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Silent Night

Franz Xaver Gruber (1787–1863) · Christmas carol (1818)

4:09

Doseedo AI orchestra · PDMX edition · 4:09

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Rights and use

Franz Xaver Gruber died in 1863, so the composition is in the public domain in the US and in the countries that protect a work for its author’s life plus 70 years. The edition this recording plays (PDMX) is released under CC0, so the notes carry no conditions either. Open it in Score Studio to time it to your video: the render you make there is yours to use, in an ad too (Terms §6.3).

The facts

Composer
Franz Xaver Gruber (1787–1863)
From
Christmas carol (1818)
Form
Sacred & choral
Period
Romantic
Length
4:09
In this recording
Violin, Flute, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, Acoustic piano
Edition
PDMX · source · CC0
Also known as
Stille Nacht · Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht

About the piece

Franz Xaver Gruber set Joseph Mohr’s poem Stille Nacht for two voices and guitar, and the two sang it at St Nicholas Church in Oberndorf, Austria, on Christmas Eve 1818. It has since been sung in hundreds of languages.

Gentle and unhurried, it suits the quiet end of the season: candles, snow on the window, a family asleep.

Sounds tender, calm, nostalgic · Cuts well to emotional storytelling, charity appeals, quiet product moments

Editions

Every score of Silent Night in the catalogue. Each plays the same piece from a different engraving; the MIDI is the edition itself.

FAQ

Is Silent Night royalty-free?

Franz Xaver Gruber died in 1863, so the composition is in the public domain in the US and in the countries that protect a work for its author’s life plus 70 years. The edition this recording plays (PDMX) is released under CC0, so the notes carry no conditions either.

Can I use Silent Night in an ad?

Yes. Open it in Score Studio, time it to your video and render it; you own the render you make (Terms §6.3), so it can go in a commercial, a social ad or a film.

How do I fit Silent Night to my video’s length?

Press “Time it to your video”: Score Studio opens with the piece loaded. Upload your cut and the composer times it to picture — where it starts, where it lands on a cut, how it ends — and can re-render it to fit.

Who plays this recording?

Doseedo’s AI orchestra: every part of the score played by its own instrument model, then mixed. It is a rendering of the score, not a recording of an orchestra.

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