Pentatonix's Unique Take On Classic 'Silent Night' Is Casting A Spell On Everyone

Dec 18, 2018 by apost team

Christmas is just a few days away! The snow is falling and the weather is cold. We're all wearing our warm winter coats. It's the perfect time of year to enjoy Christmas music done by one of the best a cappella groups out there today. And they've got the talent for holiday songs.

Pentatonix is one of those groups that never disappoint. They came together to sing a beloved Christmas song, "Silent Night." Their rendition of this Holiday favorite will leave chills down your back.

Their pure voices and amazing vocalization prove why there is no need to over produce a song to get the best sound possible. It just requires a beautiful talent.

Almost everyone knows the words to Silent Night. This Christmas Carol is the work of Josef Mohr, who composed it 200 years ago. The song was first sung in Austria on Christmas Eve of 1818.

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Legend goes that Josef Mohr was looking for a carol for worship. On that Christmas Eve, Mohr brought a special poem he had written a few years earlier to a composer named Franz Gruber. Gruber was able to compose a song in a single day to be performed that evening at Midnight Mass. It was first played on guitar since the church organ was in need of repair. The entire congregation sang this brand-new carol that evening.

The original version of Silent Night went a bit faster than we sing it today. However, the song was so popular minstrels brought the song on tours throughout Europe. Eventually, it was played in front of King Frederic William IV of Prussia.

By the late 1800s, the carol had been translated to English and made its way to the United States, where it was first published in a book called the Sunday School Hymnal.

These days Silent Night is one of the most beloved and famous Christmas carols today. Thousands of artists have recorded it in almost every genre of music

The Pentatonix version is something new and fresh, and one that people can listen to over and over. The simple background of the church and their harmonic voices create the perfect rendition of "Silent Night." Take a look for yourself.

How do you rate Pentatonix's version? Let us know which artist sings the best version in your opinion. Let others hear this beautiful rendition for themselves.