It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

literary work; poem by Edmund Sears, Christmas carol
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It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

Summary

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (89 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear authored Edmund Sears[3].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's instance of is recorded as lyrics[5].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's genre is Christmas carol[6].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's genre is hymn text[7].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear is used for Christmas hymn[8].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's Commons category is recorded as It Came Upon the Midnight Clear[9].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear was published on December 29, 1849[11].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's has edition or translation is recorded as It Came Upon the Midnight Clear[12].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's has edition or translation is recorded as It Came upon a Midnight Clear[13].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's published in is recorded as The English Hymnal[14].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'It Came Upon the Midnight Clear'}[15].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'It Came Upon a Midnight Clear'}[16].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's has melody is recorded as CAROL[17].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's has melody is recorded as Noel[18].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'It came upon the midnight clear'}[19].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's used metre is recorded as common-metre double[20].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's derivative work is recorded as Jag ser en stjärna på himmelen[21].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Christian Hymns[22].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's copyright status is recorded as public domain[23].
  • It Came Upon the Midnight Clear's form of creative work is recorded as poem[24].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Poem[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0947903b-39bd-4c15-9d6a-306178b4e5ff[26]

Body

Authorship and Creation

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear authored Edmund Sears[3].

Publication

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear was published on December 29, 1849[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include Christmas carol[6] and hymn text[7].

Why It Matters

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (89 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Wikisource. wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name English
    Copyright status public domain
    Published in The English Hymnal
    Has use Christmas hymn
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