Charles Villiers Stanford
Born: September 30, 1852; Dublin, Ireland
Died: March 29, 1924; London, England
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Sir Charles Stanford has been called the most important single factor in the renaissance of English music during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; indeed, even if one were to overlook Stanford's own vast catalog of compositions, it would be impossible to ignore the pronounced effect Stanford's nearly 40-year teaching career had on several generations of British composers. Born in 1852 to a prominent Irish lawyer and amateur
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A Child's Garland of Songs, Op. 30: no 4, Windy Nights (1)
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A Fire of Turf, Op. 139 (1)
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A Fire of Turf, Op. 139: no 1, A Fire of Turf (1)
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A Fire of Turf, Op. 139: no 5, Blackberry time (1)
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A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, Op. 140: no 1, Grandeur (1)
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A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, Op. 140: no 2, Thief of the World (1)
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A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, Op. 140: no 3, A soft day (9)
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A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, Op. 140: no 4. Little Peter Morrissey (1)
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A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, Op. 140: no 5, The bold unbiddable child (2)
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A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, Op. 140: no 6, Irish Skies (3)
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Agnus Dei (2)
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An Irish Idyll in six miniatures, Op. 77 (1)
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An Irish Idyll in six miniatures, Op. 77: no 2, The Fairy Lough (7)
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An Irish Lullaby (1)
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Anthems (2), Op 37 (1)
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Arise, shine, for thy light is come (1)
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As now the sun's declining rays (1)
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Ballata, Op. 160 (2)
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Beati quorum via (8)
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Beati Quorum Via, Op. 38/3 (2)
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Becket, Op. 48: Funeral march (1)
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Bible Songs (6) and Hymns (6), Op. 113 (1)
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Bible Songs (6), Op. 113 (1)
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Bible Songs (6), Op. 113: no 4, A Song of Peace (2)
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Bible Songs (6), Op. 113: no 6, A Song of Wisdom (3)
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Biblical Songs and Anthems (6) for voice, chorus & organ, Op. 113 (1)
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Blessed City, heav'nly Salem, Op. 134 (1)
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Coelis ascendit hodie (3)
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Coelis Ascendit Hodie, Op. 38/2 (1)
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Concert Piece for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 181 (1)
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Concert Variations Upon an English Theme "Down Among The Dead Men" Op. 71 (2)
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Concerto for Cello in D minor, Op. 171 (2)
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Concerto for Clarinet in A minor, Op. 80 (6)
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Concerto for Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 59 (1)
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Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 126 (4)
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Concerto for Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 171 (1)
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Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 74 (1)
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Crossing the Bar, for chorus & organ (1)
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Deliver me from mine enemies (1)
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Eternal Father, Op. 135 (1)
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Evening Canticles in G major (1)
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Evening Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) in A major, Op. 12 (1)
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Evening Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) in A major, Op. 12: Magnificat (2)
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Evening Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) in G major, Op. 81 (3)
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Evening Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) in G major, Op. 81: Magnificat (1)
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Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, Op. 103 (1)
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Fantasia and Toccata for Organ in D minor, Op. 57 (4)
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Fantasia and Toccata for piano in D minor, Op. 57 (1)
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Fantasy for Clarinet and Strings no 1 in G minor (2)
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Fantasy for Clarinet and Strings no 2 in F major (2)
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Fantasy for Horn and Strings no 3 in A minor (1)
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Festal Communion Service for chorus & orchestra (or organ) in B flat major, Op. 128: Gloria (1)
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Festal Communion Service in B flat major, Op. 128 (1)
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Festal Communion Service in B-flat: Benedictus (1)
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Festal Communion Service in Bb, Op. 128: Gloria in excelsis (3)
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For all the saints "Engelberg" (2)
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For ever mine (1)
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For Lo, I Raise Up, anthem, Op. 145 (1)
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For lo, I raise up, Op. 145 (9)
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From the Red Rose (1)
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Gloria in Excelsis (2)
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Haste thee o god to deliver me (1)
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Hear my law, O my people (2)
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How beautious are their feet (3)
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Hymns (6), Op. 113 (1)
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Hymns (6), Op. 113: no 2, Purest and Highest (1)
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Hymns (6), Op. 113: no 4, Pray that Jerusalem may have (2)
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Hymns (6), Op. 113: no 6, O for a closer walk with God (9)
