Below is my intended post for today, Silent Night. It is indeed a silent night with the loss of an amazing talent -- someone I'd hoped to meet in person one day -- the unequaled Richard Pryor. He passed away Saturday following a heart attack.
"There are many different kinds of comedians ... the observational humorist, the impressionist, the character creator, the physical comedian, the self-deprecator, and the dirty-joke teller. What made Richard Pryor so brilliant is he was able to incorporate all these styles at once," comedian Damon Wayans wrote on Pryor's Web site. Read the entire story here.
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Widely considered the world's most popular Christmas carol, Silent Night was written in Austria in 1818 (music by Franz Xaver Gruber; words by Joseph Franz Mohr). It was translated into English by John Freeman Young in 1863. Today only verses 1, 6, and 2 of Joseph Mohr's original lyrics are sung.
How many of you remember when this carol always had the German lyrics with it? I've included them below the English lyrics. Enjoy! ~~GHC
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Silent Night
Silent night, holy night
All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace
Silent night, holy night!
Shepherds quake at the sight
Glories stream from heaven afar
Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia!
Christ, the Saviour is born
Christ, the Saviour is born
Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming grace
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth
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Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Alles schläft, einsam wacht
Nur das traute hochheilige Paar.
Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar,
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh,
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,
Hirten erst kundgemacht
Durch der Engel Hallelujah,
Tönt es laut von fern und nah,
Christ, der Retter ist da,
Christ, der Retter ist da!
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,
Gottes Sohn, o wie lacht
Lieb aus Deinem göttlichen Mund,
Da uns schlägt die rettende Stund,
Christ, in Deiner Geburt,
Christ, in Deiner Geburt!
3 comments:
Okay, G, that's a really good one, too. Silent Night is one of my favs to harmonize to. I miss Christmas caroling around my old neighborhood. You're getting me all nostalgic, Ginger. I guess I need to get out those decorations and weather the cold and snow mounds after all...no more bah humbug.
Thanks,
Fran
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For some reason, my drafts that I composed the other day so I'd have 'em ready to post one each day are appearing out of order. Fran, I hope you'll look below the Silent Night post and see the two below it.
Too bad we didn't know one another as children. We could've harmonized together, frozen our noses off, and shared a cup of hot cocoa!
That would have been fun, G. Heck, there's still time. But who knows, we could end up neighbors in Maui, wear sundresses, drink martinis and harmonize. I vote for option #2.
WARM holiday wishes...
Peace,
Fran
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