Placide Cappeau took the new song back to his home town of Roquemaure, where it was first performed at a ... dates from 1855. “O Holy Night” is one of the most dramatically beautiful Christmas ...
In 1855, English composer John Sullivan Dwight wrote the English version with a more distinct melody than the original hymn. Groban's "O Holy Night" currently sits at #96 on Billboard's list of ...