"It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" lyrics were written by Edmund Sears in 1849 and set to music in 1850 by Richard Storrs Willis. Phoebe Yeung has arranged this carol as a handbell quartet using singing bells and suspended mallets at the beginning to accentuate the silence of a starry night. In the middle of the piece, the melodic line is transferred from the bass ringer to the top ringer, with the other ringers using a 4-in-hand technique to play the accompaniment. The piece concludes like an echo that is fading, with suspended mallets to end the piece.
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Composer:
Willis, Richard S.
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Arranger:
Yeung, Phoebe T. T.
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Octaves:
4
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Level:
NA
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Rating:
Medium
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Copyright:
2021
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Season:
Christmas
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Less than a full handbell choir:
Quartet
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Classification:
Church or Concert
, Concert
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Technique:
Mallet
, LV (Let Vibrate)
, SB (Singing Bell or Bowl)
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Voicing:
Handbells, No Choral
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Bells Used:
Four Octaves: 37 Bells
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