Silent Night: The Song and Its Story

Five Stars Carolette Lonestar Loved it!!!. Sweet story about Silent Night Myrna G. What a beautiful story! I loved the art and I loved the story. Anyone child or adult will love reading and rereading this story.. The Song that Unites Savage Beasts A Customer See how a univerally-known song, "Silent Night" can stop men from thinking about war. From a song that was scrawled on a crumpled piece of paper inside an old church organ to a melody that stopped gunfire during the Korean War, we see the power of music through th

Hodges includes stories about wartime enemies who forgot their hatred and joined together, sometimes across enemy lines, to share a few verses of the song. . Glowing shades of gold and brown accentuate faces lifted in harmony, creating feelings of warmth, wonder, and contentment. With its creators all but forgotten, "Silent Night" eventually became an international favorite. On Christmas Eve in 1818, in a small Austrian town, Father Mohr's church organ broke down. In compelling prose, Hodges recounts the young priest's struggle to write a poem that would bring the beauty of the Christ Child's humble, but sacred birth night to a congregation that expected to celebrate with music. From School Library Journal Grade 1-3?This account of the beloved carol's history pays tribute to its creators and to the song itself. Franz Gruber, a local schoolmaster, wrote a simple tune to accompany the words. Full-page watercolor illustratio

This beautiful picture book tells how Father Joseph Mohr and church organist Franz Gruber worked up until the last minute on Christmas Eve in 1818 to write a new Christmas song for the villagers of Oberndorf, Austria--a song we know as Silent Night.