Two hundred years of Silent Night

Name: Two hundred years of Silent Night
Uploaded: 2018-12-24T00:06:09.000Z
Duration: 1 min 56 s
Description: The story behind one of the world's favourite Christmas carols, first performed on this day in 1818.

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The Christmas carol Silent Night is celebrating its 200th birthday.

It was first performed in Austria, in the village of Oberndorf near Salzburg, on Christmas Eve 1818.

But what's the story behind its composition and why has it remained so popular?

Producer/ correspondent: Bethany Bell. Filmed and edited: Fabian Chaundy

Europe

24 December 2018