Talk:Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (Handel)

What's the HWV number for this ode? 81.62.46.194 (talk) 15:19, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

I believe it is HWV 76, if various recording sales outlets online can be trusted. Drosstgv (talk) 21:51, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

I thought it might be interesting to include that the Overture movement sounds identical to that of Handel's Concerto Grosso Op. 6 no. 5 HWV 323. I'm too new to editing pages to do so quite yet. Drosstgv (talk) 21:51, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Recordings
Can anyone get hold of some .ogg files for this piece? User: Lofty

Missing Text
Can someone fix the article for me? I don't know how to do it, but Dryden's text for Handel's final chorus is missing. It is:

As from the power of sacred lays

The spheres began to move,

And sung the great Creator's praise

To all the blest above;

So when the last and dreadful hour

This crumbling pageant shall devour,

The trumpet shall be heard on high,

The dead shall live, the living die,

And music shall untune the sky. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.84.152.30 (talk) 22:17, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Newburgh Hamilton?
Apparently one Newburgh Hamilton had some role in writing the libretto or some such (see this libretto). Anyone have a grip on the whole story? --zenohockey (talk) 06:37, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Update
I've just added the final lyric 'As from the power of sacred lays' which was missing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Musicopata (talk • contribs) 01:43, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

What is the earlier setting of Dryden's Ode?
The article states that this is Handel's "second setting of the poem by the English poet John Dryden." What is the first? There was one by G. B. Draghi in 1687, but I'm not aware of an earlier setting by Handel. 2602:30A:2C86:8D0:84AE:B18A:87E:94D (talk) 05:20, 20 August 2013 (UTC)