- Recording date: December 2014
- Stemming: A=440 Hz
- Guitar: Kwakkel Merula
Stille Nacht Heilige Nacht (Silent Night). An internationally known Christmas carol, which was composed out of sheer necessity by Franz Gruber (1787 – 1863), the teacher and organist of the Austrian village of Oberndorf.
The story tells that on Christmas Eve the organ broke down, and that Gruber took his guitar and came up with the melody to a song for which he had received the lyrics from the chaplain. This is how Silent Night was born, a melody that eventually became world famous.
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