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For the holiday season, a Christmas carol from 1902 Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (Silent Night, Holy Night).


Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
 
Company Edison's National Phonograph Company
Cylinder # 12388
Category Baritone
Title Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
Performed by Hans Hoffman
Circa 1902
Announcement (Translated from German) "'Silent Night, Holy Night', a Christmas song sung by opera singer Hans Hoffman, Edison record."
 

Enjoy an early Edison molded wax cylinder of this classic nineteenth century Christmas carol.

To learn more about the history of this carol, see the article on "Silent Night" (courtesy of Wikipedia).

To hear Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht   —

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Interested in hearing other 'Christmasy' wax cylinder recordings?

Key Title Category Performed by Circa
12/2002 Hallelujah Chorus Band Battery Band of New York 1894
12/1997 Joy to the World Band Edison Concert Band 1906
12/1998 O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis) Quartette Columbia Quartette 1904
12/2004 Ring Out the Bells for Christmas Band Edison Concert Band 1907
12/2000 The Sleigh Ride Party Descriptive selection The Greater New York Quartette 1898

                                       


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