:Silent Night#Charting recordings

"{{Lang|de|Stille Nacht|italic=no}}" was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818, at the Nikolauskirche, the parish church of Oberndorf, a village in the Austrian Empire on the Salzach river in present-day Austria. A young Catholic priest, Father Joseph Mohr, had come to Oberndorf the year before. In the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, he had written the poem "{{Lang|de|Stille Nacht|italic=no}}" in 1816 at Mariapfarr, the hometown of his father in the Salzburg Lungau region, where Joseph had worked as an assistant priest.{{cite journal | url=http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/VOLUME02/Silent_Night_History.shtml | title=Silent Night, Holy Night | first=Bill | last=Egan | date=December 1999 | journal=Soundscapes | volume=2 | publisher=University of Groningen | issn=1567-7745 | access-date=26 December 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216175758/http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/VOLUME02/Silent_Night_History.shtml | archive-date=16 December 2017 |url-status=dead | df=dmy-all}}

The melody was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber, schoolmaster and organist in the nearby village of {{ill|Arnsdorf (Lamprechtshausen)|de|Arnsdorf (Gemeinde Lamprechtshausen)|lt=Arnsdorf}}, now part of Lamprechtshausen. On Christmas Eve, 1818, Mohr brought the words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for that night's mass, after river flooding had possibly damaged the church organ.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/christmas/carols_2.shtml |title=Christmas carols |publisher=BBC |date=4 August 2009 |access-date=6 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522000130/http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/christmas/carols_2.shtml |archive-date=22 May 2009 |url-status=live}} The church was eventually destroyed by repeated flooding and replaced with the Silent-Night-Chapel. It is unknown what inspired Mohr to write the lyrics, or what prompted him to create a new carol.

According to Gruber, Karl Mauracher, an organ builder who serviced the instrument at the Oberndorf church, was enamoured of the song, and took the composition home with him to the Zillertal.{{cite web | url=http://www.stillenacht.at/en/spreading_song.asp | title=Spreading of the Song Locally | publisher=Silent Night Association | access-date=22 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217094807/http://www.stillenacht.at/en/spreading_song.asp | archive-date=17 December 2017 |url-status=live | df=dmy-all}} From there, two travelling families of folk singers, the Strassers and the Rainers, included the tune in their shows. The Rainers were already singing it around Christmas 1819, and they once performed it for an audience that included Franz I of Austria and Alexander I of Russia, as well as making the first performance of the song in the U.S., in New York City in 1839. By the 1840s the song was well known in Lower Saxony and was reported to be a favourite of Frederick William IV of Prussia. During this period, the melody changed slightly to become the version that is commonly played today.

File:Autograph Mohr Stille Nacht.png

Over the years, because the original manuscript had been lost, Mohr's name was forgotten and although Gruber was known to be the composer, many people assumed the melody was composed by a more famous composer, and it was variously attributed to Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert. However, a manuscript was discovered in 1995 in Mohr's handwriting and dated by researchers as {{circa|1820}}. It states 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.stillenacht.at/en/origin_song.asp | title=Origin of the Song | publisher=Silent Night Association | access-date=22 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215204225/http://www.stillenacht.at/en/origin_song.asp | archive-date=15 December 2017 |url-status=live | df=dmy-all}}

;Original melody:

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Stil -- le Nacht! Hei -- li -- ge Nacht!

Al -- les schläft; ein -- sam wacht

Nur das trau -- te hei -- li -- ge Paar.

