24th December 1818: ‘Stille Nacht’, known in English as Silent Night, performed for the first time

HistoryPod

English - December 24, 2023 03:05 - 1 Byte - ★★★★ - 234 ratings
History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: 23rd December 1688: James II of England flees to exile in France during the Glorious Revolution

Next Episode: 25th December 1776: George Washington crosses the Delaware with a column of the Continental Army

‘Silent Night’ is based on a six-stanza poem written by Joseph Mohr, a young priest who arrived at the Nikolauskirche in the small Austrian town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg the previous ...