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Our American Stories

Silent Night: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Christmas Carol

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6817 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our American Stories, from its humble beginnings in an Austrian chapel in 1818, 'Silent Night' has become one of the most popular Christmas hymns ever. Here’s the History Guy with the story of the song.

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0:00.0

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0:04.5

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0:52.8

Yeah. or wherever you get your podcast. This is our American Stories.

0:55.9

Our next story comes to us for a man who's simply known as The History Guy.

1:00.4

His videos are watched by hundreds of thousands of people of all ages on YouTube.

1:06.0

The History Guy is also heard here at Our American Stories.

1:10.4

From its humble beginnings at an Austrian chapel

1:13.3

in 1818, Silent Night has become one of the most popular Christmas hymns in the world.

1:20.8

Here's the history guy with the story of Silent Night.

1:26.0

Yosefus Francis Morris was born in the Prince Archbishop Brook of Salisbury, December 11th of 1792,

1:32.3

the son of an embroiderer and a mercenary soldier who abandoned the family before Yosef was born.

1:37.3

Born into poverty, a vicar at Salisburg Cathedral sought to his education and encouraged him in music, where he became a singer

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