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)".
Date of composition | 1942 (1941 - 2 April 1942; revised in 1966) |
Premiered | 1942, November 22nd in London, United Kingdom |
Dedicated to | 'To Elizabeth Mayer' |
Type | Sacred choral |
Catalogue | BTC 917 |
Approx. duration | 12 minutes |
Instruments |
Chorus/Choir
- Mixed Chorus ;
Other - Performers |
Autotranslations beta |
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