Franz Xaver Gruber
Franz Xaver Gruber (25 November 1787 – 7 June 1863) was an Austrian primary school teacher, church organist and composer in the village of Arnsdorf, who is best known for composing the music to "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night").
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Top Tracks
- Silent Night
- Bless This House (with Susan Boyle) (Arr. by Simon Lole)
- Australian Blessing
- Stille Nacht (Salzburg, Austria)
- Irish Blessing (with The Priests) (Arr. by Simon Lole)
- How Can I Keep from Singing? (with Dame Judi Dench) (Arr. by Ian Tilley & Fiona Pears)
- Down by the Salley Gardens (Arr. by Ian Tilley & Fiona Pears)
- Ave Maria (Arr. by Simon Lole)
- Vespera (with Libera)
- Loving Kindness
- Anfonaf Angel (Arr. by Robert Ramskill)
- Silent Night, Holy Night
- Stille Nacht
- Sunrise Sunset (Arr. by Fiona Pears)
- Silent Night
- If I Can Help Somebody / Let There Be Peace on Earth (with Harry Billinge MBE) (Arr. by Simon Lole)
- Silent Night
- Gruber: Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
- Silent Night (with Brian Blessed)
- Gruber: Silent night (Arr. Willcocks)
Albums (11)
- Classical Christmas Around the World (2025)
- "Nutcracker" - On the Way to Christmas (2025)
- Instrumentale Weihnachten (2024)
- Christmas from Norway (2023)
- Noche de Paz (Arr. for Choir by James Burton) (2023)
- Silent Night (Arr. for String Ensemble by Vivan & Ketan Bhatti) (2022)
- Blessings (2020)
- Yulefest! - Christmas Music & Carols from Trinity College Cambridge (2015)
- Weihnachten mit dem Thomanerchor (1970)
- A Christmas Present from Polyphony (2004)
- Adeste fideles: Christmas Music from Westminster Cathedral (1993)
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