It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Pedal Harp and Melody Instrument)

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Serena O’Meara’s arrangement of Richard Willis’s classic Christmas melody “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” is for pedal harp and any of the following instruments: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet in B-flat, alto saxophone, violin, viola, or cello. Unitarian minister Edmund Sears wrote the lyrics for this hymn in 1849 in Massachusetts, and in 1850 American composer of hymns Richard Storrs Willis set those lyrics to music. This arrangement contains 4 verses separated by an interlude, allowing the performers to stop at the end of each verse. The melody is divided evenly between parts. Click here to see the O’Meara’s arrangement of this piece for two harps.

This piece is available as a PDF download in the following combinations:
(Each version includes score and both parts in one PDF.)

• Harp and Flute version: $10.00
• Harp and Oboe version: $10.00
• Harp and Clarinet version: $10.00
• Harp and Bassoon version: $10.00
• Harp and French Horn version: $10.00
• Harp and Trumpet in B-flat version: $10.00
• Harp and Alto Saxophone version: $10.00
• Harp and Violin version: $10.00
• Harp and Viola version: $10.00
• Harp and Cello version: $10.00

Pages to print: score and parts file for each version is 12 pgs.

Duration: 4:42