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Silent Night
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Regional information plus brief biography of the song's composer and writer, portraits, and model of Franz Gruber's birth home in Oberndorf, in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria.
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Silent-Night- and local history museum Oberndorf Here you can get informations about Oberndorf, the silent night christmas carol, Leopold Kohr...Museum at the location, where Silent Night had been performed for the first time
http://www.oberndorf.co.at/museum/
Museum about Franz Xaver Gruber and his house where he lived.
http://members.aon.at/f.x.gruber-museum-arnsdorf/
Sheet music with the original 19th century melody.
http://stillenacht.tripod.com/
A version of how the lyrics and tune came to be written and performed.
http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert.fs/silent.htm
Brief introduction to the piece with extended history, various arrangements in MIDI audio, and assorted religious Christmas illustrations. From the Carmelite Province of the Most Pure Heart of Mary.
http://carmelnet.org/christmas/SilentNight/silentnight.htm
Tribute to the Christmas hymn works to authenticate its history and includes information debunking certain myths plus MIDI audio of two arrangements and of another Franz Gruber carol.
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/silentnight2.html
Webcam in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, where Silent Night had been performed for the first time
http://www.silentnight.info
A version of how the lyrics and tune came to be written and performed.
http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/silent.htm