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Benjamin Britten

Hymn to St Cecilia

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.

References#

  • Britten, Benjamin. Hymn to St. Cecilia. Op. 27. New York: Boosey and Hawkes, 1942.
  • Carpenter, Humphrey. Benjamin Britten, A Biography. New York: C. Scribner and Sons, 1992.
  • Rosamond McGuiness, Tony Trowles. “Ode (ii): Odes for St. Cecilia’s Day”, Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 10 December 2004), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
  • Hymn to St Cecilia Britten Thematic Catalogue
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