The original lyrics of the song Stille Nacht were written in German by the Austrian priest Father Josef Mohr, and the melody was composed by the Austrian headmaster Franz Xaver Gruber. The version of the melody that is generally sung today (as in this version) differs slightly from Gruber's original. The English translation in this version is by John Freeman Young.

Stilla natt är en julpsalm, ibland kallad julpsalmen framför andra. Det är ursprungligen en tyskspråkig julsång med text skriven av Joseph Mohr 1816 och musik komponerad 1818 av Franz Gruber. Psalmen deklarerades som immateriellt kulturarv av Unesco 2011.
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