Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76
HWV
Sheet music
Sheet music
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· 10 editions
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Composed
1739 (15-24 September)
First published
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Period
Baroque
Catalogue
HWV
Dedication
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Movements
12
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Movements
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12
movements: 1. Overture 2. Recitative (tenor): From Harmony; When Nature 3. Chorus: From Harmony, from Heavenly Harmony 4. Aria: What Passion cannot Music Raise and Quell 5. Aria (tenor) and Chorus: The Trumpet's Loud Clangour 6. March 7. Aria (soprano): The Soft Complaining Flute 8. Aria (tenor): Sharp Violins Proclaim their Jealous Pangs 9. Aria (soprano): But Oh! What Art can Teach 10. Aria (soprano): Orpheus could Lead the Savage Race 11. Recitative (soprano): But Bright Cecilia Raised the Wonder Higher 12. Solo (soprano) and Chorus: As from the Power of Sacred Lays
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