Christmas
Silent Night
- Words:
- Josef Mohr, 1818. stanzas 1,3 Translated by John Freeman Young, 1863.
- Music:
- 'Stille Nacht' Franz Xaver Gruber, 1818.
- Setting:
- "Concordia Kinderchöre", 1908.
- Metre:
- 6 6 8 8 6 6
- 1Silent night, holy night,All is calm, all is bright Round yon virgin mother and Child.Holy Infant, so tender and mild,Sleep in heavenly peace,Sleep in heavenly peace.
- 2Silent night, holy night,Shepherds quake at the sight;Glories stream from heaven afar,Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!Christ the Savior is born,Christ the Savior is born!
- 3Silent night, holy night,Son of God, love's pure light;Radiant beams from Thy holy faceWith the dawn of redeeming grace,Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth,Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth.
- 4Silent night, holy night Wondrous star, lend thy light;With the angels let us sing,Alleluia to our King;Christ the Savior is born,Christ the Savior is born!
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In the hymnals
- The words are in 23 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Stille Nacht, is in 894 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.