John Blow's "Begin the Song" and "The Glorious Day is Come" were written to honor this figure, and Judith Weir and Colin Matthews were two of seven contemporary composers who wrote a set of variations on Henry Purcell's "Bright" ode to this person.
John Blow's "Begin the Song" and "The Glorious Day is Come" were written to honor this figure, and Judith Weir and Colin Matthews were two of seven contemporary composers who wrote a set of variations on Henry Purcell's "Bright" ode to this person. "From Harmony, From Heavenly Harmony," was Giovanni Batista Draghi's setting of a 1687 John Dryden poem praising this person, while Charles Gounod' Solemn Mass and Franz Josef Haydn's third and longest mass are alternatively named for her. Benjamin Britten wrote a hymn to, FTP, which woman labeled as the patron saint of music and composers?
John Blow's "Begin the Song" and "The Glorious Day is Come" were written to honor this figure, and Judith Weir and Colin Matthews were two of seven contemporary composers who wrote a set of variations on Henry Purcell's "Bright" ode to this person.
St. {Cecilia}