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Stille Nacht (Silent Night) > teacher's general material
christmas song (1818) by Franz Xaver Gruber
german verses (1816) by Joseph Mohr

STUDENT MATERIAL : PERSONS : PLACES : LYRICS : AUDIOVISUAL : AUTOGRAPHS : SOURCES

material for your student: INTRODUCTION FOR STUDENTS (SILENT NIGHT SPECIAL) (12 pages. Please, maximize your page for better view.); lyrics 1st stanza for students - print the page; For piano beginners, see piano teacher folder.
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persons composer Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863) <http://www.stillenacht.at/en/gruber.asp> lyricist Joseph Mohr (1792-1848) <http://www.stillenacht.at/en/mohr.asp>
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places mentioned Districts of Austria (ger: Österreich, /`œsteraiç/) LOCATIONS: <http://www.austria-navigator.de> the village of Oberndorf, near Salzburg, Austria <http://www.stillenacht.at/en/origin_song.asp> old photo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberndorf_bei_Salzburg>

Salzach river and Laufen, Germany (the city centre of Oberndorf, now in Bavaria, Germany) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzach> with images. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laufen,_Germany> Mariapfarr, in Lungau district (where Mohr lived, before going to Oberndorf). <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungau> Arnsdorf (where Gruber was working, and composed the song)

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lyrics
There are dozens of versions of lyrics-to-sing in all languages, even in german, the language of the original lyrics by Mohr. Here presented is the original german by Mohr and the most common english version by Bishop John Freeman Young.

German original with word to word english translation: <http://www.stillenacht.at/en/text_and_music.asp> Very cleary heard at the performance by Nana Mouscouri (see audiovisual: german). English lyrics to sing the most common english version by Bishop John Freeman Young <http://www.stillenacht.at/en/news.asp> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Night_(song)> Material for teachers: 1st stanza in german, pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet (ipa) and english mot-à-mot translation. Also, glossary with short explanations of each word. view pages Material for students: 1st stanza in german and english, pronunciation view page - print page

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audiovisual
'Silent Night' has been recorded from hundreds of artists. Start from simple, straightforward interpretations with clear diction. More academic, or more modern. For older children, a comparison to free interpretations. Guide them while listening to page 9. If you are looking for children performers, there is Aled Jones (in english) and a young boy accompanying Mireille Mathieu (in french). If you are looking for choirs, there is St Thomas Boy Choir (in german) and the Royal Academy of Music Choir, accompanying Aled Jones. If you are looking for a capella interpretations, there is an excellent one by Sinéad O'Connor (in english). And finally, if you are looking for special interpretations, there is Mahalia Jackson.

GERMAN
original score for voices and guitar recorded by ORF (Austrian Radio Television): 1st stanza audio http://www.stillenacht.at/music/strophe1.mp3 (771kb); 4th stanza audio http://www.stillenacht.at/music/strophe4.mp3 (766kb)
at <http://www.stillenacht.at/en/text_and_music.asp>
by Nana Mouscouri.flv (video): 3 min with images and GERMAN LYRICS written out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUb8ySdERKs
by the St Thomas Boy Choir: Thomanerchor.flv (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4puLybRGSAw
ENGLISH
by the Carpenters (video with still image of the CD cover). Karen sings with her clear, crystal voice.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J70xdSeJt6w; audio.http://www.waltdensmore.com/folk/Carpenters_SilentNight.asf (505kb)
by Sinéad O'Connor and the Westlife.flv (video). O'Connor sings solo, a capella and the other singers join in.: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Agvrcs1vFc8/
by Aled Jones, as a young boy.flv (video) with the Royal College of Music Chamber Choir and Aled Jones, older.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmEN--ujq2g; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwyNnHgKMkg
by Andy Williams (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrZ5jzlkKhg
by Elvis Presley: audio.http://dedeswalkwithgod.homestead.com/files/Silent_Night...ELVIS_PRESLEY.wav (352kb)
by Julie Andrews: audio.http://www.jhepple.com/ChristmasMusic/DU_SilentNight.wma (562kb) bad quality of recording
as a gospel by the divine Mahalia Jackson.flv (video), in 1961.: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC6J-esTKL8
FRENCH
by the exquisite Mireille Mathieu (video, TV programme) and her little friend, with subtitles in french and its translation in english.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQMUCtJjJWs
GAELIC
by Enya: Enya.flv (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy6ba_M6zww
GREEK
by Anna Vissi.flv (video, TV programme): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBdAahs2lY4
SIGN LANGUAGE
by the Schattensprache: shadow language (video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G_IfObY8ko
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autographs - first editions
autograph 7 at wikipedia: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Stille_nacht.jpg>
autograph 7 printed at www.stillenacht.at <http://www.stillenacht.at/img/autograph.jpg> (104kb)
english translation by Bishop John Freeman Young: <http://www.stillenacht.at/en/news.asp>
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sources
'Silent Night (song)' Wikipedia. lang:eng. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Night_(song)> retr. 25 NOV 2007.: Also, look up: Oberndorf.
Stille Nacht Gesellschaft. Österreich. <http://www.stillenacht.at/en/> Austria. lang:eng.ger. retr. 25 NOV 2007.: The site includes all autograph versions, facts, images.
Stille Nacht Info. Österreich. <http://www.stillenacht.info> Austria. lang:eng.ger. retr. 25 NOV 2007.: Nice images.
YouTube. <http://www.youtube.com> lang:eng. retr. 25 NOV 2007.: Search for video in .flv format.

links checked in DEC 2007, 2010.