Title: Weaver of song
Description: Recounts how Franz Xaver Gruber, an Austrian weaver's son who was the organist in the town of Oberndorf in 1818, composed the music to accompany a Christmas song written by the village priest, a tune that became famous as "Silent Night."
Subjects: Carols, Juvenile literature
People: Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863)