[78-L] Silent Night

[Michael Biel]

From: DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com>
> So the Elsie Baker side of 19823 is acoustic?? db

I think we just don't have the info on the electrical recording session
and take.  

> P.S.  Has anyone noticed that on one, if not two, of the usually worded versions
> by Bing Crosby, he sings the last line as "Sleeps in heavenly peace." rather than
> the more common "Sleep in heavenly peace."?  I was surprised to hear that but when
> you think about it, it makes more sense.

Interesting point. It would depend on who is sleeping.  The line before
in this translation is "Holy infant so tender and mild."  If it is the
baby who is sleeping, sleeps does make more sense.  But if it is a
admonition for the listeners to sleep in heavenly peace this night (as I
always interpreted it) than sleep is more correct.  I'm trying to
remember what the line is in German.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com



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Subject: [78-L] Silent Night

I just had a look on Tyrone's site, and found the source of the earlier
question:  19823 has the same selections as 17164, with 'Hark the
herald.....' shown as matrix BVE.11120-4 and a recording date of 16
October
1925 (recorded 14 years to the day after the acoustic recording) whilst
'Silent night' is shown with the same matrix number and recording date
(11791-1, 26 March 1912) as for 17164.

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