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I heard a voice from Heaven (2)
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I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills (1)
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If the Lord Himself had not been on our side (1)
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Installation March, Op. 108 (1)
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Intermezzi (3) for clarinet & piano, Op. 13 (1)
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Intermezzi (3) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 13 (2)
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Intermezzo on an Irish Folk Song (1)
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Irish Dances (4), Op. 89 (2)
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Irish Dances (4), Op. 89: no 1, A March-Jig "Maguire's Kick" (6)
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Irish Dances (4), Op. 89: no 3, The Leprechaun's Dance (1)
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Irish Dances (4), Op. 89: no 4, A Reel (2)
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Irish Fantasies for Violin and Piano, Op. 54: no 3, Jig (1)
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Irish Fantasies for Violin and Piano, Op. 54: no 5, Hush Song (1)
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Irish Rhapsody no 1 in D minor, Op. 78 (2)
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Irish Rhapsody no 2 in F minor, Op. 84 "Lament for the Son of Ossian" (2)
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Irish Rhapsody no 3, Op. 137 (3)
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Irish Rhapsody no 4 in A minor, Op. 141 "Fisherman of Loch Neagh" (5)
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Irish Rhapsody no 5 in G minor, Op. 147 (2)
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Irish Rhapsody no 6, Op. 191 (2)
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Irish Songs and Ballads: Chieftain of Tyrconnell (1)
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Jubilate in A major (1)
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Jubilate in B flat major (3)
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Jubilate in C major (1)
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Justorum Animae, Op. 38/1 (1)
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La Belle Dame sans Merci (4)
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Laudate Dominum (1)
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Legend (1)
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Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in C major (1)
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Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in E flat major (2)
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Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in F major (2)
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Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in G major (4)
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Magnificat for chorus in B flat major, Op. 164 (1)
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Magnificat in B flat major, Op. 164 (8)
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Morning Service (Te Deum, Benedictus, Jubilate) in C major, Op. 115: Benedictus, Op 115 (1)
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Morning Service (Te Deum, Jubilate) for chorus, brass & organ, in B flat major, Op. 10: Te Deum, Op (1)
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Motets (3), Op. 135 (1)
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Motets (3), Op. 135: no 1, Ye holy angels bright (1)
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Motets (3), Op. 135: no 2, Eternal Father (5)
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Motets (3), Op. 135: no 3, Glorious and powerful God (3)
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Motets (3), Op. 38 (10)
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Motets (3), Op. 38: no 1, Justorum animae (7)
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Motets (3), Op. 38: no 2, Coelos ascendit hodie (3)
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Motets (3), Op. 38: no 3, Beati quorum via (9)
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Nunc dimittis in B flat major (3)
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O for a closer walk with God (1)
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O living will (1)
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O Praise God in His Holiness (6)
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O praise God in his sanctuary (1)
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O praise the Lord of Heaven, Op. 27 (3)
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O praise the Lord, for it is a good thing to sing praises (1)
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O sing unto the Lord a new song (2)
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Oedipus Rex Prelude, Op. 29 (1)
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Out in the windy west (1)
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Out of the deep have I called (1)
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Partsongs (4), Op. 106: no 1, Autumn Leaves (1)
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Partsongs (4), Op. 110: no 4, Heraclitus (1)
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Partsongs (8), Op. 119: no 3, Blue Bird (12)
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Pater noster (2)
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Postlude for organ in D minor (2)
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Pray that Jerusalem (1)
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Prelude (1)
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Preludes (6) for Organ, Op. 88: Excerpt(s) (1)
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Preludes (6) for Organ, Op. 88: no 3 "In the form of a Toccata" (1)
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Preludes, Op. 101: No. 5 in G (1)
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Prince Madoc's Farewell (1)
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Psalm 150 "O praise God I His Holiness" (1)
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Psalm 150: O praise God in his holiness, for chorus (1)
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Psalm 96 "O sing unto the Lord a new song" (2)
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Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in F major, Op. 15 (1)
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Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in C minor, Op. 133 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 1 in G major, Op. 44 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor, Op. 45 (1)
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Quick! we have but a second (1)
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Quick, we have but a second (1)
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Quintet for Piano and Strings D minor, Op. 25 (1)
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Quintet for Strings no 1 in F major, Op. 85 (1)
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Requiem, Op. 63 (2)
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Requiem, Op. 63: Agnus Dei (1)
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Requiem, Op. 63: Lux aeterna (1)
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Rondo for Cello and Orchestra in F major (1)
