Silent Night: From village ditty to global hit
By Agence France-Presse in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria | China Daily | Updated: 2015-12-23 07:58
The 200-year-old Christmas carol has been sung in dozens of languages around the world
When Silent Night was born in Austria almost 200 years ago, those present had little idea that the Christmas carol would one day be sung the world over, including this year by Miley Cyrus and some Swedish goats.
Such though was the destiny of Stille Nacht, premiered to a modest church congregation of ship laborers and their families in this small town in Austria on Christmas Eve, 1818.
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