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ALBUMWeihnachten mit der Oper Leipzig - Internationale WeihnachtsliederGunnar Harms, Martin Hoepfner, Christian Hornef, Ulf Lehmann, Rainhard Leuscher, Tobias Martin, Larissa Petersen, Susanne Rassbach, Johanna Schlag, Anna Schuberth-Meister, Keith Bold, Milcho Borovinow, Sejong Chang, Sebastian Fuchsberger, Kathrin Göhring, Sandra Janke, Dan Kalström, Karin Lovelius, Jonathan Michie, Martin Petzold, Tuomas Pursio, Marika Schönberg, Olena Tokar, Eun Yee You & Jakob Grabenhorst
Franz Xaver Gruber's Popular Music Videos
Silent Night (Piano Version / Lyric Video)
Andrea Bocelli
Gruber: Silent Night (Arr. by Darius Battiwalla)
The Hallé Choir & Matthew Hamilton
Silent Night
Esther Abrami
Silent Night
Canterbury Cathedral Girls' Choir
Stille Nacht
Jonas Kaufmann & Florian Pedarnig
Stille Nacht by Arianna Savall & Petter Udland Johansen
Arianna Savall, Petter Udland Johansen & Hirundo Maris
Franz Xaver Gruber: Stille Nacht (Live)
Laura Celletti & Giovanni Valle
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Diana Damrau, Richard Whilds, Knabenchor Hanover & NDR Radiophilharmonie
Silent Night (Arr. for Male Voices by Christopher H. Harris)
Cantus
Silent Night
Jonas Kaufmann, Florian Pedarnig, Jochen Rieder & Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
About Franz Xaver Gruber
Artist Biography
When the Austrian composer Franz Xaver Gruber was born the son of an impoverished weaver in 1787 he was destined to become known for one work. His setting of “Stille Nacht” (“Silent Night”) was written in haste on Christmas Eve 1818 and first performed later that day at the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, near Salzburg, where he was choirmaster and organist. While legend contends that its swift creation and guitar accompaniment were the smart response to a last-minute problem with the St. Nikolaus organ, scholars have discovered that the instrument was in good condition. Whatever the impulse for Gruber’s Christmas song, its outcome has radiated around the world and been covered by the most famous popular singers in history, including Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley and Dolly Parton. His prolific output as a composer includes another delightful Christmas song, “Welch ein Jubelton”, a German Te Deum and a Mass in honour of the patron saint of music, St Cecilia. Before his death in 1863, he ended his career as choirmaster of the parish church in Hallein, home today to the Silent Night Museum.
Hometown
Austria
Genre
Classical
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