους
είτε λόγω εργασίας είτε λόγω κοινωνικής προσφοράς στον συνάνθρωπο μας
ο Χριστός να τους την χαρίσει διπλή,να τους προσφέρει πλούσια την ευλογία του
και να τους ενισχύει στο πολύτιμο έργο τους.
Silent Night was written on Christmas Eve in 1818 in Oberndorf, Austria.
It was a poem written in German by an Austrian priest named Father Joseph Mohr.
The Phonetics on this page were done by a student of Irish.
For official standard phonetics consult Foclóir Póca
The original lyrics of the song Stille Nacht were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg,
Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber.
The carol was first performed in the Nikolaus-Kirche (Church of St. Nicholas) in Oberndorf,Austria, on December 24, 1818.
Mohr had composed the words two years earlier, in 1816, but on Christmas Eve brought them to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the Midnight Mass.
In his written account regarding the composition of the carols, Gruber gives no mention of the specific inspiration for creating the song. According to the song's history provided by Austria's Silent Night Society, one supposition is that the church organ was no longer working so that Mohr and Gruber therefore created a song for accompaniment by guitar.
A popular story claims that the carol, once performed, was promptly forgotten until an organ repairman found the manuscript in 1825 and revived it.
However, Gruber published various arrangements of it throughout his lifetime and we now have the Mohr arrangement (ca. 1820) that is kept at the Museum Carolino Augusteum in Salzburg, Austria.
The carol has been translated into over 44 languages. It is sometimes sung without musical accompaniment.
The song was sung simultaneously in French, English and German by troops during the World War I Christmas truce of 1914, as it was one of the few carols that soldiers on both sides of the front line knew.
The song has been recorded by over 300 artists, particularly successful in hit versions by Enya (sung in Irish).
Oíche chiúin, oíche Mhic Dé,
Cách 'na suan, dís araon,
Dís is dílse ag faire le spéis,
Naí beag gnaoi-gheal ceanán tais caomh
Críost ina chodladh go séimh,
Críost ina chodladh go séimh.
Oíche chiúin, oíche Mhic Dé,
Aoirí ar dtús chuala an scéal,
Aililiuia aingil ag glaoch
Cantain Shuairc i ngar is i gcéin
Críost ár Slánaitheoir féin,
Críost ár Slánaitheoir féin.
Oíche chiúin, oíche Mhic Dé,
Mac Dé bhí, gáire a bhéil,
Tuar dá rá 's dá lán-chur i gcéill,
Ann gur tháinig tráth chinn a tséin,
Críost a theacht ar an saol,
Críost a theacht ar an saol.
Silent night, night of God's son.
Soundly in slumber, the pair together,
The pair and love, watching with affection,
The small bright beautiful child Darling one
Christ, calmly asleep,
Christ, calmly asleep.
Silent night, night of God's son.
Shepherds first heard the tale,
The angels crying out Alleluia.
Lovely chanting near and far.
Christ, the saviour himself,
Christ, the saviour himself.
Silent night, night of God's son.
God's Son with a smile on his face
A sign spoken to be fully understood
The sweet voice of an angel heard in the air
Christ is coming into the world,
Christ is coming into the world.
Europe tour _ Salzburg Museum_the museum of artistic and cultural history
Housed in the Neuen Residenz, the Salzburg Museum is the museum of artistic and cultural history for the city and region of Salzburg, Austria. It originated as the Provincialmuseum and was also previously known as the Museum Carolino-Augusteum. More info visit:
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Still, Still, Still
Bei der Melodie handelt sich um eine Volksweise aus dem Salzburger Land. Der Text erschien erstmals gedruckt 1865 in Salzburg in einer Volksliedersammlung des Salzburger Museums Carolino Augusteum.
Es singt der GV Edelweiß 1893 e.V. unter der Leitung von Werner Utmelleki im Jahre 2004 beim Weihnachtskonzert Impressionen im Advent.