Hol -- der Knab’ im lok -- kig -- ten Haar,

schla -- fe in himm -- li -- scher Ruh! __

Schla -- fe in himm -- li -- scher Ruh! __

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The first edition was published by {{ill|August Robert Friese|de|lt=Friese}} in 1833 in a collection of Four Genuine Tyrolean Songs, with the following musical text:[http://www.henle.de/blog/en/2012/12/24/%e2%80%98silent-night%e2%80%99-revisited/ "Silent Night" revisited] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827004545/http://www.henle.de/blog/en/2012/12/24/%e2%80%98silent-night%e2%80%99-revisited/ |date=27 August 2016}} by Norbert Müllemann, G. Henle Verlag, 24 December 2012

File:Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863).jpg

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The contemporary version, as in the choral example below, is:

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In 1859, the Episcopal priest John Freeman Young, then serving at Trinity Church, New York City, wrote and published the English translation that is most frequently sung today, translated from three of Mohr's original six verses.Underwood, Byron Edward, "Bishop John Freeman Young, Translator of '{{Lang|de|Stille Nacht|italic=no}}'", The Hymn, v. 8, no. 4, October 1957, pp. 123–132. The version of the melody that is generally used today is a slow, meditative lullaby or pastorale, differing slightly (particularly in the final strain) from Gruber's original, which was a "moderato" tune in {{music|time|6|8}} time and siciliana rhythm.Meredith Ellis Little (2001). [http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.25698 Siciliana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419093719/http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.25698 |date=19 April 2016 }}. Grove Music Online. {{ISBN|978-1561592630}}.Gerlinde Haid (1994). Siciliano als Typus weihnachtlicher Volksmusik. 175 Jahre "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!" (in German), pp. 135–146. Salzburg. Today, the lyrics and melody are in the public domain, although newer translations usually are not.

In 1998 the Silent Night Museum in Salzburg commissioned a new English translation by Bettina Klein of Mohr's German lyrics. For the most part, Klein preserves both Young's translation and the interpretive decisions that inform his word-choices. Yet Klein also attempts occasionally to restore Mohr's original phrasing, changing, for instance, Young's "Holy infant, so tender and mild" to Mohr's "Holy infant with curly hair" (Holder Knab' im lockigten Haar). However, she continues to interpret Mohr's traute heilige Paar as referring to Mary and the baby, whereas Mohr's use of the word traute can mean "espoused," thus suggesting perhaps that the "holy pair" represents Mary and Joseph watching (picking up Mohr's wacht) over the curly-haired infant/boy. [https://silent-night-museum.org/sounds/lyrics.htm "Silent night! Holy night!"], translated in 1998 by Bettina Klein, Silent Night Museum

Joseph Mohr wrote the original six verses of *Silent Night* (*Stille Nacht*) in German in 1816. Below are the verses in their original German text, as they were first penned, followed by a literal English translation for clarity. The English translations aim to preserve the original meaning and structure, though modern English versions often differ for poetic or musical reasons.

The modern English version commonly sung today (based on John Freeman Young’s 1859 translation) typically includes only three verses (1, 6, and 2, in that order) and adapts the wording for rhyme and flow, losing some of the original theological depth.

Original German Verses

1.

Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!

Alles schläft; einsam wacht

Nur das traute hochheilige Paar.

Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar,

Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh!

Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh!

2.

Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!

Gottes Sohn, o wie lacht

Lieb’ aus deinem göttlichen Mund,

Da uns schlägt die rettende Stund’.

Christ, in deiner Geburt!

Christ, in deiner Geburt!

3.

Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!

Die der Welt Heil gebracht,

Aus des Himmels goldenen Höhn,

Uns der Gnaden Fülle läßt sehn;

Jesu in Menschengestalt!

Jesu in Menschengestalt!

4.

Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!

Wo sich heut alle Macht

Väterlicher Liebe ergoß,

Und als Bruder huldvoll umschloß

Jesus die Völker der Welt!

Jesus die Völker der Welt!

5.

Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!

Lange schon uns bedacht,

Als der Herr vom Grimme befreit

In der Väter urgrauer Zeit

Aller Welt Schonung verhieß!

Aller Welt Schonung verhieß!

6.

Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!

Hirten erst kundgemacht

Durch der Engel Halleluja,

Tönt es laut von fern und nah:

Christ der Retter ist da!

Christ der Retter ist da!

Literal English Translation

1.

Silent night! Holy night!

All is asleep; alone wakes

Only the dear, most holy couple.

Lovely boy with curly hair,

Sleep in heavenly peace!

Sleep in heavenly peace!

2.

Silent night! Holy night!

