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The Songwriter from "Silent Night - Holy Night" |
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| JVisitors
to Wagrain, one of Europe's top ski areas, may tour the church where
Joseph Mohr served as pastor. From his gravesite, they can view the exterior
of the parish house where he lived and the school which was named in
his honor. An aerial gondola ride on "The Flying Mozart" offers a magnificent Alpine panorama of the entire area, no matter what the season. Wagrain's outstanding hotels, guest houses and restaurants are ready to serve visitors throughout the year. |
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| Joseph Mohr: Joseph Mohr was born in the City of Salzburg on December 12, 1792, the illegitimate son of Anna Schoiber. He began his studies locally at the Academic Gymnasium under the patronage of the Salzburg Cathedral's choir director, Johann Nepomuk Hiernle (1765-1850), who recognized young Mohr's outstanding music abilities. |
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| Mohr
left the Academic Gymnasium in 1808 when his benefactor, Hiernle, could
no longer provide funding for his protege's education. He then became a musician at the Benedictine Monastery in Kremsmuenster, Upper Austria, where he continued his studies at the Lyceum (high school). In August 1811, Joseph Mohr was accepted into the seminary where he studied for the priesthood. He was ordained in Salzburg Cathedral on August 21, 1815. Fr. Mohr was assigned to a pilgrim church in Mariapfarr, in the Lungau region of the Province of Salzburg, near the home of his paternal grandfather. In 1816, during his residence in Mariapfarr, he wrote a poem, "Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!" |
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| When the
young cleric fell seriously ill in 1817, he was transferred from the
harsh Alpine climate to Oberndorf, where he served as assistant pastor
to Fr. Joseph Noestler at St. Nicholas Church. He remained in Oberndorf
for two years where he became friends with the parish organist, Franz
Xaver Gruber, who was also the schoolmaster in nearby Arnsdorf. In 1838 Joseph Mohr was appointed pastor of the church in Wagrain and while serving in that capacity, died of a lung disease on December 4, 1848. He was known throughout the region for his generosity. He died penniless as all his money had been given for eldercare and the education of the youth in the area. |
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 Franz Xaver Gruber |
Franz
Xaver Gruber (1787 bis 1863) Franz Xaver Gruber was born November 25, 1787 in Hochburg, Upper Austria, the son of a linen weaver. He received his musical training in Burghausen from Georg Hartdobler, parish organist. Upon completion of the required exams, Gruber accepted a teaching position
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| The Story of "Silent
Night - Holy Night": On December 24, 1818, Rev. Joseph Mohr gave a poem he had written in 1816 to his friend Gruber with the suggestion that he add a melody for guitar accompaniment. Fr. Mohr wanted them to sing the new carol at Midnight Mass. Gruber prepared the music for two male voices with the choir joining to repeat the last two lines of each verse. Later that night, when "Silent Night" was sung for the first time, neither man could know that it would one day be heard around the world and live in the hearts of people everywhere. |
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| Pictured
below is the grave of Joseph Mohr who died in Wagrain on December 4, 1848. A Christmas tree decorates his grave each December and in the warmer months, flowers adorn his final resting place. |
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This prayer of Joseph Mohr from 1813 was discovered by Teisendorf in the parish archive: |
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| Without Jesus!
You my only, you might mean whole hope! Pious souls call you. Without Jesus! Sweet name! You is truer to friend of the soul! You are the ear a sweet one sound, the mouth a sweet honey, the heart of a sky potion! Drive the soul darkness, fill the world with your sweetness! It might remain with us or gentleman and your light might give us! Drive the soul darkness! Lodging with us or gentleman! Hallelujah! |
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