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Services in A major, Op. 12 no 3: Evening Service "Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (3)
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Services in A major, Op. 12: Morning Service (1)
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Services in B flat major, Op. 10 (2)
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Services in B flat major, Op. 10: Communion Service (1)
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Services in B flat major, Op. 10: Evening Service (1)
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Services in B flat major, Op. 10: Evening Service (1)
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Services in B flat major, Op. 10: Evening Service - Magnificat (1)
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Services in B flat major, Op. 10: Evening Service - Nunc dimittis (1)
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Services in B flat major, Op. 10: Morning Service (1)
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Services in B flat major, Op. 10: Morning Service - Jubilate (1)
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Services in B flat major, Op. 10: Morning Service - Te Deum (9)
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Services in C major, Op. 115 (1)
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Services in C major, Op. 115 no 1: Morning Service - Benedictus (3)
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Services in C major, Op. 115 no 3: Evening Service - Nunc dimittis (1)
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Services in C major, Op. 115: Communion Service (2)
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Services in C major, Op. 115: Evening Service (5)
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Services in C major, Op. 115: Evening Service - Magnificat (1)
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Services in C major, Op. 115: Morning Service (1)
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Services in C major, Op. 115: Morning Service - Jubilate (1)
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Services in C major, Op. 115: Morning Service - Te Deum (7)
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Services in F major, Op. 36: Evening Service (1)
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Services in G major, Op. 81 no 3: Evening Service - Nunc dimittis (1)
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Services in G major, Op. 81: Evening Service (2)
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Services in G major, Op. 81: Evening Service - Magnificat (4)
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Shamus O'Brien: Overture (1)
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Short Preludes and Postludes (6), Op. 101: no 2 in D minor (1)
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Short Preludes and Postludes (6), Op. 101: Postlude in G major (1)
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Short Preludes and Postludes (6), Op. 101: Prelude in E flat major (1)
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Short Preludes and Postludes (6), Op. 101: Prelude in F major (2)
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Short Preludes and Postludes (6), Op. 105 (1)
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Short Preludes and Postludes (6), Op. 105: no 2, Prelude on a Theme by Orlando Gibbons (1)
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Short Preludes and Postludes (6), Op. 105: no 6, Allegro (1)
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Short Preludes and Postludes (6), Op. 105: Postlude in D minor (6)
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Sonata for Cello and Piano in A major no 1, Op. 9 (1)
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Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2, Op. 39 (1)
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Sonata for clarinet & piano, Op. 129: Caolne (1)
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Sonata for Clarinet/Viola and Piano, Op. 129 (5)
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Sonata for Clarinet/Viola and Piano, Op. 129: Excerpt(s) (1)
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Sonata for Organ no 1, Op. 149 (1)
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Sonata for organ No 2 in G minor, Op. 151 "Sonata Eroica": Finale: Verdun (1)
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Sonata for Organ no 2, Op. 151 "Eroica" (4)
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Sonata for Organ no 3, Op. 152 "Britannica" (4)
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Sonata for Organ no 4, Op. 153 "Celtica" (4)
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Sonata for Organ no 5 in A major, Op. 159 "Quasi una Fantasia" (1)
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Sonata for Organ no 5, Op. 159 "Quasi una fantasia" (1)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 11 (1)
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Sonata for violin in D major, Op. 11 (1)
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Songs (4), Op. 125: no 3, Phoebe (1)
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Songs (5) of the sea, Op. 91 (4)
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Songs (5) of the sea, Op. 91: no 1, Drake's drum (3)
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Songs (5) of the sea, Op. 91: no 2, Outward bound (1)
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Songs (5) of the sea, Op. 91: no 3, Devon, o Devon (1)
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Songs (5) of the sea, Op. 91: no 4, Homeward bound (1)
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Songs (5) of the sea, Op. 91: no 5, The "Old Superb" (2)
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Songs (50) of Old Ireland: My love's an arbutus (1)
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Songs (50) of Old Ireland: The Little Red Lark (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 14: no 5, Tragödie (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 174 "The Glens of Antrim" (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 19: no 2, A Lullaby (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 19: no 3, To the Rose (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 4: no 1, Sterne mit den gold'nen Füsschen (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 4: no 3, Dass du mich liebst (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 4: no 4, Die Wellen blinken und fliessen dahin "Frühling" (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 4: no 6, Der Schmetterling ist in die Rose verliebt (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 7: no 1, Ich lieb' eine Blume (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 7: no 2, Wie des mondes Abbild zittert (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 7: no 5, Ich halte ihr die Augen zu (1)
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Songs (6), Op. 7: no 6, Püppchen klein, Püppchen mein "Schlummerlied" (1)
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Songs (8), Op. 1 "Spanish Gypsy" (2)
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Songs of a Roving Celt, Op. 157: no 1, The Pibroch (1)
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Songs of Erin, Op. 76: Trottin' to the fair (1)
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Songs of Faith, Op. 97: no 4, To the Soul (5)
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Songs of Faith, Op. 97: no 5, Tears (1)
