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Song ‘slapped together’ Mouse had hand in Silent Night By NINO LO BELLO OBERNDORF, Austria. — Whether a busy little mouse was partly responsible for the greatest Christmas carol of all, or whether the unassuming little theme covered the globe on its own steam to become the world’s most notable song, Silent Night has now hit the daily news columns in this tiny town 19 miles north of Salzburg. Silent Night, born in Oberndorf where it was literally “slapped together” in just a few hours, had its world premiere in the St. Nicholas Church on Christmas Eve 1818. ‘The composer played a guitar and sang bass, while the priest who wrote the words sang tenor, accompanied by a small four-part harmony chorus that warbled the simple verses. Such was the hunible birth of Silent Night, three six-line stanzas then called simply, Canto No. 2, andante. Ordinarily that might have been the last time anybody would have heard the song, as it could have quietly fallen into the limbo of forgotten melodies, if fate hadn't somehow shaped its destiny. Although this year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the composer, Franz Gruber, many people in Oberndorf aru bothered by the fact that Silent Night is played too often, too soon before Christmas, and in too many places at the wrong time. So the board of directors of The Silent Night Society has sent out notices for 1987 asking that the beloved melody hot be played until Christmas Eve, and then primarily in churches or at Masses — no doubt the original intent of the two collaborators. The man who: wrote the words was a young parish priest called Jospeh Mohr. He and his partner are properly memorialized in a statue here by the Salzach River bridge that leads to Germany. The sculpted relief shows Gruber playing the guitar and looking over the shoulder of Father Mohr whose hand is giving a benediction. Below is a caption, dated 1968, telling about the 150th jubilee of Steile Nacht, Heilige Nacht (as Silent Night is known in German), which is sometimes erroneously attrib- uted to Hayden or Haydn's brother. The original St. Nicholas Church, where the immortal tune was first played at midnight Mass, is no longer standing, and on its site Oberndorf put up a Silent Night Chapel that was completed in 1936. It is a small place of worship that seats only 23 persons and is adorned with stained-glass windows that show the music teacher Gruber in his school and Father Mohr in his church. More spectacular, however, is the utterly beautiful Nativity Scene dominating the chapel — which tourists can visit throughout the year, except for Christmas Eve Mass when only special guests are invited. = Silent Night had its birth as a result of an organ that had become kaput — either because a mouse had gnawed away at the organ’s vitals (currently the most accepted legend here) or because of erosion from the nearby Salzach River. Wanting to give Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve with a piece of music that could be played on any instrument other than an organ, Father Mohr asked his friend on December 24 to write the music for some religious poetry he had jotted down. Within a few hours Gruber had come through with a melody. After the yuletide season was over, a well-known organ builder from Tyrol, Karl Mauracher, was called in to repair the frayed leather bellows. As part of his payment for putting the organ back into shape, Mauracher received « copy of the sheet music to take home. Totally unaware of the impact this simple piece of paper was to have on the world, the organ mender showed the Christmas hymn to some of his clients in Tyrol who in turn recopied it for a try on their own church organs. One of these extra copies came into the hands of a group of Tyrolean glover-makers, the Strasser Sisters, who used to travel all over Germany selling their handmade gloves at local fairs. To attract buyers to their booth, the Strasser Sisters would sing Austrian songs, one of which was Gruber's little air. ‘The song, however, only clicked big in 1831 when at the Leipzig Fair the Strasser's delivery of the music, — then known as Christmas Song, caught the fancy of the Duke of Leipzig. Impressed, he invited the singing sisters to visit his court and present it at a party for his guests. Eventually the song reached the ears of King William I of Prussia, and he turned out to be the best song-plugger of all. Because he adored the carol, when he became emperor of Germany, he urged it be played during the year-end feasting, both in the Protestant North as well as in the Catholic South. The rest is history. The new ditty took wing, and ever since then, Silent Night has never been silent. CHRISTMAS TRIVIA QUIZ Ys Lhe Seaton lo Saue HOME GOODS Furniture Warehouse gum Floor Covering Centre ? IT’S THE ‘“’CSXC240H”’ Hotpoint's 24-Cu. Ft. Refreshment Centre With Exterior Ice and Chilled Water Service. Suggested Selling $2,795. Your Cost, Only 20-INCH COLOR TELEVISION “Stereo-Monitor” And Full 5-Year Parts and Labor Warranty and Remote Control 1. @. In what year was Dec. 25 selected as the day to celebrate Christmas? A. In 349 A.D. Pope Julius set the date. 2. Q. Who was first record- ed as having dined on turkey for Christmas dinner? A. Henry VII. 3. @ “Christmas” and “Santa Claus” are towns in which U.S. states? A. Christmas is in Florida; Santa Claus is in Indiana. 4. Q. 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