[‘Silent Night’: a song invoked in both World Wars and sung to a dying president] It asked its 9,000 subscribing churches last December what hymns they used that month, and released the ...

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,” a hymn about the calm night and the wonder of a tender and mild newborn child, was written in Austria in 1816 by Joseph Mohr, a young priest, and swiftly spread across the world.

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.

“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.