Cappeau showed this poem, “Minuit, chrétiens,” to the famed French composer Adolphe Adam, and within a few ... The American music critic John Sullivan Dwight translated the lyrics of this ...

Not long after, Placide Cappeau showed this poem, “Minuit, chrétiens,” to the famed French composer Adolphe Adam ... music critic John Sullivan Dwight, dates from 1855. “O Holy Night ...

Composed in 1847 by Adolphe Adam, ‘O Holy Night’ is still adored the world over, 170 years on. A tale of humanity’s redemption, the ‘Cantique de Noël’ is a much-loved favourite in our annual countdown ...