God’s Son, oh how laughs

Love from your divine mouth,

As the saving hour strikes us.

Christ, in your birth!

Christ, in your birth!

3.

Silent night! Holy night!

Which brought salvation to the world,

From heaven’s golden heights,

Lets us see the abundance of grace;

Jesus in human form!

Jesus in human form!

4.

Silent night! Holy night!

Where today all the might

Of fatherly love poured forth,

And as a brother graciously embraced

Jesus the peoples of the world!

Jesus the peoples of the world!

5.

Silent night! Holy night!

Long ago planned for us,

When the Lord, freed from wrath,

In the ancient times of the fathers

Promised mercy to all the world!

Promised mercy to all the world!

6.

Silent night! Holy night!

First announced to shepherds

Through the angels’ hallelujah,

It resounds loudly from far and near:

Christ the Savior is here!

Christ the Savior is here!

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The carol has been translated into about 300 languages.Ronald M. Clancy, William E. Studwell. Best-Loved Christmas Carols. Christmas Classics Ltd, 2000. {{page missing|date=December 2018}}

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In the second stanza, some English versions read "shepherds quail"{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fa8zNaAbTy8C |title=Christmas Carols, Hymns, Etc. |publisher=F. Pitman |year=1881 |location=London |pages=69}}{{Cite book |last=Ruffer |first=Tim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWqmDwAAQBAJ |title=Ancient and Modern Words Edition |publisher=Canterbury Press |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-84825-243-1 |location=London |at=#84 Silent night! Holy night!}} rather than "shepherds quake."{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9kEWAAAAYAAJ |title=The Church Porch: A Service Book and Hymnal for Sunday Schools |publisher=E.P. Dutton & Co |year=1878 |editor-last=Huntington |editor-first=William R. |location=New York |at=#42 Holy Night}}

A common fourth verse or alternative third verse{{cite web |title=Silent Night, Holy Night |url=https://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh239.sht |website=HymnSite.com |access-date=26 December 2024}} is:

Silent 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!

File:Chapel2.jpg in Oberndorf on the site where the song was first performed]]

The carol was arranged by various composers, such as Carl Reinecke, Gustav Schreck, Eusebius Mandyczewski, Malcolm Sargent, David Willcocks, Charles Mackerras, Philip Ledger, John Rutter, Stephen Cleobury, Jacob de Haan and Taylor Scott Davis..

Max Reger quotes the tune in the Christmas section of his organ pieces Sieben Stücke, Op. 145.

Alfred Schnittke composed an arrangement of "Stille Nacht" for violin and piano in 1978, as a holiday greeting for violinist Gidon Kremer. Due to its dissonant and nightmarish character, the miniature caused a scandal in Austria.{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/12/20/with-stille-nacht-schnittke-couched-protest-tradition/UJtywvJv9A1Q4iWxwrNaOJ/story.html |title=With 'Stille Nacht', Schnittke couched protest in tradition |first=Matthew |last=Guerrieri |date=20 December 2014 |access-date=24 December 2017 |work=The Boston Globe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225035023/https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/12/20/with-stille-nacht-schnittke-couched-protest-tradition/UJtywvJv9A1Q4iWxwrNaOJ/story.html |archive-date=25 December 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.therestisnoise.com/2004/05/schnittke_1992.html|title=Connoisseur of Chaos: Schnittke|first=Alex|last=Ross|author-link=Alex Ross (music critic)|magazine=The New Republic|via=The Rest Is Noise|date=28 September 1992|access-date=24 December 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629121830/http://www.therestisnoise.com/2004/05/schnittke_1992.html|archive-date=29 June 2017}}

Several theatrical and television films depict how the song was ostensibly written. Most of them report the organ breaking down at the church in Oberndorf, which appeared in a fictional story published in the U.S. in the 1930s.

