The St. Cecilia Society of Charleston, South Carolina, named for the traditional patron saint of music, was formed in 1766 as a private subscription concert...

Today the St. Cecilia Society flourishes is one of South Carolina's oldest and most exclusive social institutions. Today the St. Cecilia Society hosts the...

for St. Cecilia's Day; Alexander's Feast); Charles Gounod (St. Cecilia Mass); as well as Benjamin Britten, who was born on her feast day (Hymn to St Cecilia...

The St. Cecilia Music Center, built in 1894 as the St. Cecilia Society Building, is a performance space located at 24 Ransom Avenue NE in Grand Rapids...

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (born Cecilia Helena Payne; (1900-05-10)May 10, 1900 – (1979-12-07)December 7, 1979) was a British-American astronomer and astrophysicist...

also a lawyer and public official, and was a member of the city's St. Cecilia Society. He served as Comptroller General of South Carolina. In 1827, he...

meetings of organizations like the South Carolina Jockey Club and the St. Cecilia Society. The hall could also be used for lodging, and both President James...

spirituals comparable to a Haydn Society or a St. Cecilia Society or a Handel Society or Bach. When he was unable to find a society like the one he envisioned...

William Sherbrooke Popham. William S. Popham was a member of the St. Cecilia Society and a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy during World War II; before the...

for St. Cecilia's Day" (1687) is the first of two odes written by the English Poet Laureate John Dryden for the annual festival of Saint Cecilia's Day...

in numerous bands and orchestras, including the orchestra of the St. Cecilia Society. Dvořák graduated from the Organ School in 1859, ranking second in...

Cooper, and Charleston residents invited him into their prestigious St. Cecilia Society. In 1845, Simms published The Wigwam and the Cabin (1845); a compilation...

The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (English: National Academy of St Cecilia) is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, founded by the...

Cecilia is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Martin Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The community lies within the region of Acadiana, and...

The Cecilia Chorus of New York, formerly known as the St. Cecilia Chorus, is an avocational chorus and nonprofit organization based in New York City....

religion, rose to fame. In 1776, St. Cecilia Music Society opened in the Province of South Carolina and led to many more societies opening in the Northern United...

South Carolina, becomes home to the first musical society in the United States, the St. Cecilia Society. Andrew Barton's The Disappointment; Or, the Force...

(1971—present) called The Young Artist Competition until 1974 when Byrd died; St. Cecilia Society took over the competition with FIM continuing to host; contestants...

waterway from the Gulf of Mexico to the St. Johns River. Gordon served as president of the Charles Town St. Cecilia Society, an organization formed to support...

connections to Charleston, eventually later becoming a member of the St. Cecilia Society. A bright and disciplined young man, after completing school Ancrum...

Hail! Bright Cecilia (Z.328), also known as Ode to St. Cecilia, was composed by Henry Purcell to a text by the Irishman Nicholas Brady in 1692 in honour...

musicians in his lifetime. In 1873 Singenberger founded the American St. Cecilia Society, an organization belonging to the Cecilian movement which sought...

with the St. Cecilia Society and the Ladies' Literary Club since their institution, and in 1890, she was president of the latter club, a society that numbered...

Huguenot Society and the Cincinnati Society (Sons of Cincinnati). He was also president of the St. Andrew's Society, the St. Cecilia Society and the Charleston...

St. Cecilia Society Building...

Music, for more than 50 years. Sandvold was the director of the St. Cecilia Society choir (Norwegian: Cæciliaforeningen) from 1928 to 1957. Sandvold...

St Cecilia's Hall is a small concert hall and museum in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. It is on the corner of Niddry Street and...

String Quartet. In 1920, he succeeded Karl Nissen as director of the St. Cecilia Society Choir (Norwegian: Cæciliaforeningen), and in 1921 he became the director...

and Virginia Company when performing in Virginia. Until 1817, the St. Cecilia Society performed their concerts in the building as well as participated...

popular than her teachers. Seymour was very successful: in 1817, the St. Cecilia Society held their meeting in her establishment. Thomas Grimké, Charles Cotesworth...