This is a new printing of the original on sturdy paper. Vail presents “Silent Night” in this quiet pastorale. 8 pages. Highest quality guaranteed. Size of music is 9.5" x 12.5". $7.00.

George Maxen Vail (1892-c1974) was born in New York on July 2, 1892, the son of Ernest G Vail and Lulu F Holmes Vail. He was a graduate of the Guilmant Organ School in New York, where he studied with Clement R Gale (organ) and G Edward Stubbs (choral). He was organist at Orient Methodist Episcopal Church (1906–1910) and organist/director at St John’s Church, New Rochelle, New York (1911–1912), St Philip’s Church, Garrison, New York (1912–1913), St John’s Cathedral, Quincy, Illinois (1913–1915), Grace Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, New York (1915–1917), and organist of the Baptist Temple, Brooklyn (from 1918). He also served in the US Army during 1918. Vail worked for G Schirmer from 1916 to 1917 and was vice-president and editor for Harold Flammer afterwards. He studied at Yale University from 1920 and was organist/director at Christ and St Luke Church in Norfolk, Virginia (1928–1958). He is known for his anthem “King All Glorious” (1928), still in print. “The Holy Night” is dedicated to William Anderson, organist/choirmaster of St John’s Episcopal Church, Stamford, Connecticut. Compare it with Dudley Buck’s “The Holy Night”. Easy.