SILENT NIGHT - (cover) Written in 1818 Austria
Song for the season. did instrumental last Christmas so here's attempt at a vocal in a key not best suited to reach high and low notes of this song.. . Every professional singer with a Christmas album has done the song. Silent Night (German: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) is a popular Christmas carol, composed 1818 in Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by the UNESCO in March 2011. The melody was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber, schoolmaster and organist in the nearby village of Arnsdorf. Before Christmas Eve, Mohr brought the words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the church service.[1] Both performed the carol during the mass on the night of December 24.
In his written account regarding the composition of the carols, Gruber gives no mention of the specific inspiration for creating the song. According to the song's history provided by Austria's Silent Night Society, one supposition is that thechurch organ was no longer working so that Mohr and Gruber therefore created a song for accompaniment by guitar. Silent Night historian Renate Ebeling-Winkler Berenguer says that the first mention of a broken organ was in a book published in the United States, The Story of Silent Night (1965) by John Travers Moore.[citation needed] There is evidence that a radio play of this version was performed as a Hallmark Theatre Broadcast in 1948.
Some[3] believe that Mohr simply wanted a new Christmas carol that he could play on his guitar. The Silent Night Society says that there are many romantic stories and legends that add their own anecdotal details to the known facts.
The Nikolaus-Kirche was demolished in the early 1900s as a result of flood damage and because the town's center was moved up the river to a safer location, with a new church being built in the new town, close to the new bridge. A tiny chapel, called the Stille-Nacht-Gedächtniskapelle (Silent Night Memorial Chapel), was built in the place of the demolished church and a nearby house was converted into a museum, attracting tourists from all over the world, not only but primarily in December.
The original manuscript has been lost. However a manuscript was discovered in 1995 in Mohr's handwriting and dated by researchers at ca. 1820. It shows that Mohr wrote the words in 1816 when he was assigned to a pilgrim church in Mariapfarr, Austria, and shows that the music was composed by Gruber in 1818. This is the earliest manuscript that exists and the only one in Mohr's handwriting.
Another popular story claims that the carol, once performed, was promptly forgotten until an organ repairman found the manuscript in 1825 and revived it. However, Gruber published various arrangements of it throughout his lifetime and we now have the Mohr arrangement (ca. 1820) that is kept at the Museum Carolino Augusteum in Salzbur
Silent Night(Piano) By Tengrang Sangma
Silent Night (German: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) is a popular Christmas carol, composed 1818 in Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by the UNESCO in March 2011.
The song was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at the St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf bei Salzburg. The small town on the Salzach river, part of the former Archbishopric of Salzburg, had just passed to Austria in 1816. The young priest Father Joseph Mohr had come to Oberndorf the year before, he had already written the original lyrics of the song Stille Nacht in 1816 at Mariapfarr, the hometown of his father in the Salzburg Lungau region, where he had worked as a coadjutor.
The melody was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber, schoolmaster and organist in the nearby village of Arnsdorf. Before Christmas Eve, Mohr brought the words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the church service. Both performed the carol during the mass on the night of December 24.
In his written account regarding the composition of the carols, Gruber gives no mention of the specific inspiration for creating the song. According to the song's history provided by Austria's Silent Night Society, one supposition is that the church organ was no longer working so that Mohr and Gruber therefore created a song for accompaniment by guitar. Silent Night historian Renate Ebeling-Winkler Berenguer says that the first mention of a broken organ was in a book published in the United States, The Story of Silent Night (1965) by John Travers Moore.[citation needed] There is evidence that a radio play of this version was performed as a Hallmark Theatre Broadcast in 1948.
Some believe that Mohr simply wanted a new Christmas carol that he could play on his guitar. The Silent Night Society says that there are many romantic stories and legends that add their own anecdotal details to the known facts.
Silent Night Museum and Memorial Chapel in Oberndorf
The Nikolaus-Kirche was demolished in the early 1900s as a result of flood damage and because the town's center was moved up the river to a safer location, with a new church being built in the new town, close to the new bridge. A tiny chapel, called the Stille-Nacht-Gedächtniskapelle (Silent Night Memorial Chapel), was built in the place of the demolished church and a nearby house was converted into a museum, attracting tourists from all over the world, not only but primarily in December.
