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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)".
Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27, for unaccompanied choir (poem by W. H. Auden; 1942) A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28, for treble voices and harp (1942); an alternative arrangement for mixed voices and harp (or piano) is popular as well; Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30, for four soloists, choir, and organ (text by Christopher Smart; 1943)
Britten's birthplace in Lowestoft, which was the Britten family home for more than twenty years. Britten was born in the fishing port of Lowestoft in Suffolk, on the east coast of England on 22 November 1913, [1] the feast day of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. [2]
Benjamin Britten wrote a Hymn to St Cecilia, a setting for the poem by W. H. Auden. Paul Simon wrote the 1970 song "Cecilia" which title refers to the patron saint of music. [34] Lou Harrison wrote his Mass for St. Cecilia's Day for choir, harp, and drone (1983–86).
Britten – Hymn to St Cecilia; Castelnuovo – Naomi and Ruth; Chopin – Nocturnes, Op. 27; Elgar – From the Bavarian Highlands; Elgar – Three Bavarian Dances; Enescu – Orchestral Suite No. 3; Grieg – String Quartet No. 1; Klebe – Die tödlichen Wünsche; Lover – Heimliche Aufforderung; Mendelssohn – Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
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Britten composed the music at the same time as the Hymn to St. Cecilia and in similar style. Originally conceived as a series of unrelated songs, it was later unified into one piece with the framing processional and recessional chant in unison based on the Gregorian antiphon "Hodie Christus natus est".