In the fall of 1847, a French wine merchant, Placide Cappeau, was asked by his local priest to write a Christmas poem. Not long after, Placide Cappeau showed this poem, “Minuit, chrétiens,” to the ...

With words written by a French wine commissioner who was not particularly religious and later declared himself to be a socialist, and music composed by a gifted Jewish musician who did not consider ...

Caruso, Bjorling, Pavarotti, Carreras, Domingo, Alagna, Kaufmann, Florez and (Eric) Cartman. One of these things is not like the other, ‘tis true, but there is one way in which they are kind of the ...

More than 100 musicians from the College of St. Scholastica will bring the “O Holy Night” Christmas concert to the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Duluth. There are two performances, at 7:30 on ...

Adolphe Adam (1803-1856) was a French composer best known for the ballet Giselle and the Christmas carol O Holy Night. He also wrote many works for the Paris Opera and taught at the Paris Conservatory ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Celine Dion's version of “O Holy Night,” which she released in 1998 ...

Wow. Just when you think it's impossible to bring any kind of new life to an age-old Christmas classic, Jennifer Nettles and John Legend go and prove you wrong. The pair teamed up for an absolutely ...

Every year, we invite the nation to vote for their favourite Christmas carols. And for the sixth year running in The Nation’s Favourite Carol, Adolphe Adam’s ‘O Holy Night’ has been voted to the No.1 ...

Billie Eilish covered the Christmas classic ‘O Holy Night’ during a Los Angeles show over the weekend. Check it out below. READ MORE: Billie Eilish – ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’ review: bold, brilliant and ...

This is John Sullivan Dwight’s translation from 1855. He was a Unitarian minister and a schoolmaster at the Brook Farm commune who went on to become America’s first influential music critic. That ...