The original manuscript has been lost. However a manuscript was discovered in 1995 in Mohr's handwriting and dated by researchers at ca. 1820. It shows that Mohr wrote the words in 1816 when he was assigned to a pilgrim church in Mariapfarr, Austria, and shows that the music was composed by Gruber in 1818. This is the earliest manuscript that exists and the only one in Mohr's handwriting. Gruber's composition was influenced by the musical tradition of his rural domicile. The melody of Silent Night bears resemblance to aspects of Austrian folk music and yodelling.
Another popular story claims that the carol, once performed, was promptly forgotten until an organ repairman found the manuscript in 1825 and revived it. However, Gruber published various arrangements of it throughout his lifetime and we now have the Mohr arrangement (ca. 1820) that is kept at the Museum Carolino Augusteum in Salzburg.
In 1859, John Freeman Young (second Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Florida) published the English translation that is most frequently sung today. The version of the melody that is generally sung today differs slightly (particularly in the final strain) from Gruber's original, which was a sprightly, dance-like tune in 6/8 time, as opposed to the slow, meditative lullaby version generally sung today. Today, the lyrics and melody are in the public domain.
The carol has been translated into 140 some-odd languages. It is sometimes sung without musical accompaniment.
The song was sung simultaneously in French, English and German by troops during the Christmas truce of 1914, as it was one carol that soldiers on both sides of the front line knew.
Popular recordings and interpretations
The song has been recorded by virtually every artist, past and present, who has made a Christmas album. There are versions by Enya (sung in Gaelic), Andrea Bocelli (sung in Italian), Stevie Nicks, Bing Crosby, Mahalia Jackson, an acoustic version by American R 'n' B group Boyz II Men, and an instrumental version by Mannheim Steamroller. Simon & Garfunkel recorded an ironic version of the song in which a depressing radio news report is overheard in the background. There have been choral recordings by the King's College Choir, the Cambridge Singers, the Robert Shaw Chorale, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Harry Simeone Chorale, the Vienna Boys' Choir, and countless other classical choral groups.
'Step Into Christmas'
Christmas card in video form.
Dundee, the things I see around and the complexity of a city that is also my home town! Merry Christmas to all that know me and also to those that I don't -around this wonderful world. Have peace on Earth for all mankind (and females to!).
THE ELTON JOHN STORY
The original version of this video had the music 'Step Into Christmas' sung by Elton John. However I had to replace it under orders of You Tube and Elton John - and 'Silent Night' - now seems perfectly appropriate now!
Song - 'Step Into Christmas' by Elton John and Bernie Taupin (1973)
So those interested in singing 'Step Into Christmas' can now do so by turning the 'Silent Night' music down on your computer. Here are the words -
Welcome to my Christmas song
I'd like to thank you for the year
So I'm sending you this Christmas card
To say it's nice to have you here
I'd like to sing about all the things
You eyes and mind can see
So hop aboard the turntable
Oh step into Christmas with me
Step into Christmas
Let's join together
We can watch the snow fall forever and ever
Eat, drink and be merry
Come along with me
Step into Christmas
The admission's free
Take care in all you do next year
And keep smiling through the days
If we can help to entertain you
Oh we will find the ways
So merry Christmas one and all
There's no place I'd rather be
Than asking you if you'd oblige
Stepping into Christmas with me
THE SILENT NIGHT STORY
Those that wonder where the 'Silent' 'Step Into Christmas' may be - see a similar story in the actual story of the history of 'Silent Night' - where is the organ player?
The carol 'Silent Night' ( Music: Franz Xaver Gruber, 1818. Words: Josef Mohr, 1816 and Translated by John Freeman Young), was first performed in the Nikolaus-Kirche (Church of St. Nicholas) in Oberndorf, Austria on December 24, 1818. Mohr had composed the words much earlier, in 1816, but on Christmas Eve brought them to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the church service.
