They sang silent night for the first time. Mohr wrote the poem and Gruber wrote the music. Both sang silent night with Gruber guitar on the melody.
Music: Franz Xaver Gruber, Lyrics: Joseph Mohr
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Joseph Mohr wrote the words, music by Franz Gruber
The melody was written by Franz Xaver Gruber. The lyrics by Fr. Josef Mohr.
Written in 1818 in the Tyrolean Village of Hallein by Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr
The lyrics were written by Fr Josef Mohr. The melody was composed by Franz Gruber.
Josef Franz Mohr was an Austrian priest who wrote the poem on which the carol "Silent Night" was based. He had struck up an acquaintance with Franz Gruber, who lived in a nearby town, and Gruber offered to write the music for the song. "Silent Night" has been a traditional part of Christmas celebrations ever since.
The original carol "Silent Night" was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber, with German lyrics by Joseph Mohr. The English translation of the lyrics was written by John Freeman Young.
Father Josef Mohr, an Austrian priest wrote the lyrics.Franz Xavier Gruber composed the melody.
Silent Night, or Stille Nacht, was written in 1818 by Franz Gruber, to words by Joseph Mohr.
The original lyrics of the song Stille Nacht were written in German by the Austrian priest Father Josef Mohr and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber. In 1859, John Freeman Young published the English translation that is most frequently sung today.[1]
It was composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics written by Joseph Mohr in the town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria.