ST. SEBASTIAN (Cecil)

ST. SEBASTIAN (Cecil)

Composer: R. Cecil
Published in 4 hymnals


Printable scores: PDF, MusicXML
Audio files: MIDI

Composer: R. Cecil

Cecil, Richard, M.A., born in London, Nov. 8, 1748, and educated at Queen's Coll., Oxford. Ordained deacon in 1776, and priest in 1777. He became the Vicar of two churches near Lewes shortly after; chaplain of St. John's Chapel, Bedford Row, London, 1780; and Vicar of Chobham and Bisley, 1800. He died in 1810. His poem:— Cease here longer to detain me. Desiring Heaven. In 9 stanzas of 4 lines, is supposed to be addressed by a dying infant to his mother. It was written for his wife on the death of a child “only one month old, being removed at daybreak, whose countenance at the time of departure was most heavenly." It was first published in Mrs. Cecil's Memoir of him, prefixed to his Remains, 1811, and is headed “Let me go, for the d… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: ST. SEBASTIAN (Cecil)
Composer: R. Cecil
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 56517 12123 21765
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #1501
Text: From the Depths of Sin and Failure
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 1 of 1)
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #1501

Include 3 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us