Description

Instrumentation: soprano, bass, choir (SATB) and strings with 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
Edition: score
Publisher: Laurent Jouvet
Difficulty: easy to medium

Saint and matyr of the early Christian church, honored as patroness of music since the late 15th century, Cecilia is one of the few female saints evoked in the canon of the Catholic Mass. It is a really doxological piece – a short hymn on words of praise ascribing glory to God.