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    Franz Xaver Gruber

    Austrian composer known for Silent Night

    Franz Xaver Gruber was an Austrian primary school teacher, church organist and composer in the village of Arnsdorf, who is best known for composing the music to "Stille Nacht". Wikipedia

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    When Franz Xaver Gruber was born on 25 November 1787, in Hochburg, Hochburg-Ach, Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, Austria, his father, Josephus Gruber, was 48 and his mother, Maria Anna Danner, was 40. He married Elisabeth Fischinger on 6 July 1807, in Arndorf, Zell am See, Salzburg, Austria. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.
  4. stillenacht.at

    Franz Xaver Gruber was born on November 25, 1787 at Unterweizburg 9 in the village of Hochburg in the Inn River region of Upper Austria. His given name was recorded in the baptismal record as "Conrad Xavier," but this was later changed to "Franz Xaver." The house of his birth, called "Steinpointsölde," is no longer standing.
  5. Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863) was born into a linen weaver's family and studied violin and organ even though his father wanted him to work in the family business. In addition to serving as parish organist for St. Nicholas Church in Obendorf, he taught school in nearby Arnsdorf (1807-1829) and Berndorf (1829-1833).
  6. stille-nacht-museum.at

    Franz Xaver Gruber. In the parish of Hochburg, on November 25, 1787, the fifth of six children was born to weavers Josef and Maria Gruber. The boy, born as Conrad Xavier Gruber, who later changed his name to "Franz Xaver," was expected to learn his father's weaving trade. However, Hochburg schoolteacher Andreas Peterlechner recognized the ...
  7. inmozartsfootsteps.com

    There he met Franz Gruber. The altar of St. Peter's Church in Salzburg. Gruber was born on November 25, 1787 in the village of Unterweizberg in Bavaria near the beginning of the Salzach River. His father was a poor weaver who believed his son should learn a useful trade and resisted young Franz's desire to learn music. This did not deter ...
  8. encyclopedia.com

    Gruber, Franz Xaver, Austrian composer, great-great- grandfather of H(einz) K(arl) Gruber; b. Unterweizburg, near Hochburg, Nov. 25, 1787; d. Hallein, near Salzburg, June 7, 1863. He was born into an impoverished family but managed to study organ. In 1807 he became a teacher at the Nebenschule in Arnsdorf. He was also cantor and organist at St ...
  9. en.wikipedia.org

    Franz Gruber (born February 10, 1930) is an American actor mostly known for having played in Japanese Tokusatsu movie/TV productions (e.g. Ultraman, Ultra Seven, Mighty Jack). [1] Life. Gruber was born in New York City in 1930. He was the son of German-American doctor Fredrick Gruber (1883-1960) and his wife Maria (1886-1961).
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