Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht, H.145 (Gruber, Franz Xaver)
| Title | Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht |
| Alternative title | Silent Night |
| Creators | Franz Xaver Gruber, composer Joseph Mohr, librettist |
| Opus | — |
| Instrumentation | 2 voices, mixed chorus and guitar |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | D major |
| Composed | 1818 |
| First published | 1832 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Carols |
| Language | German |
| Period | Romantic |
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Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| View | Complete | 2 voices, mixed chorus and orchestra | Tamás Gyarmati Tóth |
| View | Complete | tenor, mixed chorus and wind band | Michel Rondeau |
| View | Complete | mixed chorus and orchestra | Robert A. Hudson |
| View | Complete | mixed chorus and orchestra | Michael Stenov |
| View | Complete | soprano and orchestra | Melvin Lauf |
| View | Complete | orchestra | Apor Tóth Györbiró |
| View | Complete | mixed chorus and strings | Jakub Kowalewski |
| View | Complete | string orchestra | Welligton Sousa |
| View | Complete | 2 voices, mixed chorus and orchestra | — |
| View | Complete | soprano, alto, mixed chorus and guitar | — |
| View | Complete | soprano and piano | Klaus Heidtmann |
| View | Complete | 2 voices, mixed chorus and piano | Fábio Pio Marques Filho |
| View | Complete | 2 voices and mixed chorus | — |
| View | Complete | female chorus and organ | Gerhard Noetzel |
| View | Complete | mixed chorus | Nicholas Steinitz |
| View | Complete | mixed chorus | — |
| View | Complete | mixed chorus | Ludwig Erk |
| View | Complete | mixed chorus | Jürgen Knuth |
| View | Complete | mixed chorus | Jakub Kowalewski |
| View | Complete | mixed chorus | Eusebius Mandyczewski |
| View | Complete | mixed chorus | Carl Reinecke |
| View | Complete | mixed chorus | Richard W. Sargeant Jr. |
| View | Complete | male chorus | Franz Theodor Cursch-Bühren |
| View | Complete | male chorus | Gian Paolo Dal Dosso |
| View | Complete | 2 horns, 2 flugelhorns, 2 trumpets, 4 trombones and tuba | Michel Rondeau |
| View | Complete | 6 flutes | Hideo Kamioka |
| View | Complete | — | Guido Alici |
| View | Complete | 2 trumpets and 2 trombones | Michel Rondeau |
| View | Complete | 2 violins, viola and cello | Rodrigo Ruelas Villela |
| View | Complete | 2 clarinets, bassoon and piano | Adrián Fuentes Flores |
| View | Complete | horn, trumpet and euphonium | Hans Jorgen Messerschmidt |
| View | Complete | 3 guitars | Marieh Marieh |
| View | Complete | 2 violins and piano | Uwe Prochnow |
| View | Complete | flute and violin | Antonio Maria Bologna |
| View | Complete | bassoon and piano | Jan Bolek |
| View | Complete | violin and piano | Stefan Apke |
| View | Complete | ukulele | Alonso del Arte |
| View | Complete | violin viola |
Elaine Fine |
| View | Complete | organ | Henry Geehl |
| View | Complete | piano organ |
Phil. B. Perry |
| View | Complete | piano | Richard P. Geere |
| View | Complete | piano | James Ramsey Murray |
Scores
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Type | Performers | Arranged for | Files (click to listen) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| View | Cantores Carmeli Linz, performer Michael Stenov, organ |
For Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (Stenov) | Complete Recording | |
| View | For Strings (Sousa) | Complete Recording | ||
| View | For Ukulele (Arte) | Complete Performance | ||
| View | Synthesized | For 2 Voices, Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (Gyarmati Tóth) | Virtual Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | For Tenor, Mixed Chorus and Wind Band (Rondeau) | Virtual Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | For Soprano and Orchestra (Lauf) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | For Orchestra (Tóth Györbiró) | Virtual Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | For Mixed Chorus (Knuth) | Virtual Performance | |
| View | MIDI | For Mixed Chorus (Reinecke) | MIDI performance | |
| View | Synthesized | For 2 Horns, 2 Flugelhorns, 2 Trumpets, 4 Trombones and Tuba (Rondeau) | Virtual Performance | |
| View | Synthesized | Automatic, performer | For Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet and Organ (Alici) | Synthesized recording Synthesized recording |
| View | Synthesized | For 2 Clarinets, Bassoon and Piano (Fuentes Flores) | Synthesized Performance | |
| View | MIDI | For 2 Trumpets and 2 Trombones (Rondeau) | Virtual Performance |
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