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(Posted 2021-07-10) CPDL #65020: (MP3)

Editor: Geoff Allan (submitted 2021-07-10). Score information: A4, 16 pages, 805 kB Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: First Edition.

If you like this piece and decide to perform it please send a recording to me, the composer. I would love to hear it.

General Information

Title: A Song for Saint Cecilia
Composer: Geoff Allan
Lyricist: Joseph Addison
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genres: Secular & Sacred, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

First published: 2021
Description: A setting of the first verse of a poem to Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, by Joseph Addison (1672-1719) one line amended by me to make it a little more inclusive. Written in the hope of performance when amateur choirs are once again allowed to rehearse post covid-19.

Youtube score video address below

External websites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhQwrewKnmM

Original text and translations

English text

Cecilia, whose exalted hymns
With joy and wonder fill the blest,
In choirs of warbling seraphims
Known and distinguish'd from the rest;
Attend, harmonious saint, and see

This vocal band in harmony;

Attend, harmonious saint, and hear our prayers;
Enliven all our earthly airs,
And, as thou sing'st thy God, teach us to sing of thee:
Tune every string and every tongue,
Be thou the Muse and subject of our song.

Original line : Thy vocal sons of harmony;

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+Cecilia, whose exalted hymns
+With joy and wonder fill the blest,
+In choirs of warbling seraphims
+Known and distinguish'd from the rest;
+Attend, harmonious saint, and see
+* This vocal band in harmony;
+Attend, harmonious saint, and hear our prayers;
+Enliven all our earthly airs,
+And, as thou sing'st thy God, teach us to sing of thee:
+Tune every string and every tongue,
+Be thou the Muse and subject of our song.
+* Original line : Thy vocal sons of harmony;}}
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