The curator of a parish in Overendorf Austria, Joseph Moore gave a poem he had written to a friend of his Farns Gruber, who was also the coir master and organist at that church.

He asked Mr. Gruber if he would write music for his poem and for two solo voices and guitar accompaniment because the organ was broken and he desperately wanted music to be part of their Christmas Eve. service. Mr. Gruber wrote the melody to a song which would become the most beloved of all Christmas Carols. Francine is performing this song in both English and in French, her mother tongue!