[dcab-l] Martin Guitar Christmas: Silent Night

Friends of Christmas Present:

 

Here's a new “All Mixed Up” Christmas song, this one from a live performance.

 

Musicians:

 

  Barry Wendell                 Rhythm Guitar and Harmony

  Ed Schaeffer                   Martin Guitar and Vocal

  Greg Nelson                   Bass

 

The parish priest of the little church of Arnsdorf, Austria wrote the words for this

beautiful Christmas song on the day before Christmas Eve in 1818.  Mice had

eaten the bellows of the church organ.  This priest and organist were sadly

troubled by the lack of music for Midnight Mass, but when the organist, Franz

Gruber, heard the words by Joseph Mohr, he set them to this lovely music now

so familiar to us all.

 

To listen, click below:

 

http://rattlesnakehill.org/Christmas/Christmas.html

 

Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!

Ed