Daily Quiz for December 14, 2012

"It Came upon a Midnight Clear," first performed in 1849. Sears, the lyricist, was a Unitarian minister in Massachusetts. Willis had become a friend of Felix Mendelssohn while living in Germany and adopted his melody "Carol" as the tune to "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear." Willis composed many hymns and songs and was a music critic for The New York Tribune.