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The manuscript of the world's most famous Christmas song "Silent Night,holy night" on the desk of composer and school teacher Franz Gruber in his house in Hallein,Austria.
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The manuscript of the world's most famous Christmas song "Silent Night,holy nigh...

The manuscript of the world's most famous Christmas song "Silent Night,Holy Night" on the desk of composer and school teacher Franz Gruber in his house in Hallein near Salzburg,Austria.
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The manuscript of the world's most famous Christmas song "Silent Night,Holy...

Italian organ grinders used to play in Luebeck around Christmas; in his novel "The Buddenbrooks", German writer Thomas Mann describes the scene. An Italian hand-organ of 1880 stands in one of the narrow streets of Old Luebeck. A Christmas tree is seen in the window.
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Italian organ grinders used to play in Luebeck around Christmas; in his novel...

Christmas Eve of a wealthy bourgeois family in Luebeck, Germany, as described by Thomas Mann in his novel "The Buddenbrooks".
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Christmas Eve of a wealthy bourgeois family in Luebeck, Germany, as...

Christmas Eve of a wealthy, bourgeois family in Luebeck, Germany, as described by writer Thomas Mann in his novel "The Buddenbrooks".
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Christmas Eve of a wealthy, bourgeois family in Luebeck, Germany, as...

Christmas morning of a wealthy Luebeck family, as described by German writer Thomas Mann in his novel "The Buddenbrooks".
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Christmas morning of a wealthy Luebeck family, as described by German writ...

Creche with the Adoration of the Magi, early 19th, in the house of Franz Gruber, composer of the world- famous Christmas song "Silent Night,holy night".
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Creche with the Adoration of the Magi, early 19th, in the house of Franz Gr...

Franz Gruber, schoolteacher in Arnsdorf, Austria. When the old organ broke down one Christmas, the Parish priest Joseph Mohr wrote a few verses and asked Gruber to compose a simple melody that could be accompanied on the guitar.The song "Silent Night,holy night" was born.
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Franz Gruber, schoolteacher in Arnsdorf, Austria. When the old organ broke...

The manuscript of the world's most famous Christmas song "Silent Night,holy night" on the desk of composer and school teacher Franz Gruber in his house in Hallein,Austria.
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The manuscript of the world's most famous Christmas song "Silent Night,holy...

Winter night in the village of Arnsdorf, Austria. It was here that the organ broke down before Christmas and school teacher Gruber composed a simple melody that could be accompanied on a guitar.The world's best loved Christmas song "Silent Night, Holy Night" was born.
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Winter night in the village of Arnsdorf, Austria. It was here that the organ...

Adoration of the Magi, detail from a triptych, French. 2nd half 14th. Ebony panel, H: 14,9 cm
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Adoration of the Magi, detail from a triptych, French. 2nd half 14th....

Psalter of Ingeburg of Denmark,France,around 1210. MS 9/1695, fol.16 verso Annunciation to the shepherds; Presentation in the Temple.
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Psalter of Ingeburg of Denmark,France,around 1210. MS 9/1695, fol.16 verso Annun...