Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (Handel)

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
Sacred choral composition by George Frideric Handel
Portrait of Handel
CatalogueHWV 76
Textpoem by John Dryden
Composed1739 (1739)
Scoring
  • SATB soloists and choir
  • orchestra
Premiere
Date22 November 1739 (1739-11-22)
LocationTheatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London

Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, HWV 76, is a cantata composed by George Frideric Handel in 1739. The title of the cantata refers to Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians. The premiere was on 22 November 1739 at the Theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.