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Attend, harmonious saint, and hear our prayers; | Attend, harmonious saint, and hear our prayers; | ||
Enliven all our earthly airs, | Enliven all our earthly airs, | ||
And, as thou sing'st thy God, teach us to sing of thee: | |||
Tune every string and every tongue, | Tune every string and every tongue, | ||
Be thou the Muse and subject of our song. | Be thou the Muse and subject of our song. | ||
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- (Posted 2021-07-10) CPDL #65020:
- 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
Genre: Sacred, Secula, 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:
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;