The admirable Terry Jones writes: The Acts of Cecilia has the following: "While the profane music of her wedding was heard, Cecilia was singing in her heart a hymn of love for Jesus, her true spouse." It was this phrase that led to her association with music, singers, musicians, etc.



The Feast of Saint Cecilia is celebrated on 22 November.



Here are the concluding lines, the Grand Chorus, of A Song For Saint Cecilia's Day by John Dryden.



As from the pow'r of sacred lays

The spheres began to move,

And sung the great Creator's praise

To all the bless'd 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.