{"slug": "stille-nacht", "name": "STILLE NACHT", "meter_label": "Irregular", "meter": {"pattern": [6, 6, 8, 9, 6, 6], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": true}, "composer": "franz-gruber", "composer_date": "1818", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "bes", "mode": "major"}, "preferred_harmonization": "stille-nacht-concordia-1908", "provenance": {"layer": "tune", "source": "concordia-kinderchore-1908", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Franz Xaver Gruber, 1818. Composer d. 1863.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"tune_auth": "stille_nacht_gruber", "total_instances": 851}}, "harmonization": {"slug": "stille-nacht-concordia-1908", "tune": "stille-nacht", "music_file": "stille-nacht-concordia-1908.ly", "harmonizer": "composite", "arrangement_type": "composite", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "bes", "mode": "major"}, "time": "6/8", "pickup": null, "system_breaks": [14, 23, 32], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": true, "refrain": null, "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "concordia-kinderchore-1908", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "Open Hymnal Project 2014.06, X:68", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Gruber's STILLE NACHT, 1818; this setting from Concordia Kinderch\u00f6re, 1908. All pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "music_ly": "%% Imported from Open Hymnal ABC X:68 via tools/abc_import.py\n%% Silent Night \u2014 STILLE NACHT (Irregular)\n%% Variable melisma: each stanza holds different notes, so the lyrics carry\n%% per-stanza '_' skips and the harmonization sets verse_variable_melisma: true\n%% (build_hymn_ly emits \\set melismaBusyProperties = #'() so the music's own\n%% slur stays visual but does not drive the lyrics).\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key bes \\major \\time 6/8 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  f'8. g'16 f'8 d'4. f'8. g'16 f'8 d'4. c''4 c''8 a'4. bes'4 bes'8 f'4. g'4 g'8 bes'8.( a'16) g'8 f'8. g'16 f'8 d'4. g'4 g'8 bes'8. a'16 g'8 f'8. g'16 f'8 d'4. c''4 c''8 ees''8. c''16 a'8 bes'4.( d''4.) bes'8( f'8) d'8 f'8. ees'16 c'8 bes2.\n}\nalto = {\n  d'8. ees'16 d'8 bes4. d'8. ees'16 d'8 bes4. ees'4 ees'8 ees'4. d'4 d'8 d'4. ees'4 ees'8 g'8. f'16 ees'8 d'8. ees'16 d'8 bes4. ees'4 ees'8 g'8. f'16 ees'8 d'8. ees'16 d'8 bes4. f'4 f'8 f'8. f'16 f'8 f'2. bes4 bes8 a8. a16 a8 bes2.\n}\ntenor = {\n  f4 f8 f4. f4 f8 f4. a4 a8 c'4. bes4 bes8 bes4. bes4 bes8 bes4 bes8 bes8. bes16 bes8 bes4. bes4 bes8 bes8. bes16 bes8 bes8. bes16 bes8 bes4. a4 a8 a8. a16 ees'8 d'4.( bes4.) f4 f8 f8. f16 ees8 d2.\n}\nbass = {\n  bes,4 bes,8 bes,4. bes,4 bes,8 bes,4. f4 f8 f4. bes,4 bes,8 bes,4. ees4 ees8 ees4 ees8 bes,8. bes,16 bes,8 bes,4. ees4 ees8 ees8. ees16 ees8 bes,8. bes,16 bes,8 bes,4. f4 f8 f8. f16 f8 bes2. d4 bes,8 f,8. f,16 f,8 bes,2.\n}\n\n%% --- lyrics (variable melisma: '_' marks held notes per stanza) ---\n%%   1: \"Si -- _ lent night, ho -- _ ly night, All is calm, all is bright Round yon vir -- _ gin mo -- ther and Child. Ho -- ly In -- fant, so ten -- der and mild, Sleep in hea -- ven -- ly peace, _ Sleep _ in hea -- ven -- ly peace.\"\n%%   2: \"Si -- _ lent night, ho -- _ ly night, Shep -- herds quake at the sight; Glo -- ries stream _ from hea -- ven a -- far, Heaven -- ly hosts _ sing Al -- le -- lu -- ia! Christ the Sa -- vior is born, _ Christ _ the Sa -- vior is born!\"\n%%   3: \"Si -- _ lent night, ho -- _ ly night, Son of God, love's pure light; Ra -- diant beams _ from Thy ho -- ly face With the dawn of re -- deem -- _ ing grace, Je -- sus, Lord, at Thy birth, _ Je -- _ sus, Lord, at Thy birth.