Silent Night Christmas Song
Lyrics & Sheet Music
Silent Night Christmas song lyrics & sheet music for singers & piano, a pretty and satisfying arrangement.
The peacefulness of Silent Night
This wonderful Christmas carol has a way of stopping the hurry of the soul; of quieting one down, and bringing a feeling of peace.
A repeating left hand part
I usually make the accompaniments to melodies more varied than this arrangement of Silent Night on the piano, but I wanted for this hymn to be able to be learned quickly.
There are still some difficulties in the right hand, such as the parallel thirds and occasional sixths, but these also repeat several times.
Take it up high in the second verse
It is a lovely contrast, adding freshness to the music, when the register changes at the end of line one:
Verses 2 & 3 are on page 4
Another register in verse three
At the end of line one on page three, the melody descends again to the middle register, making the music feel fuller.
Silent Night lyrics on the last page
The key of C is easy to play - but high to sing!
The high "F" that is found toward the end of each verse is TOO HIGH for most Sunday morning singers... congregations do find themselves dropping down an octave to finish out the final phrases.
However, the other key offered on this page, Bb, is about as low as you would want to go! It is more comfortable for most singers (though more difficult for the pianist).
The history of Silent Night
The Silent Night story, as I have read, tells how the song's lyrics and tune were composed for a Christmas Eve service to be played on guitar, as the church organ was broken because mice had been nibbling at the bellows!
That's perhaps just a legend, though it isn't impossible...
The writer of Silent Night was a young priest, Joseph Mohr, in 1816. Two years later, the music was composed by schoolmaster and organist Franz Gruber in 1818 at Mohr's request, just in time for Christmas.
The piano sheet music links:
Download Silent Night Christmas song lyrics & sheet music in the key of C
Download the sheet music to Silent Night in Bb
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