The Story of Silent Night

The quick video explains the creation of the Christmas carol, Silent Night, by Josef Mohr and Franz Gruber. Silent Night is one of the most famous Christmas carols in history, but who wrote it and why?
Ryan M. Reeves (PhD Cambridge) is Associate Professor of Historical Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Twitter: / ryanmreeves Instagram: / ryreeves4
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  • @LaFedelaIglesia
    @LaFedelaIglesia7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for these type of videos Mr. Reeves! I think they will help Christians of different traditions to appreciate the rich contributions of the Catholic Faith, specially since I have encountered people who claim that Catholics are not Christians. Great video!

  • @1969cmp
    @1969cmp5 жыл бұрын

    Silent Night and Amazing Grace. Beautiful.

  • @jaimeogas
    @jaimeogas7 жыл бұрын

    I remember John Denver explaining the origin of Silent Night on John Denver & the Muppets whe I was a kid.

  • @FishTheJim
    @FishTheJim7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this. Merry Christmas.

  • @grepodstfj
    @grepodstfj7 жыл бұрын

    This is really a very cool channel, I'm hooked

  • @benjaminsmith3218
    @benjaminsmith32187 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Dr. Reeves! You're videos are so incredible! Franz Gruber is quite well known in classical circles, I had no idea that he was instrumental to Silent Night's origin.

  • @GleeChan
    @GleeChan7 жыл бұрын

    Really interesting.

  • @derinformationstechniker4507
    @derinformationstechniker45077 жыл бұрын

    Ja (you say: yep), Austria!

  • @ninjacell2999
    @ninjacell29997 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know where I can find a performance of the more upbeat original version?

  • @LeoxandarMagnus

    @LeoxandarMagnus

    7 жыл бұрын

    NinjaCell I'm curious about this as well.

  • @11Kralle

    @11Kralle

    7 жыл бұрын

    Maybe Manowar' (as show in the beginning of the video) is rather fast?

  • @MastemaJack
    @MastemaJack6 ай бұрын

    Hans Gruber like the Die Hard villain!? Edit- misheard but damn close

  • @onlinealiasuk
    @onlinealiasuk7 жыл бұрын

    that's not the story i was told. I was told that that the organ was eaten by mice the night before christmas and so a new song had to be written that would play on the remaining working notes