4. It was originally composed for guitar Although Franz Gruber was an organist, he composed the music for Silent Night on guitar. A commonly held myth is that this was because the church organ was ...

Summary: The much-loved carol 'Silent Night' was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818. Originally it was sung to a simple guitar accompaniment. The carol began life as a poem, written in 1816 by ...

The performance will air on Dec. 10 during the CW's "Silent Night – A Song for the World" musical documentary Kelly Clarkson and the Vienna Boys Choir are filling a "Silent Night" with music.