https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/nov/07/britten-auden-philip-hensher John Dryden and Alexander Pope wrote poems about her and Geoffrey Chaucer’s Second Nun’s Tale is about her.In the 1940s, the Andrews sisters, recorded "The Shrine of St. Cecilia" a popular song. Britten and W. H. Auden: from Paul Bunyan to Hymn to St Cecilia Composer Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) and poet Wystan Hugh Auden (1907–1973) first met in the summer of 1935 when they collaborated on Coal Face , an experimental documentary film … Jump to. "Funeral Blues" or "Stop All the Clocks" is a poem by W. H. Auden. Listen to Hymn To St Cecilia (Auden) by Sarah Leonard & Nicole Tibbels & Susan Bickley & Peter Hall & London Sinfonietta Voices, 13 Shazams. "Blessed Cecilia, appear in visions To all musicians, appear and inspire" W.H. Auden "Blessed Cecilia, appear in visions To all musicians, appear and inspire" W.H. Britten began setting the Hymn to St Cecilia in late 1940 in the United States. 27 is a choral piece by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), a setting of a poem by W. H. Auden written between 1940 and 1942. Britten composed the “Hymn to St. Cecilia” in 1942, but it was a project he’d had in his mind for a long time. The latter persuaded WH Auden to write lyrics for his composition, A Hymn to St Cecilia. Auden. Britten, Pears and Auden had exiled themselves there as conscientious objectors during the second world war. Auden, W. H. Hymn to St. Cecilia (English) I. Auden, W. H.: Hymn to St. Cecilia. A Study of Britten's setting of W. H. Auden's poem, "Anthem for St. Cecilia's Day" [Fourth-Year B.Mus.(Hons.) Britten asked that Auden provide him a text for his ode to St Cecilia, and Auden complied, sending the poem in sections throughout 1940. Sections of this page. 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)". Read about Hymn to St Cecilia (Auden) from Nicole Tibbels's Britten & Messiaen - Choral Works and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. Accessibility Help.