\"\n%%   4: \"Si -- _ lent night, ho -- _ ly night Won -- drous star, lend thy light; With the an -- _ gels let _ us sing, Al -- le -- lu -- _ ia to _ our King; Christ the Sa -- vior is born, _ Christ _ the Sa -- vior is born!\"\n"}, "harmonizations": [{"slug": "stille-nacht-concordia-1908", "tune": "stille-nacht", "music_file": "stille-nacht-concordia-1908.ly", "harmonizer": "composite", "arrangement_type": "composite", "canonical_key": {"tonic": "bes", "mode": "major"}, "time": "6/8", "pickup": null, "system_breaks": [14, 23, 32], "final_barline": "|.", "amen": false, "verse_variable_melisma": true, "refrain": null, "provenance": {"layer": "harmonization", "source": "concordia-kinderchore-1908", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "encoding_origin": "Open Hymnal Project 2014.06, X:68", "encoding_license": "PD-dedication", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Gruber's STILLE NACHT, 1818; this setting from Concordia Kinderch\u00f6re, 1908. All pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "music_ly": "%% Imported from Open Hymnal ABC X:68 via tools/abc_import.py\n%% Silent Night \u2014 STILLE NACHT (Irregular)\n%% Variable melisma: each stanza holds different notes, so the lyrics carry\n%% per-stanza '_' skips and the harmonization sets verse_variable_melisma: true\n%% (build_hymn_ly emits \\set melismaBusyProperties = #'() so the music's own\n%% slur stays visual but does not drive the lyrics).\n\\version \"2.24.0\"\n\nglobal  = { \\key bes \\major \\time 6/8 }\n\nsoprano = {\n  f'8. g'16 f'8 d'4. f'8. g'16 f'8 d'4. c''4 c''8 a'4. bes'4 bes'8 f'4. g'4 g'8 bes'8.( a'16) g'8 f'8. g'16 f'8 d'4. g'4 g'8 bes'8. a'16 g'8 f'8. g'16 f'8 d'4. c''4 c''8 ees''8. c''16 a'8 bes'4.( d''4.) bes'8( f'8) d'8 f'8. ees'16 c'8 bes2.\n}\nalto = {\n  d'8. ees'16 d'8 bes4. d'8. ees'16 d'8 bes4. ees'4 ees'8 ees'4. d'4 d'8 d'4. ees'4 ees'8 g'8. f'16 ees'8 d'8. ees'16 d'8 bes4. ees'4 ees'8 g'8. f'16 ees'8 d'8. ees'16 d'8 bes4. f'4 f'8 f'8. f'16 f'8 f'2. bes4 bes8 a8. a16 a8 bes2.\n}\ntenor = {\n  f4 f8 f4. f4 f8 f4. a4 a8 c'4. bes4 bes8 bes4. bes4 bes8 bes4 bes8 bes8. bes16 bes8 bes4. bes4 bes8 bes8. bes16 bes8 bes8. bes16 bes8 bes4. a4 a8 a8. a16 ees'8 d'4.( bes4.) f4 f8 f8. f16 ees8 d2.\n}\nbass = {\n  bes,4 bes,8 bes,4. bes,4 bes,8 bes,4. f4 f8 f4. bes,4 bes,8 bes,4. ees4 ees8 ees4 ees8 bes,8. bes,16 bes,8 bes,4. ees4 ees8 ees8. ees16 ees8 bes,8. bes,16 bes,8 bes,4. f4 f8 f8. f16 f8 bes2. d4 bes,8 f,8. f,16 f,8 bes,2.\n}\n\n%% --- lyrics (variable melisma: '_' marks held notes per stanza) ---\n%%   1: \"Si -- _ lent night, ho -- _ ly night, All is calm, all is bright Round yon vir -- _ gin mo -- ther and Child. Ho -- ly In -- fant, so ten -- der and mild, Sleep in hea -- ven -- ly peace, _ Sleep _ in hea -- ven -- ly peace.\"\n%%   2: \"Si -- _ lent night, ho -- _ ly night, Shep -- herds quake at the sight; Glo -- ries stream _ from hea -- ven a -- far, Heaven -- ly hosts _ sing Al -- le -- lu -- ia! Christ the Sa -- vior is born, _ Christ _ the Sa -- vior is born!\"\n%%   3: \"Si -- _ lent night, ho -- _ ly night, Son of God, love's pure light; Ra -- diant beams _ from Thy ho -- ly face With the dawn of re -- deem -- _ ing grace, Je -- sus, Lord, at Thy birth, _ Je -- _ sus, Lord, at Thy birth.\"\n%%   4: \"Si -- _ lent night, ho -- _ ly night Won -- drous star, lend thy light; With the an -- _ gels let _ us sing, Al -- le -- lu -- _ ia to _ our King; Christ the Sa -- vior is born, _ Christ _ the Sa -- vior is born!\"\n", "preferred": true}], "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}