Richard Storrs Willis
1819–1900 · 19th century · 1 melody
Richard Storrs Willis (1819–1900) was a composer and music critic from Boston. Melody you can play here: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.
His tune "Carol" (1850) is the melody of It Came Upon the Midnight Clear in North America. He studied music in Germany, where he met Felix Mendelssohn, and later edited music magazines in New York.