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Songs of Faith, Op. 97: no 6, Joy, shipmate, joy! (1)
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Songs of the Fleet, Op. 117 (2)
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Songs of the Sea, for baritone, male chorus & orchestra, Op. 91 (1)
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Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: 3. Devon, O Devon, in wind and rain (1)
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Songs of the Sea, Op. 91: The Old Superb (1)
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St. Patrick's Breastplate (3)
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Stabat Mater, Op. 96 (1)
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Suite for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 32 (1)
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Symphony no 1 in B flat major (3)
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Symphony no 2 in D minor "Elegiac" (3)
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Symphony no 3 in F minor, Op. 28 "Irish" (4)
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Symphony no 3 in F minor, Op. 28 "Irish": Excerpt (1)
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Symphony no 3 in F minor, Op. 28 "Irish": Movement 2, Allegro molto vivace (1)
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Symphony no 4 in F major, Op. 31 (3)
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Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 56 "L'Allegro ed il Penseroso" (3)
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Symphony no 6 in E flat major, Op. 94 "In Memoriam G F Watts" (3)
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Symphony no 7 in D minor, Op. 124 (3)
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Te Deum (1)
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Te Deum in A major (2)
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Te Deum in B flat major (2)
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The Aquiline Snub (1)
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The Blue Bird (3)
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The Calico Dress (1)
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The Clown's Songs from "Twelfth Night", Op. 65 (1)
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The Clown's Songs from "Twelfth Night", Op. 65: The rain it raineth every day (1)
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The Compleat Virtuoso (1)
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The foolish body hath said (1)
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The Lord is My Shepherd (11)
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The Monkey's Carol, for voice & piano (1)
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The Revenge: A Ballad of the Fleet, Op. 24 (2)
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The Tomb (1)
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The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan: Ballet Music no 1 (2)
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The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan: Ballet Music no 2 (2)
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The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan: Overture (2)
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The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan: There's a Bower of Roses (2)
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Toccata (1)
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Tom Leminn (1)
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Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in E flat major, Op. 35 (1)
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Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in A major, Op. 158 "Per aspera ad astra" (1)
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Waltz in A minor (1)
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When in our music God is glorified (2)
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When Mary thro' the garden went (2)
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When the Lord turned again (1)
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Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem, Easter anthem, Op. 123 (4)
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Ye choirs of new Jerusalem, Op. 123 (5)
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Biography |
by Blair Johnston
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Sir Charles Stanford has been called the most important single factor in the renaissance of English music during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; indeed, even if one were to overlook Stanford's own vast catalog of compositions, it would be impossible to ignore the pronounced effect Stanford's nearly 40-year teaching career had on several generations of British composers. Born in 1852 to a prominent Irish lawyer and amateur musician, Stanford manifested his musical talents early in life. Whether the stories that he was actively composing songs by age of four and giving full-length recitals by age nine are true or not, Stanford was certainly the recipient of a thorough musical and academic education, studying at Henry Tilney Bassett's school in Dublin and taking private lessons in piano, organ and composition from a number of trained musicians (including Arthur O'Leary).
At age 18 Stanford entered Queens' College, Cambridge to pursue more serious studies in music. In 1874 he earned a B.A. in music, having already been appointed both organist at Trinity College (a post he filled with distinction for almost 20 years) and conductor of a number of University choral societies. After graduating from Queen's College, Stanford traveled to the continent for further studies, working with composer Carl Heinrich Reinecke in Leipzig for almost two years and later (having met and impressed Joseph Joachim) with Joachim's associate Friedrich Kiel in Berlin. By the time of Stanford's return to London in the late 1870s his reputation as one of the leading British composers of the day was secure, and a number of his large compositions (such as the Second Symphony, 1882) were premiered during the following 10 years.
Stanford was appointed to the faculty of the new Royal College of Music in 1882, and further honored when he was made a professor at Cambridge University in 1887. He was knighted in 1902, and remained a prominent feature of the musical landscape of Great Britain until his death in 1924. Stanford's lifelong service to British music earned his ashes a place of distinction next to Henry Purcell's in Westminster Abbey.
Although accounts of Stanford's life have tended to focus on his impact as a teacher (understandably, with such notables as Vaughan Williams, Holst, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, John Ireland, Frank Bridge, and Arthur Bliss among his many pupils), his merit as a composer deserve as much mention. He is, without a doubt, the greatest British composer of sacred music since Henry Purcell: Morning, Communion, and Evening Services in B flat, Op.10 is almost symphonic in scope, and Stanford's many cantatas and oratorios are the pre-eminent British entries in the genres. His orchestral output includes seven symphonies and three piano concertos, and, although only one of his operas (Shamus O'Brien, 1896) achieved any kind of success, Stanford's interest in a new kind of British opera cleared a path for one of that country's most notable twentieth century composers, Benjamin Britten. |
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