Description & Musical Analysis
Hear the French original of O Holy Night, Adolphe Adam’s Minuit Chrétiens, in this complete 69-second piano MIDI based on Mutopia’s three-page voice-and-piano score.
How to Play & Trivia
O Holy Night in its French original
Adolphe Adam’s “Minuit Chrétiens,” also known by its English title “O Holy Night,” pairs music with words by Placide Clappeau. Mutopia’s three-page edition is written for voice and piano in C major and 4/4.
Listen and practice
The complete MIDI lasts 1 minute and 9 seconds and contains 617 notes at 112 BPM. It follows the vocal melody and both piano staves in the score; the MIDI renders all three lines with a piano sound. Listen for the broad melody over the piano’s rolling triplet accompaniment, then practice each line separately before combining them.
Score and source
This MIDI is the file distributed with Mutopia’s “Minuit Chrétiens,” sourced from the Léon Grus edition and maintained by Gérard Gréco. The score credits Adolphe Adam and lyricist Placide Clappeau and is marked Public Domain. [View the complete score and MIDI source](https://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=640) · [Public Domain Mark](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/).
Available Instruments: Piano (Grand, Upright, Electric), Synthesizer, Organ, Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Viola Caipira, Ukulele, Bass (4 and 5 strings), Violin, Viola, Cello, Harp, Kalimba, Marimba, Xylophone, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Recorder, Flute, Ocarina, Saxophone, Clarinet, and Trumpet.
Explore songs connected by artist, style, or collection.