• The Legend of Silent Night (1968) TV film directed by Daniel Mann
• Silent Night, Holy Night (1976) animated short film by Hanna-Barbera.{{Cite web| title=Silent Night, Holy Night (TV Movie 1976)| publisher=IMDb| date=27 December 2008| access-date=17 February 2017| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1283944/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210161614/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1283944/| archive-date=10 February 2017|url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}
• Silent Mouse (1988) television special directed and produced by Robin Crichton and narrated by Lynn Redgrave.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/479772/silent-mouse|title=Silent Mouse (1988)|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=29 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208055731/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/479772/Silent-Mouse/|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=live}}
• Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night (1998) direct-to-video animated featurette{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/412432/Buster-And-Chauncey-s-Silent-Night/|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|title=Buster and Chauncey's Silent Night|access-date=23 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123201842/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/412432/Buster-And-Chauncey-s-Silent-Night/|archive-date=23 November 2016|url-status=dead}}
• Silent Night (2012) directed by Christian Vuissa{{cite web |url=https://www.movieguide.org/reviews/silent-night.html |title=Silent Night | Movieguide | Movie Reviews for Christians |date=21 October 2014 |publisher=Movieguide |access-date=17 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910174327/https://www.movieguide.org/reviews/silent-night.html |archive-date=10 September 2017 |url-status=live }}
• The First Silent Night (2014), documentary narrated by Simon Callow[http://www.netaonline.org/search/ProgramDetails.aspx?id=4346 First Silent Night, The] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225172127/http://www.netaonline.org/search/ProgramDetails.aspx?id=4346 |date=25 December 2014 }}, production details
• Stille Nacht – ein Lied für die Welt (2018), music documentary created and directed by Hannes M. Schalle, narrated by Peter Simonischek.{{Cite web|work=Salzburger Nachrichten|date=15 December 2018|title=Stille-Nacht-Film feierte im Salzburger 'Das Kino' Premiere|url=https://www.sn.at/salzburg/kultur/stille-nacht-film-feierte-im-salzburger-das-kino-premiere-62582143|access-date=20 December 2020|language=de}}{{Cite web|title=Stille Nacht – eine Friedensbotschaft geht um die Welt|url=https://www.austriatourism.com/blog/2018/stille-nacht-eine-friedensbotschaft-geht-um-die-welt/|access-date=20 December 2020|website=Österreich Werbung|language=de-DE}} An English version, Silent Night – A Song for the World (2020), narrated by Hugh Bonneville, was released two years later.{{Cite web|last=Oganesyan|first=Natalie|date=18 November 2020|title=The Story of 'Silent Night', as Told and Sung by Kelly Clarkson, Josh Groban, Joss Stone and More, Set for CW Special|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/silent-night-cw-documentary-hugh-bonneville-kelly-clarkson-katharine-mcphee-joss-stone-1234831569/|access-date=27 November 2020|work=Variety}}{{IMDb title|tt6045924|Silent Night – A Song for the World|(2018)}}

Several recordings of "Silent Night" have reached the record charts in various countries. These include:

