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"Silent Night" () is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Österreichische UNESCO-Kommission - Nationalagentur für das Immaterielle Kulturerbe - Austrian Inventory )〕 The song has been recorded by a large number of singers from every music genre. The version sung by Bing Crosby is the third best-selling single of all-time. == History == The song was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, a village in the Austrian Empire on the Salzach river in present-day Austria. A young priest, Father Joseph Mohr, had come to Oberndorf the year before. He had already written the lyrics of the song "" in 1816 at Mariapfarr, the hometown of his father in the Salzburg Lungau region, where Joseph had worked as a coadjutor. The melody was composed by Franz Xaver Gruber, schoolmaster and organist in the nearby village of Arnsdorf. Before Christmas Eve, Mohr brought the words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the church service. Both performed the carol during the mass on the night of December 24. The original manuscript has been lost. However, a manuscript was discovered in 1995 in Mohr's handwriting and dated by researchers at ca. 1820. It shows that Mohr wrote the words in 1816 when he was assigned to a pilgrim church in Mariapfarr, Austria, and shows that the music was composed by Gruber in 1818. This is the earliest manuscript that exists and the only one in Mohr's handwriting. The story of the composing of the song was the subject of the fanciful television special ''Silent Mouse'' (1988) narrated by Lynn Redgrave.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Silent Mouse (1988) )〕 Later films to tell the story include Christian Vuissa's film ' (2012) 〔https://www.movieguide.org/reviews/silent-night.html〕 and the documentary ''The First Silent Night'' (2014), narrated by Simon Callow.〔(''First Silent Night, The'' ), production details〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Silent Night」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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