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#281 from Evangelical Lutheran Worship
Stille nacht, heilige Nacht! (Silent night, holy night)
Tune
Stille Nacht
Metric Index
Irregular
Key & Modality
B♭ Major
Last uses
No previous uses
Poem Words (three verses)
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.
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.
2.
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight;
glories stream from heaven afar,
heav'nly hosts sing, alleluia!
Christ, the Savior, is born!
Christ, the Savior, is born!
Shepherds quake at the sight;
glories stream from heaven afar,
heav'nly hosts sing, alleluia!
Christ, the Savior, is born!
Christ, the Savior, is born!
3.
Silent night, holy night!
Son of God, love’s pure light
radiant beams from your holy face,
with the dawn of redeeming grace.
Jesus, Lord, at your birth,
Jesus, Lord, at your birth.
Son of God, love’s pure light
radiant beams from your holy face,
with the dawn of redeeming grace.
Jesus, Lord, at your birth,
Jesus, Lord, at your birth.
Hymn References
Author
Joseph Mohr 1792-1849
Composer
Franz Gruber 1787-1863
German Title
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
Publication Date
2006
Topic
Christmas
Translator
John F. Young 1820-1885
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#111 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / Silent night, holy night (B♭ Major ) [click to view]#65 in Lutheran Book of Worship / Silent night, holy night! (B♭ Major ) [click to view]
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