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Song: Silent night
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1. Song: Silent night
Christmas Eve in 1818, in a little village in Austria, in a snowstorm, the organ was broken.
Winters were still cold and snowy from the "Year without a summer" in 1816. That's snow joke! So a song was composed to be played on a guitar, written in German as "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht".

The ancient Greek word "κιθαρα""stringed instrument".

[Sound of Music, Over hill, over dale, Neander valley, Praise to the Lord]

This Geek word is the source of the English word "guitar" through Spanish through Arabic through Latin through Greek. In the Bible, the word means a string instrument, which can be a harp, lyre or other instrument.




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2. Verse 1
Silent Night, Holy Night
All is calm, All is bright
Round yon virgin, Mother and child
Holy infant so tender and mild

Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace

3. Verse 1 - German
Stille Nacht! Heil'ge Nacht!
Alles schläft; einsam wacht
Nur das traute hoch heilige Paar.
Holder Knab' im lockigen Haar,

Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh!
Schlafe in himmlischer Ruh!

4. Christmas Eve
In Hebrew and Germanic cultures, a day started the evening before.
 
What did Adam say on the day before Christmas?


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So a song was composed to be played on a guitar, written in German as "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht".

5. Folk legend
Folk legend: Mice ate the wires.

Organ needed completely rebuilt later.

Organ repair person took song over Austria.

6. Guitar
The ancient Greek word "κιθαρα""stringed instrument" is the source of the English word "guitar" through Spanish through Arabic through Latin through Greek. In the Bible, the word means a string instrument, which can be a harp, lyre or other instrument.

The ancient Greek word "λύρα""lyre" and is the source of the English word "lyre". The word "harp" is of Germanic origin. The German word "Harfe""harp". The English word "chord" is related to the "cords" as strings on the instrument.

The ancient Greek word appears to be related to the Proto-Hurro-Uratian word "*kinnar" for "lyre" or "harp".

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7. Words and melody
Words by Franz Gruber. Melody by Joseph Mohr.

8. Salzburg

9. Mountains of Salzburg

10. Verse 2
Silent Night, Holy Night
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing hallelujah

Christ the Savior is born!
Christ the Savior is born!

11. Song: Caissons go rolling along
Logo: United States Army
What might the official song of the U.S. Army, "The caissons go rolling along", written in 1908, have to do with Christmas?
The song was written by Edmund "Snitz" Gruber, a descendant of Franz Gruber, who composed "Silent Night" in 1818, 90 years earlier.

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