Themes: Christmas; festivals; special days; music; friendship. Summary: The much-loved carol 'Silent Night' was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818. Originally it was sung to a simple guitar ...

4. It was originally composed for guitar Although Franz Gruber was an organist, he composed the music for Silent Night on guitar. A commonly held myth is that this was because the church organ was ...

We can't get enough of Enya's haunting Irish rendition of the Christmas carol “Silent Night” (“Oíche Chiúin ... Beloved for her modern Celtic music she is the best-selling Irish ...

I’m a musicologist who studies historical traditions of song, and the story of “Silent Night” and its meteoric rise to worldwide fame has always fascinated me. The song’s lyrics were ...

Jillian Sederholm, News Director Read more of EW's coverage of Silent Night. Cher and Kelly Clarkson have proven it's possible to launch a new Christmas classic in the 21st century, but Sia ...