Silent Night

Text by Josef Mohr

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About this hymn

Date: 1818
Tune: Stille Nacht
Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber
Key: Bb
Meter: 6 6 8 8 6 6

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Calmness, Christmas/Advent, Evening, God, As King, Holiness, Jesus.

Lk 2:8-9 · Col 1:12-13

Musical background

Stille Nacht is presented in the source key of Bb, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Josef Mohr, 1818. stanzas 1,3 Translated by John Freeman Young, 1863. stanzas 2,4 translator anonymous. Music: 'Stille Nacht' Franz Xaver Gruber, 1818. Setting: "Concordia Kinderchöre", 1908. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2005 Revision.