In 1839, the Ludwig Rainer choir travelled from Austria to the USA and sang folk songs at the Alexander Hamilton Monument ...
Christmas would now hardly be complete ... Thanks to Wikipedia mainly, I discovered that the carol came from Austria, that the words had been written by a young Austrian priest, called Fr Joseph ...
Almost five months after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and the ambitious powers of the world began the First World ...
Here, on Christmas Eve in 1818, Father Joseph Mohr first strummed Silent Night on his guitar, accompanied by a melody ...
Carols like Silent Night and O Holy Night celebrate the nativity with beautiful melodies. Hark The Herald Angels Sing and Joy to the World emphasize Christ's birth, while The First Noel narrates the ...
A Kolkata boy and UK resident takes a stroll through his favourite festive markets — from Salzburg and Vienna, to London and ...
Even in the storm. Even in the dark, Jesus is God with us. When we put our hands into his, in the midst of the chaos he ...
In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...
While Christmas carols are sung in church, this hasn t always been the case The new book Deck the Hall by composer Andrew ...