TENOR: From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began. When nature, underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head. The tuneful Voice, was heard from high, Arise! Arise! Arise ye more than dead! Then cold, and hot, and moist, and dry, In order to their stations leap! And music's power obey! And music's power obey!
| Librettist | (Based on a new setting of an earlier poem ("A Song for St. Cecilia's Day") by John Dryden (1631-1700)) |
| Date of composition | 1739 (15-24 September 1739) |
| Premiered | 1739, November 22nd (Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields) in London, UK |
| Type | Cantata |
| Catalogue | HWV 76 |
| Spoken language | English |
| Instruments |
Orchestra
Voice (Soprano) Voice (Tenor) Chorus/Choir |
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Georg Friedrich Haendel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76 Georg Friedrich Händel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76 Georg Friedrich Händel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76 |