The names Joseph Mohr and Franz Xaver Gruber have largely vanished into the annals of Christmas tormentors, but their greatest triumph lives on. “Silent Night,” which Mohr wrote the lyrics for (in German) in 1816 and Gruber put to music two years later, is the most recorded Christmas song in the modern era of the holiday’s substantial oeuvre.
To determine this fact, TIME crawled the records at the U.S. Copyright Office, which offers digitized registrations going back to 1978, and collected data on every Christmas album recorded since that time. Read More...
Famous Birthdays Fred White, American drummer (Earth Wind & Fire, 1974-84 - "Shining Star"; "September"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2023) Jay McInerney, American novelist (Bright Lights, Big City), born in Hartford, Connecticut Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter (The Messengers), born in Adelaide, South Australia Titus M Mafolo, South African journalist/ANC-leader Trevor Rabin, South African-American rock guitarist (Yes, 1983-94 - "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"), and film score composer (National Treasure), born in Johannesburg, South Africa About January 13, 1955 Read More...
Publié le 31 août 2020par F. Fortin / MCM Presse Santé, médico-social, vieillissement, Sécurité À nouvelle semaine, nouvelle modification du décret du 10 juillet 2020 prescrivant les mesures générales nécessaires pour faire face à l'épidémie de Covid-19 ou presque. Le décret publié ce samedi donne principalement vie aux récentes annonces ministérielles.
Transports Pour les trajets qui ne font pas l'objet d'une attribution de sièges, le transporteur maritime ou fluvial ainsi que les entreprises proposant des services ferroviaires ou routiers de transports de personnes ne sont plus tenus d’informer les passagers qu’ils doivent adopter la plus grande distance possible entre eux et de veiller à ce que les voyageurs qui ne voyagent pas ensemble laissent entre eux la largeur d’un siège. Read More...
