It Came Upon a Midnight Clear [orchestration for low voice, A-flat]: Low Voice, Orchestra Accompaniment, Conductor Score

Richard Storrs Willis (1819-1900), a student of Felix Mendelssohn, originally wrote the melody that because known as IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR in 1850 as ORGAN STUDY No. 23. The melody has also been known as simply CAROL. The tune soon became the setting for the hymn "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear," written by Edmund Hamilton Sears written in 1849, first published in 1850, Boston: The Christian Register. This setting of the text is among the most well-known Christmas carols in the United States. William Ryden has created two arrangements for high voice (key of C) or low voice (key of A-flat) and orchestra. Both arrangements are available from the publisher.