200 Years of 'Silent Night': Singers Mark Carol's Birthday

One of the most famous songs of Christmas was celebrated Tuesday as it approaches its 200th anniversary, with a concert at the New York City church where "Silent Night" is believed to have been sung in the United States for the first time and where a priest was the first to publish an English translation of the Austrian carol.   The performance of the carol by Austria's Kroell Family Singers and ensembles from Trinity Church took place at the Alexander Hamilton memorial...

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