Pope, Alexander. (1688-1744). Ode for Musick on St. Cecilia's Day. . London: Bernard Lintot. 1719. Third Edition. 12 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Frontispiece engraved; title vignette; head- and tail-pieces; initials. Griffith 110. Scattered foxing, illustrated frontispiece separated, else very fine. Very rare. OCLC records fewer than twenty copies.
"St. Cecilia's Day (22 November) had been observed as an annual festival by musicians in London since 1683, and many poets, including Oldham, Dryden (twice), Addison (twice), and Congreve, were called on to provide the odes, songs, or hymns which were set to music for performance on that day. The custom was falling into disuse by about 1708, though sporadic attempts were later made to revive it. Pope's Ode was probably never set to music, nor performed on St. Cecilias's Day. In 1730 he rewrote it for Dr. Greene, whose musical setting was performed at 'Publick Commencement' at Cambridge on 6 July of that year." (John Butt, "The Poems of Alexander Pope," p. 139)
"St. Cecilia's Day (22 November) had been observed as an annual festival by musicians in London since 1683, and many poets, including Oldham, Dryden (twice), Addison (twice), and Congreve, were called on to provide the odes, songs, or hymns which were set to music for performance on that day. The custom was falling into disuse by about 1708, though sporadic attempts were later made to revive it. Pope's Ode was probably never set to music, nor performed on St. Cecilias's Day. In 1730 he rewrote it for Dr. Greene, whose musical setting was performed at 'Publick Commencement' at Cambridge on 6 July of that year." (John Butt, "The Poems of Alexander Pope," p. 139)
Pope, Alexander. (1688-1744). Ode for Musick on St. Cecilia's Day. . London: Bernard Lintot. 1719. Third Edition. 12 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. Frontispiece engraved; title vignette; head- and tail-pieces; initials. Griffith 110. Scattered foxing, illustrated frontispiece separated, else very fine. Very rare. OCLC records fewer than twenty copies.
"St. Cecilia's Day (22 November) had been observed as an annual festival by musicians in London since 1683, and many poets, including Oldham, Dryden (twice), Addison (twice), and Congreve, were called on to provide the odes, songs, or hymns which were set to music for performance on that day. The custom was falling into disuse by about 1708, though sporadic attempts were later made to revive it. Pope's Ode was probably never set to music, nor performed on St. Cecilias's Day. In 1730 he rewrote it for Dr. Greene, whose musical setting was performed at 'Publick Commencement' at Cambridge on 6 July of that year." (John Butt, "The Poems of Alexander Pope," p. 139)
"St. Cecilia's Day (22 November) had been observed as an annual festival by musicians in London since 1683, and many poets, including Oldham, Dryden (twice), Addison (twice), and Congreve, were called on to provide the odes, songs, or hymns which were set to music for performance on that day. The custom was falling into disuse by about 1708, though sporadic attempts were later made to revive it. Pope's Ode was probably never set to music, nor performed on St. Cecilias's Day. In 1730 he rewrote it for Dr. Greene, whose musical setting was performed at 'Publick Commencement' at Cambridge on 6 July of that year." (John Butt, "The Poems of Alexander Pope," p. 139)