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2 unusual facts about St. Cecilia


Heinrich von Kleist

The Earthquake in Chile (Das Erdbeben in Chili) and St. Cecilia, or the Power of Music (Die heilige Cäcilie oder die Gewalt der Musik) are also fine examples of Kleist's story telling as is The Marquise of O (Die Marquise von O.).

St. Cecilia's Abbey, Solesmes

The French anti-religious laws of the early 20th century forced the whole community into exile in England, to the forerunner of the present St. Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, where on 18 March 1909 Mother Cécile died.


Agathon Léonard

His bas-relief of St. Cecilia is to be found in the Abbeville Museum and the Nantes Museum houses a bust titled The Plunderer of Shipwrecks.

Cécile Bruyère

The French anti-religious laws of the early 20th century forced the whole community into exile in England, to the forerunner of the present St. Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, where on 18 March 1909 Mother Cécile died.

Sandakan


St. Cecilia's Convent


see also

Ada Gentile

Ada Gentile was born in Avezzano and attended the Conservatorio di St. Cecilia in Rome, graduating in piano and composition.

Exultate Singers

Notable performances have included James MacMillan's Seven Last Words From The Cross; Bach's Mass in B minor and St Matthew Passion; Roxanna Panufnik's Westminster Mass; Alessandro Scarlatti's St Cecilia Mass; and Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert.

Gerhard Markson

He has worked with over 100 orchestras worldwide, including the St. Cecilia Orchestra in Rome, RAI Turino, Monte Carlo Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Swiss Radio Symphony Orchestra in Basle and the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice.

Giorgio Ventura

In 1607 he signed his latest Istrian work: the Concert of St. Cecilia in the church of St. Cecilia of Vabriga (close to Poreč).

Giuseppe Branzoli

Giuseppe Branzoli (born Cento 1835, died in Rome January 21, 1909) was a violinist, mandolinist, composer, author, educator at the Liceo Musicale di St. Cecilia in Rome, and the founder of the periodical IL mandolin Romano.

Glen Iris, Victoria

A number of government and independent schools are located in Glen Iris, including Camberwell South Primary School, Glen Iris Primary School, St Cecilia's Primary School, St Roch's Catholic Primary School, Sacré Cœur School, Korowa Anglican Girls' School and Caulfield Grammar School Malvern campus.

High Park North

Legend has it that St. Cecilia, the patron saint of sacred music, was chosen as the new name because the Heintzman Piano factory stood in view, across the railway tracks, from the school.

Philippe Chéry

He painted 'The Annunciation' in the church of Generville, 'St. Benedict receiving the Viaticum,' and two other religious subjects, which are in the church of Boulogne-sur-Mer, 'St. Cecilia,' in the Benedictine Convent in the same town, and several other scriptural and religious subjects.

St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde

As one of the institutes devoted 'entirely to divine worship in the contemplative life' (Vatican II, Perfectae Caritatis, 9) and following the tradition of Solesmes, St Cecilia's Abbey lays principal emphasis on the solemn celebration of the liturgy, with Mass and the Divine Office sung daily in Gregorian chant.