In 1818 Joseph Mohr, an Austrian priest from Oberndorf wrote the words for Silent Night which was set to music by his choir master Franz Xaver Gruber. Originally the German title was “Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht”. The Singers Unlimited recorded this song in 1972 for their fantastic album, simply called “Christmas“. In the first chorus the group follows the original melodic line but the second chorus bears unmistakable the signature of arranger Gene Purling. With surprising harmonic changes which come to a beautiful solution he and the group created one of the best versions ever of this ancient song.
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