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Great orchestras and great singers “discovered” the song and in the ensuing years it has beocme a part of our Christmas heritage.
Father Mohr never lived to see the greatness the song would achieve. He died in 1848 and his parishioners had to [jay for the burial of the poor, but also died poor and obscure, perhaps—perhaps not—aware that the world would always be thankful for “Silent Night, (Holy Night.”
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