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The song was performed by Sherwood in their album The Favourite Songs of Henry VIII. Laura Wright recorded a version, featured on her album The Last Rose (2011). George Eliot refers to this song in her novel The Mill on the Floss, Book 6, Chapter 13, as being sung by character Stephen Guest.
"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 piano bench .
"Celia" was written and recorded by Annah Mac. She wrote the song after her friend, Celia, asked to write a song about her. [2] The song is about "a best friend going astray, and trying to look after them." It was released as the fourth single from her album, Little Stranger.
Ben Jonson drew on the poem in poems 5, "Song. To Celia", and 6, "Song. To the Same" in his collection The Forrest. Soon thereafter, Sir Walter Raleigh included the following verse, apparently based on Campion's translation, in his The Historie of the World, which he wrote while imprisoned in the Tower of London: [3] [4]
Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 is a choral piece by Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), a setting of a poem by W. H. Auden written between 1940 and 1942. Auden's original title was "Three Songs for St. Cecilia's Day", and he later published the poem as "Anthem for St. Cecilia’s Day (for Benjamin Britten)".
The story of Amintor and Celia provides the narrative core for a number of restoration poems and songs, though the outcome of the story varies. A shorter version of the poem first appeared in Thomas Duffet's New Poems, Songs, Prologues and Epilogues, under the title Song to the Irish Tune. [2]
"Ríe y Llora" (English: "Laugh and Cry") is a song performed by Cuban recording artist Celia Cruz. The song was written by Sergio George and Fernando Osorio, produced by George and released as the lead single from Cruz's final studio album Regalo del Alma (2003) on 12 July 2003.
Brady's poem was derived from John Dryden's "A Song for St Cecilia's Day" of 1687. Following Dryden, Brady extols the birth and personality of musical instruments, including the idea that Cecilia invented the organ (see note 1). Purcell responds to the text by giving emphasis to the colours and dramatic possibilities of the baroque orchestra.