"Silent Night" is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an intangible cultural heritage by UNES
Autograph (c. 1860) of the carol by Franz Gruber
Franz Xaver Gruber, painted by Sebastian Stief (1846)
Silent-Night-Chapel in Oberndorf on the site where the song was first performed.
A Christmas carol is a carol on the theme of Christmas, traditionally sung at Christmas itself or during the surrounding Christmas and holiday season. The term noel has sometimes been used, especially
Christmas carol group at Bangalore, India
Children singing Christmas carols in California
A brass band playing Christmas carols in the UK
A 1582 published version of the Latin carol Personent hodie