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DVD

The first silent night : the Christmas carol that united the world

Call Number

  • DVD 782.281723 F5277 (WSQ)

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Languages

In English, with English subtitles.

Performers

Hosted and narrated by Simon Callow.

Publication Information

Boston : PBS Distribution, [2015]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 60 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Join renowned actor Simon Callow as he uncovers the moving origins of Silent Night. Simon journeys to the Austrian village of Oberndorf as well as the city of Salzburg, where the story of the world's favorite carol had its origins. The First Silent Night introduces us to two impoverished children--Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber--who grew up in Austria's cobbled streets and wooded villages. The hard years that shaped them would also destine them to meet one day in a poor country church to unite Gruber's music and Mohr's text into this classic carol about the birth of a third poor boy on a quiet night in ancient Palestine.

Notes

Subtitle from container.

"As seen on public television"--Container.

Originally broadcast on public television in 2014.

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