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Text:Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Author:Joseph Mohr
Tune:[Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!]
Composer:Franz Xaver Gruber

46. Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!

1 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.

2 Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,
Hirten erst kundgemacht,
durch der Engel Halleluja,
tönt es laut von Fern und nah:
Christ, der Retter, ist da,
Christ, der Retter, ist da!

3 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.

Text Information
First Line: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Title: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Author: Joseph Mohr ((1818) 1838)
Language: German
Publication Date: 2014
Topic: Das Kirchenjahr: Weihnachten
Tune Information
Name: [Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!]
Composer: Franz Xaver Gruber ((1818) 1838)
Key: B♭ Major



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