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A Song for St. Cecilias Day, composed in 1687, is the first of two great odes written by poet laureate John Dryden and set to music for the annual St. Cecilias Day celebration held every November 22 from 1683 to 1703 . St. Cecilia, an early Christian martyr and patron saint of music, was honoured at these public celebrations with concerts and religious ceremonies featuring every year an original commemorative ode commissioned by the Society . A Song for St. Cecilias Day, consisting of seven stanzas and a grand chorus, describes the involvement of music in both the makings of the universe and the subtleties of human emotion and piety .