• 1969–1979: Percy Sledge {{numero|10}} on the Dutch Charts{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Percy+Sledge&titel=Silent+Night&cat=s|title=Percy Sledge – Silent Night|website=Dutchcharts.nl|language=Dutch|quote=Piekpositie: 10|access-date=August 22, 2021}}
• 1972–1973: Tom Tomson {{Numero|21}} on the Belgium Ultratop Flanders chart{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/100886/Tom-Tomson-Silent-Night|title=Tom Tomson – Silent Night|website=Ultratop.be|language=Dutch|quote=Piekpositie: 21|access-date=August 22, 2021}} and {{Numero|10}} on its Wallonia chart{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/100886/Tom-Tomson-Silent-Night|title=Tom Tomson – Silent Night|website=Ultratop.be|language=French|quote=Top: 10|access-date=August 22, 2021}}
• 1975–1976: The Cats {{numero|10}} on the Dutch Charts{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cats&titel=Silent+Night&cat=s|title=The Cats – Silent Night|website=Dutchcharts.nl|language=Dutch|quote=Piekpositie: 21|access-date=August 22, 2021}}
• 1991–1992: Sinéad O'Connor {{Numero|71}} on the Dutch Charts{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Sin%E9ad+O%27Connor&titel=Silent+Night&cat=s|title=Sinéad O'Connor – Silent Night|website=Dutchcharts.nl|language=Dutch|quote=Piekpositie: 71|access-date=August 22, 2021}}
• 1993: Enya No. 48 on the Australian Charts with an Irish language version of the song.{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Enya&titel=O%EDche+chi%FAn+%28Silent+Night%29&cat=s|title=Enya – Oíche Chiúin (Silent Night)|website=australian-charts.com|access-date=14 October 2023}}
• 2007–2008: Josh Groban {{Numero|5}} on the Norwegian Charts{{cite web|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Josh+Groban&titel=Noche+de+Paz+(Silent+Night)&cat=s|title=Josh Groban – Noche de Paz (Silent Night)|website=Norwegiancharts.com|quote=Peak: 5|access-date=August 22, 2021}} and {{Numero|19}} on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/josh-groban/chart-history/asi/|title=Chart History: Josh Groban – Adult Contemporary|magazine=Billboard|quote=Silent Night{{snd}}Peaked at #19|access-date=August 22, 2021}}
• 2008: Glasvegas {{Numero|42}} on the Swedish Charts{{cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Glasvegas&titel=Silent+Night+(Noapte+de+vis)&cat=s|title=Glasvegas – Silent Night (Noapte de Vis)|website=Swedishcharts.com|quote=Peak: 42|access-date=August 22, 2021}}
• 2009: Mariah Carey {{Numero|67}} on the U.S. Billboard Digital Song Sales Chart{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mariah-carey/chart-history/hds/|title=Chart History: Mariah Carey – Digital Song Sales|magazine=Billboard|quote=Silent Night{{snd}}Peaked at #67|access-date=August 22, 2021}}
• 2013–2014: Elvis Presley {{Numero|120}} on the French Charts{{cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Elvis+Presley&titel=Silent+Night&cat=s|title=Elvis Presley – Silent Night (Chanson)|website=Lescharts.com|language=French|quote=Top: 120|access-date=August 22, 2021}}
• 2013–2014: Nat King Cole {{Numero|125}} on the French Charts{{cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Nat+%22King%22+Cole&titel=Silent+Night&cat=s|title=Nat "King" Cole – Silent Night (Chanson)|website=Lescharts.com|language=French|quote=Top: 125|access-date=August 22, 2021}}
• 2017: The Temptations {{Numero|11}} on the Swedish Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) charts{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2017&dspp=52|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 52, 2017|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=December 27, 2021}}

• List of Christmas carols

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• [https://www.stillenacht.com/en/history/song-of-peace/ "Song of peace – 'Silent Night' as a message of peace"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143406/https://www.stillenacht.com/en/history/song-of-peace/ |date=12 June 2018 }}
• [https://www.stillenacht.at/en/text-and-music Translation of all six verses of the German original]
• Free arrangements for [http://cantorion.org/music/15/Silent+Night piano] and [http://cantorion.org/music/54/Silent+Night voice] from Cantorion.org
• [https://www.stillenacht.info/en/silent-night/index.asp Silent Night Chapel, origin of song]
• {{YouTube|oJhs0dS61tI|Animated score of Schnittke's version}}
• {{YouTube|1uHNygqhBCs|"Sinead O'Connor - Silent Night (Official Music Video)"}}
• New instrumental arrangement 2021 {{YouTube|tmqLmcqKbvo|"Adrien Melano - Christmas Silent Night (ADRM Productions)"}}
• {{YouTube|id=bzTNQYbEM04|title="Silent Night"}}, from adaptation project "restored'hymns", recorded at the Magdeburg Cathedral "St. Sebastian" by the musicians of "ConTakt Music e.V." Germany, in January 2025

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Category:1818 songs

Category:19th-century hymns in German

Category:Austrian songs

Category:Bing Crosby songs

Category:Christmas carols in German

Category:Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Category:Public domain music

Category:Songs about Jesus

Category:Volkslied

Category:Frederick William IV of Prussia