In his written account regarding the composition of the carol, Gruber gives no mention of the specific inspiration for creating the song. According to the song's history provided by Austria's Silent Night Society, one supposition is that the church organ was no longer working (Elton John's fault?! - I wonder!) so that Mohr and Gruber therefore created a song for accompaniment by guitar. Silent Night historian, Renate Ebeling-Winkler says that the first mention of a broken organ was in a book published in the U.S. in 1909.
Some historians believe that Mohr simply wanted a new Christmas carol that he could play on his guitar. The Silent Night Society says that there are many romantic stories and legends that add their own anecdotal details to the known facts.
Another popular story claims that the carol, once performed (by Elton John?), was promptly forgotten until an organ repairman found the manuscript in 1825 and revived it. However, Gruber published various arrangements of it throughout his lifetime and we now have the Mohr arrangement (ca. 1820) that is kept at the Carolino Augusteum Museum in Salzburg.
The song has been successfully recorded by over 300 artists, particularly successful in hit versions by Enya, Stevie Nicks, Bing Crosby and Mahalia Jackson, and an instrumental version by Mannheim Steamroller. There have also been choral recordings by the King's College Choir and the Vienna Boys Choir.
None so far has been rocorded by the fine Sir Elton John - maybe the organ is still broken.
Still, still, still (Sleep, sleep, sleep) for Brass-Quintet
Trad.
Arr.: Danny Noske
Das Lied soll erstmals 1819 aufgezeichnet worden sein. Bei der Melodie handelt sich um eine Volksweise aus dem Salzburger Land, die erstmals 1865 in Salzburg in einer Volksliedersammlung des Gründers des Salzburger Museums Carolino Augusteum, Maria Vinzenz Süß (1802–1868) gedruckt erschien. Die standarddeutsche Textfassung wird Georg Götsch (1895–1956) zugeschrieben.
The song was allegedly recorded in 1819 for the first time. When the melody is a folk tune from the Salzburg region, which appeared in print for the first time in 1865 in Salzburg in a collection of folk songs of the founder of the Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum, Maria Vincent Sweet (1802-1868). The standard German language version is attributed to Georg Götsch (1895-1956).
Kevin Martz and friends - Silent Night
In this broken world there seems to be very little left that is pure...in a small town in the Midwest Heaven meets us halfway in form of the most beautiful Christmas hymn of all...both extending Christmas into New Years Day and answering the dreams of fine young man while his proud family watches. I wouldn't change a thing except for moving the music stand out of the way of Kevin's finest moment...but he still shines behind it.
Silent Night (German: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) is a popular Christmas carol. The original lyrics of the song Stille Nacht were written in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria, by the priest Father Joseph Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber. In 1859, John Freeman Young (second Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Florida) published the English translation that is most frequently sung today. The version of the melody that is generally sung today differs slightly (particularly in the final strain) from Gruber's original, which was a sprightly, dance-like tune in 6/8 time, as opposed to the slow, meditative lullaby version generally sung today. Today, the lyrics and melody are in the public domain.
A version recorded by Bing Crosby is one of the fewer than thirty all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) copies worldwide.
The carol was first performed in the Nikolaus-Kirche (Church of St. Nicholas) in Oberndorf, Austria, on December 24, 1818. Mohr had composed the words two years earlier, in 1816, but on Christmas Eve brought them to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the church service.
In his written account regarding the composition of the carols, Gruber gives no mention of the specific inspiration for creating the song. According to the song's history provided by Austria's Silent Night Society, one supposition is that the church organ was no longer working so that Mohr and Gruber therefore created a song for accompaniment by guitar. Silent Night historian Renate Ebeling-Winkler Berenguer says that the first mention of a broken organ was in a book published in the United States, The Story of Silent Night (1965) by John Travers Moore. There is evidence that a radio play of this version was performed as a Hallmark Theatre Broadcast in 1948.
Some believe that Mohr simply wanted a new Christmas carol that he could play on his guitar. The Silent Night Society says that there are many romantic stories and legends that add their own anecdotal details to the known facts.
