Placide Cappeau took the new song back to his home town of Roquemaure, where it was first performed at a midnight Mass on Christmas Eve ... “O Holy Night” is one of the most dramatically ...

Cappeau took the new song back to his hometown of Roquemaure, where it was first performed at a midnight mass on Christmas Eve, 1847. The American music critic John Sullivan Dwight translated the ...

Christmas Eve occupies a special place on the Hasidic calendar as a kind of “silent night,” when Torah study ceases — and then resumes full force at midnight. NEW YORK (JTA) – Christmas is ...

The all-but-defeated German army launched a great offensive along the 85-mile front of Ardennes forest in Belgium. The Battle of the Bulge was the last great advance of ...

This service commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, who is believed to have been born during the night. Christmas Eve, also known as Heiligabend or Holy Night, refers to the evening before Christmas.

Summary: The much-loved carol 'Silent Night' was first performed on Christmas Eve, 1818. Originally it was sung to a simple guitar accompaniment. The carol began life as a poem, written in 1816 by ...