The Kroell Family Singers, center, sing "Silent Night" with the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Youth Chorus during a celebration of the anniversary of the song at Trinity Church, Tuesday ...

It's believed "Silent Night" made its American debut at New York's Trinity Church in 1839. Decades later, the song even made its way to the front lines of World War I.

On Christmas Eve in 1818, two men with a small guitar entered a church in Oberndorf, Austria, ... Since 1818, “Silent Night” has been translated from German into hundreds of languages.

A Brief History of ‘Silent Night’ The classic Christmas tune was first composed as a poem, and it was set to music for the first time in the winter of 1818 Jason Daley - Correspondent ...

Silent Night’s bicentennial is being celebrated in Oberndorf and other villages in the province of Salzburg throughout the holiday season. Exhibits in small museums explore the song’s origins ...

The story behind the Christmas Carol Silent Night that was written over 200 years ago. Homepage. Accessibility links. ... However, nobody knows the true reason why it came to be composed on guitar ...

Summary: The much-loved carol 'Silent Night' was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818.Originally it was sung to a simple guitar accompaniment. The carol began life as a poem, written in 1816 by ...

“Silent Night” was first performed 200 years ago in Salzburg, Austria. Read the story behind its 1818 creation and rise to global fame that has some unexpected twists.

“Silent night, holy night; All is calm, all is bright”: from nativity plays and carol singers to shopping malls and advertising jingles, Silent Night – Stille Nacht in German – is the ...