A Song for St. Cecilia's Day (Fine, Vivian)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 7 sections
  1. Chorus: From harmony, from Heav’nly harmony
  2. Chorus: What passion cannot music raise and quell
  3. Soprano solo: The soft complaining flute
  4. Chorus: Sharp violins proclaim
  5. Baritone solo: But Oh! what art can teach
  6. Soprano and Baritone duet: Orpheus could lead the savage race
  7. Grand Chorus: As from the pow’r of sacred lays
Composition Year 1985
Genre Categories Songs; For 2 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the baritone voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; English language

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 1. Chorus: From harmony, from Heav’nly harmony
#181388 - 2.05MB - 4:29 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 374×⇩ - MP3 - rhymes&chymes

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rhymes&chymes (2012/2/24)

⇒ 6 more: 2. Chorus: What passion cannot music raise and quell • 3. Soprano solo: The soft complaining flute • 4. Chorus: Sharp violins proclaim • 5. Baritone solo: But Oh! what art can teach • 6. Soprano & Baritone duet: Orpheus could lead the savage race • 7. Grand Chorus: As from the pow’r of sacred lays

 2. Chorus: What passion cannot music raise and quell
#281372 - 10.33MB - 5:38 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 106×⇩ - MP3 - rhymes&chymes

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rhymes&chymes (2013/5/17)

 3. Soprano solo: The soft complaining flute
#281373 - 5.54MB - 3:02 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 100×⇩ - MP3 - rhymes&chymes

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 4. Chorus: Sharp violins proclaim
#281374 - 3.64MB - 1:59 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 57×⇩ - MP3 - rhymes&chymes

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 5. Baritone solo: But Oh! what art can teach
#281376 - 6.77MB - 3:42 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 74×⇩ - MP3 - rhymes&chymes

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rhymes&chymes (2013/5/17)

 6. Soprano & Baritone duet: Orpheus could lead the savage race
#181389 - 0.96MB - 2:05 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 125×⇩ - MP3 - rhymes&chymes

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rhymes&chymes (2012/2/24)

 7. Grand Chorus: As from the pow’r of sacred lays
#281377 - 9.51MB - 5:12 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 79×⇩ - MP3 - rhymes&chymes

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rhymes&chymes (2013/5/17)

Publisher Info. Vivian Fine Estate
Performers Bennington College and University of Vermont choruses
Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Vivian Fine, conducting
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Sheet Music

Scores

 Complete Score
#181384 - 7.71MB, 65 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 565×⇩ - rhymes&chymes

PDF scanned by Paul Hawkins
rhymes&chymes (2012/2/24)

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Parts

 Violins I, II
#181386 - 2.79MB, 18 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 126×⇩ - rhymes&chymes

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 Violas, Cellos
#181387 - 2.52MB, 17 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 119×⇩ - rhymes&chymes

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Performance Restricted Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 1.0 [tag/del/mrg]
© COPYRIGHT NOTICE. THIS FILE IS PROTECTED UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW.
However, the lawful copyright owner has generously released the file for distribution at IMSLP under one of the Creative Commons licenses or the IMSLP Performance Restricted License, which allow for the free distribution (with proper attribution) of the file with various levels of restriction with respect to the creation of derivative works, commercial usage, or public performances.
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#181385 - 5.13MB, 36 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 360×⇩ - rhymes&chymes

PDF scanned by Paul Hawkins
rhymes&chymes (2012/2/24)

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© COPYRIGHT NOTICE. THIS FILE IS PROTECTED UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW.
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General Information

Work Title A Song for St. Cecilia's Day
Alternative. Title
Composer Fine, Vivian
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IVF 64
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 7 sections
  1. Chorus: From harmony, from Heav’nly harmony
  2. Chorus: What passion cannot music raise and quell
  3. Soprano solo: The soft complaining flute
  4. Chorus: Sharp violins proclaim
  5. Baritone solo: But Oh! what art can teach
  6. Soprano and Baritone duet: Orpheus could lead the savage race
  7. Grand Chorus: As from the pow’r of sacred lays
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1985
First Performance. 1985-10-25 in Burlington, Vermont; Bennington College and University of Vermont choruses, Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Vivian Fine, conducting
Librettist John Dryden
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 26 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Modern
Piece Style Modern
Instrumentation soprano and baritone soloists, mixed chorus, string orchestra, and two trumpets

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Commissioned by Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont, in honor of its 60th anniversary, with a grant from the Vermont Council for the Arts.

Though the structure of the piece resembles a Handel oratorio, the music is not related to Handel’s famous setting of the Dryden text—Fine deliberately did not familiarize herself with that piece, although she acknowledges Handel in a couple of brief quotes and in a gentle spoof (in section 2) of his text-settings. The work begins with a transcendent setting of the opening lines, “From harmony, from heavenly harmony, this universal frame began.” Moods of reverence, humor, and drama alternate throughout the piece. The closing section recasts the opening chorus for Dryden’s triumphant final stanza.

Review

Fine has written a piece of enduring impact. The lyrics have lasted 298 years and the music might be good for at least that period. Fine writes thoughtfully for voices yet with an appreciation of the origin of the words….The writing for instruments was supportive and the trumpet fanfare glorious.

—John Donoghue, The Burlington Free Press, October 26, 1985
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