Josef Mohr (December 11, 1792 – December 4, 1848) was an Austrian priest and composer, who wrote the words to the Christmas carol "Silent Night". Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich A Christmas carol (also called a Noël) is a carol ( Song or Hymn) whose lyrics are on the theme of Christmas, or the winter " Silent Night " (" Stille Nacht " is a popular Christmas carol.
Biography
Josef Francis Mohr was born in Salzburg on December 11, 1792, to an unmarried embroiderer, Anna Schoiberin, and a mercenary soldier, Franz Mohr who deserted the army and Josef's mother before the birth. is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
As his musical talent was not recognized, he found a sponsor to set him upon the path to higher education. As an illegitimate child he needed the pope's special permission to study for the priesthood and was ordained a priest in 1815. Rev. Mohr was sent to a pilgrim church in the remote Alpine village of Mariapfarr, where in 1816 he wrote a six-stanza poem that was to become the world's most popular carol. Mariapfarr is a municipality in the district of Tamsweg in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Mohr was moved to Oberndorf in 1817 to stay there for two years. Oberndorf (upper village may refer to the following places in Germany Oberndorf am Neckar, in the district of Rottweil Baden-Württemberg When Franz Gruber agreed to compose a melody and guitar arrangement for the poem to be sung at midnight mass on December 24, 1818, 'Silent Night' was born. This article is about Franz Gruber the Austrian composer There is also an article on the actor in the Japanese Tokusatsu movie and TV productions named Franz Gruber (actor Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Within a few short years, arrangements of the carol appeared in churches in the Salzburg Diocese and folk singers from the Ziller Valley were taking the song on tours around Europe.
Until 2006, it was thought that Mohr and Gruber had collaborated on just one song. Now another song has been located in the Wagrain parish archive by the Salzburg Diocesan Archives. "Te Deum" with text by Joseph Mohr and melody by Franz Xaver Gruber can be heard in an audio exhibit at the Waggerl Museum in Wagrain.
Mohr, a generous man who donated most of his salary to charity, was moved from place to place and finally became parish pastor in Wagrain, where he founded a new school for children. Wagrain (in Bavarian: Wågroã is a market town in the St Johann im Pongau district in the state of Salzburg in Austria. He created a fund to allow children from poor families to attend school and he set up a system for the care of the elderly.
Father Mohr died of a pulmonary disease on December 4, 1848. The village school is named after him and his grave has been kept in a place of honor in the nearby churchyard cemetery. An outdoor exhibit detailing the life of Josef Mohr is situated on the walkway between the church and the parish house where he once lived. In 2006, the town's Waggerl Museum set up a new permanent exhibit -- Joseph Mohr - Vicar of Wagrain.
Samantha Mohr, a meteorologist at the Weather Channel, is a descendant of Father Mohr. Josef is also Kayla Kemph's great great uncle or grandfather.
External links
- Josef Mohr free scores in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Silent Night Association Life of Joseph Mohr
- Joseph Mohr Memorial Organ, Wagrain, Austria
- History of song
"Joseph Mohr". The Choral Public Domain Library (CPDL is a Sheet music archive which focuses on choral and vocal Music in the Public domain. Catholic Encyclopedia. The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.
See also
This article is about Franz Gruber the Austrian composer There is also an article on the actor in the Japanese Tokusatsu movie and TV productions named Franz Gruber (actorDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic