The song might have remained a one-night wonder, but when the organ repairman Karl Mauracher arrived, he heard the song and took the sheet music home with him to Tyrol, an area known for its choirs.

Following the success of their albums Prayer for Peace and Allegri Miserere, choral sensation Cantillation brings you a treasury of traditional and most loved Christmas Carols, including Silent ...

“Silent Night” was first performed 200 years ago in Salzburg, ... He finally arrived in the New Year, heard the song and returned with the sheet music to his home town of Fügen in Tyrol.

“Silent Night” was first performed 200 years ago in Salzburg, ... He finally arrived in the New Year, heard the song and returned with the sheet music to his home town of Fügen in Tyrol.

A rare early version of Silent Night, signed by the song's lyricist Joseph Mohr, is housed at ... and he loved the song — so much that he got a copy of the sheet music and took it home with him ...