It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
~ Recording by Leontyne Price, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 260.7 | It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Arr. Friedrich Meyer) | 1:51 | [traditional] | Herbert von Karajan Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Decca | Herbert von Karajan | Other + Compilation |
| Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue‐over‐red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only), Deutsche Grammophon | 479 8160 |
Relationships
| choir vocals: | Wiener Großstadtkinderchor (in 1961-06) Wiener Singverein (in 1961-06) |
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| soprano vocals: | Leontyne Price (soprano) (in 1961-06) |
| orchestra: | Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 1961-06) |
| conductor: | Herbert von Karajan (conductor) (in 1961-06) |
| arranger: | Friedrich Meyer (composer, bandleader) |
| recorded at: | Sofiensaal in Landstraße (in 1961-06) |
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| recording of: | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version) |
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Related works
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (carol version)
| lyricist: | Edmund Sears (American church author) |
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| composer: | Richard Storrs Willis |
| referred to in medleys: | Medley: Deck the Halls / Joy to the World / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (order: 3) Noëls pour cordes (Christmas Carols for Strings) (order: 4) The Merry Christmas Medley: We Wish You a Merry Christmas / Angels From the Realms of Glory / Hark the Herald Angels Sing / It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (order: 4) |
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| later translated versions: | Pār mazo ciemu ielejā (Latvian version of "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear") |
| is based on: | CAROL (hymn tune) It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (poem) |
| is the basis for: | Midnight Clear (Love Song) Paraphrase on ‘It Came upon the Midnight Clear’ |
| arrangements: | It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (arr. Scott Kritzer) It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Gordon Jenkins arr.) It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Carla Bley arrangement) It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (arr. J. Paterson) It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. C. J. Franklin) It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (arr. Barry Manilow) Midnight Clear |
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