Silent Night -- 200 years this Christmas Eve

[Beryllos]

First performed 200 years ago today.

Short BBC video:

Two hundred years of Silent Night

The story behind one of the world's favourite Christmas carols, first performed on this day in 1818.

www.bbc.com

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Very nice, thank you for posting

 

[Uliana988]

First guitar Mass ever. :runs and hides:

 

[on_the_hill]

(wait up for me…I’ll join you…) Must have been a novus ordo Mass,

 

[on_the_hill]

I’m shocked, frankly. For many years I assumed it had been composed for a Lutheran service. Until today I never knew Fr. Mohr was a Catholic priest. Yay, team!