An account of the musical celebrations on St Cecilia's Day in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries /
Cecilia, a martyr of the early Christian church, has traditionally been honoured as the patron saint of music. Precisely how that association arose remains uncertain, yet she has inspired many composers over the centuries, notably Henry Purcell and Benjamin Britten. A music scholar and contributor t...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Cambridge library collection. Music.
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