The Nikolaus-Kirche was demolished in the early 1900s as a result of flood damage and because the town's center was moved up the river to a safer location, with a new church being built in the new town, close to the new bridge. A tiny chapel, called the Stille-Nacht-Gedächtniskapelle (Silent Night Memorial Chapel), was built in the place of the demolished church and a nearby house was converted into a museum, attracting tourists from all over the world, not only but primarily in December.
The original manuscript has been lost. However a manuscript was discovered in 1995 in Mohr's handwriting and dated by researchers at ca. 1820. It shows that Mohr wrote the words in 1816 when he was assigned to a pilgrim church in Mariapfarr, Austria, and shows that the music was composed by Gruber in 1818. This is the earliest manuscript that exists and the only one in Mohr's handwriting. Gruber's composition was influenced by the musical tradition of his rural domicile. The melody of Silent Night bears resemblance to aspects of Austrian folk music and yodelling.
Another popular story claims that the carol, once performed, was promptly forgotten until an organ repairman found the manuscript in 1825 and revived it. However, Gruber published various arrangements of it throughout his lifetime and we now have the Mohr arrangement (ca. 1820) that is kept at the Museum Carolino Augusteum in Salzburg.
The carol has been translated into 140 some-odd languages. It is sometimes sung without musical accompaniment.
The song was sung simultaneously in French, English and German by troops during the Christmas truce of 1914, as it was one carol that soldiers on both sides of the front line knew.
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Silent Night (German: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 in Austria.
The song was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at the St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf bei Salzburg. The small town on the Salzach river, part of the former Archbishopric of Salzburg, had just passed from the Kingdom of Bavaria to the Austrian Empire in 1816. The young priest Father Joseph Mohr had come to Oberndorf the year before, he had already written the lyrics of the song Stille Nacht in 1816 at Mariapfarr, the hometown of his father in the Salzburg Lungau region, where he had worked as a coadjutor.
The melody was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber, schoolmaster and organist in the nearby village of Arnsdorf. Before Christmas Eve, Mohr brought the words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the church service. Both performed the carol during the mass on the night of December 24.
In his written account regarding the composition of the carols, Gruber gives no mention of the specific inspiration for creating the song. According to the song's history provided by Austria's Silent Night Society, one supposition is that the church organ was no longer working so that Mohr and Gruber therefore created a song for accompaniment by guitar. Silent Night historian Renate Ebeling-Winkler Berenguer says that the first mention of a broken organ was in a book published in the United States, The Story of Silent Night (1965) by John Travers Moore. There is evidence that a radio play of this version was performed as a Hallmark Theatre Broadcast in 1948.
Some believe that Mohr simply wanted a new Christmas carol that he could play on his guitar. The Silent Night Society says that there are many romantic stories and legends that add their own anecdotal details to the known facts.
The Nikolaus-Kirche was demolished in the early 1900s as a result of flood damage and because the town's center was moved up the river to a safer location, with a new church being built in the new town, close to the new bridge. A tiny chapel, called the Stille-Nacht-Gedächtniskapelle (Silent Night Memorial Chapel), was built in the place of the demolished church and a nearby house was converted into a museum, attracting tourists from all over the world, not only but primarily in December. There is an annual memorial mass on 24 December directly in front of the Chapel in Oberndorf. Since 2006 all 6 verses of the carol are performed.
The original manuscript has been lost. However a manuscript was discovered in 1995 in Mohr's handwriting and dated by researchers at ca. 1820. It shows that Mohr wrote the words in 1816 when he was assigned to a pilgrim church in Mariapfarr, Austria, and shows that the music was composed by Gruber in 1818. This is the earliest manuscript that exists and the only one in Mohr's handwriting.
Another popular story claims that the carol, once performed, was promptly forgotten until an organ repairman found the manuscript in 1825 and revived it. However, Gruber published various arrangements of it throughout his lifetime and we now have the Mohr arrangement (ca. 1820) that is kept at the Museum Carolino Augusteum in Salzburg. (Source: Wikipedia)