h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I drive out to my parents' home twice a week. Today was the Thursday trip. I leave my car radio tuned to our local classical music station, and when I turned the car on, the statiion was playing "For all the Saints," in the arrangement by Ralph Vaughan Williams. It took me few seconds to realize that the station was making a point of playing music about saints. Sure enough, the next piece was Gustav Holst's "Saint Paul Suite." They could have [but didn't] continued with selections from the Saint Matthew Passion by Bach, or Felix Mendelsson's oratorio "Saint Paul."

That's okay. I have those pieces, though the Bach is better at Easter time.

It set me to thinking that music bout saints shows up in show tunes and popular music as well. Here are some examples:

--"When the Saints go Marching in" is one of the most popular early jazz tunes. I have Al Hirt's rendition of that.

--"Rhythm of the Saints" is a very popular Paul Simon piece.

--In Jerry Herman's musical "Mame," one of the first songs is Miss Gooch's "Saint Bridget, deliver us to Beekman Place."

--One of the early songs in Lerner and Loewe's "Camelot" is "Where are the Simple Joys of Maidenhood," in which Julie Andrews -- as Guinevers -- Sings:
" Saint Genevieve, Saint Genevieve, it's Guinevere, remember me?
Saint Genevieve, Saint Genevieve, I'm over here beneath this tree...."
As it turns out, Guinevere is not happy about being betrothed to King Arthur, and threatens to pray to someone else from hereon in.

Those are the only pieces I can think of at the moment.....