November 22--feast day of Saint Cecilia, patron of music.
Deep thanks for all she has inspired, J.S. Bach to Lyle Lovett, Louis Armstrong to Maurice Ravel, Billie Holiday to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Henry Purcell to Hank Williams.
Cecilia, born in Rome two millennia ago, and born blind, is believed to have been the inventor of the organ, and created music so beautiful, an angel fell in love with her.
On this day, the Worshipful Company of Musicians processes to St. Paul's Cathedral in London for divine services.
Last words to Dryden:
"At length divine Cecilia came,
Inventress of the vocal frame."
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