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Saint Cecilia. Saint Cecilia (Latin: Sancta Caecilia), also spelled Cecelia, was a Roman Christian virgin martyr, who is venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden. [2] She became the patroness of music and musicians, it being written that, as the musicians played at her wedding, Cecilia ...
Saint Cecilia is an EP by American rock band Foo Fighters. It was released as a free digital download on November 23, 2015. [ 2 ] Initially intended as a sign of gratitude to the group's fans, the EP was also dedicated to the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris. [ 3 ][ 4 ] A single from the EP, " Saint Cecilia ", peaked at number 3 on the ...
Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel song) " Cecilia " is a song by American musical duo Simon & Garfunkel. It was released in April 1970 as the third single from the duo's fifth and final studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). Written by Paul Simon, the song's origins lie in a late-night party, in which the duo and friends began banging on a ...
La Santa Cecilia. La Santa Cecilia is an American band based in Los Angeles, California [1] that plays a blend of cumbia, bossa nova, [2] and boleros, among other styles. [3] The group is named after Santa Cecilia, who is the patron saint of musicians. [2] The band seeks to represent a US bicultural identity, both immersed in modern music but ...
] Holding Absence announced a surprise split EP with label mates Loathe, as well as releasing their fifth single "Saint Cecilia". [11] This Is as One was released in March 2018, accompanied by a unique co-headline tour with the two bands.
The Saint Cecilia Altarpiece is an oil painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael.Completed in his later years, in around 1516–1517, the painting depicts Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians and Church music, listening to a choir of angels in the company of Saints Paul, John the Evangelist, Augustine and Mary Magdalene.
Date. 22 November 1739. (1739-11-22) Location. Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76, is a cantata composed by George Frideric Handel in 1739. The title of the cantata refers to Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians. The premiere was on 22 November 1739 at the Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.
Hail! Bright Cecilia (Z. 328), also known as Ode to St. Cecilia, was composed by Henry Purcell to a text by the Irishman Nicholas Brady in 1692 in honour of the feast day of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of musicians. Annual celebrations of this saint's feast day (22 November) began in 1683, organised by the Musical Society of London, a group of ...