This is my smooth-jazz/ambient arrangement of "Silent Night" - probably the single most popular Christmas carol ever. The song has been recorded by a huge number of artists from every possible music genre. The 1935 version sung by Bing Crosby is the third best-selling single of all-time.
The story of the carol is pretty well-known:
The song was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, Austria. A young priest, Father Joseph Mohr, had written the lyrics of the song "Stille Nacht" in 1816. Before Christmas Eve, Mohr brought the words to Franz Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the Christmas Eve mass, as the church's organ was not functioning.
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