- Silent Night: Gruber Gallery - http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/museum/59/gruber.html
History of the song's composer with pictures, his document attesting his own part in creating the carol, and links to other entries in the Silent Night Online Museum.
- Plaque Honoring Fr. Joseph Mohr and Franz Gruber - http://carmelnet.org/christmas/SilentNight/Origins/Plaque/plaque.htm
Photograph of an Austrian memorial to the Silent Night creators includes link to MIDI versions and to one version of the song's history.
- Stille Nacht: About Franz Gruber - http://web.inter.nl.net/users/R.Thiesen/engruber.htm
Brief biography focusing on his humble origins, musical education, and positions held in various churches. Includes a photograph of his grave.
- Franz Xaver Gruber - http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/g/r/gruber_fx.htm
Brief biography and portrait linked to Joseph Mohr information, text, MIDI tune, and MWC score of Silent Night plus translations of his carol Holy Night. From the CyberHymnal.
- Gruber, Franz Xaver - http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=3894
Brief musical biography focused on Silent Night from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
- Franz Grüber - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0345045/
Filmography listing pictures using Silent Night at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
- Franz Xaver Gruber - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8225678&pt=Franz%20Gruber
Biography, portrait, and picture of his grave near the entrance to his museum in Hallein, Austria. Includes interactive memorial.
- Franz Xaver Gruber - http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/g/gruber.html
Listing at the Lied and Art Songs Text Page with lyrics to "Glade jul, dejlige jul."
- Silent Night and Local History Museum - http://www.oberndorf.co.at/museum/defaultgb.htm
Regional information plus brief biography of the song's composer and writer, portraits, and model of Gruber's birth home in Oberndorf, in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria.
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