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Silent Night
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One of the most popular Christmas carols in the world, performed with a country flair
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Meditational, thought-provoking songs for easy Christian listening...the music of singer-songwriter Nancy Krebs
Welcome to my Soundclick page! I have been a professional actor and singer for all of my adult life. I felt fairly complete doing theatre, films, voice-over work commercials, and teaching. Ever since I was in High School, I also wrote songs--many of them spiritual in nature. I’ve always felt a strong desire to “serve” in some capacity. It wasn’t until 1994, when I turned the process of writing over to God, that all of the avenues that I had been following seemed to come together. I began to write song after song, inspired by the Holy Spirit, singing at a church that supported my fledgling efforts. People kept asking me ‘do you have a cassette or a CD of your songs?” “No”, I would always answer--for the thought of recording never entered my head. Finally, after much soul-searching, my first album, THE JOURNEY, was created, and concerts followed; and more songs followed, and another album followed, and the journey continues. God is not finished yet, and neither am I. The songs I’ve been blessed to write come under the heading of “meditational”, “contemplative”, “inspirational”; and when people listen, they seem to be moved by the sentiments expressed. My fervent hope is that a song will touch someone’s heart, and that heart will be moved to a closer union with God--the Father, who created us, Jesus the Son, who redeemed us, and the Holy Spirit, who sanctifies us.
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#9,030 today Peak #179
#416 in subgenre Peak #8
Author
Fr. Jospeh Mohr, Franz Gruber
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November 27, 2009
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MP3 3.2 MB 128 kbps 3:32
Story behind the song
On the night before Christmas Eve, in the year 1818, high in the Austrian Alps, the organ at St. Nicholas church in Obendorf broke down. Mice had eaten through the bellows, and there was no hope of repairing the organa013because the town was snowbound. So Rev. Joseph Mohr, the pastor, was inspired to write the words, and Franz Gruber, the organist, to compose the music to Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht. That Christmas Eve, Silent Night was sung for the first time; with a choir, two soloists accompanied by the lowly guitar. It has since become one of the most sung Christmas carols in the world.
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