Jillian Sederholm, News Director Read more of EW's coverage of Silent Night. Cher and Kelly Clarkson have proven it's possible to launch a new Christmas classic in the 21st century, but Sia ...

Supported by a choir of 100 young singers wearing matching Hawaiian shirts, Tongi delivered a soulful rendition of Silent Night, arranged by his music director and JUNO Award-winning singer ...

Themes: Christmas; festivals; special days; music; friendship. Summary: The much-loved carol 'Silent Night' was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818. Originally it was sung to a simple guitar ...

4. It was originally composed for guitar Although Franz Gruber was an organist, he composed the music for Silent Night on guitar. A commonly held myth is that this was because the church organ was ...

Gruber could and Stille Nacht — Silent Night — duly made its debut ... Brooks asked Holy Trinity’s organist, Lewis Redner, to set the words to music — and the ‘American’ version still has a completely ...