Charles Villiers Stanford
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 - 29 March 1924) was an Irish-born composer, resident in England for much of his life. He is particularly notable for his choral music. He was professor at the Royal College of Music and University of Cambridge.
Stanford was particularly known in his day for his choral works, chiefly commissioned for performances at the great English provincial festivals. These include two oratorios, a Requiem (1897), a Stabat Mater (1907), and many secular works, often with a nautical theme, including The Revenge (1886), The Voyage of Maeldune (1889), Songs of the Sea (1904), and Songs of the Fleet (1910). His church music still holds a central place among Anglican compositions; particularly popular examples include his Evening Services in B flat, A, G, and C, his Three Latin Motets (Beati quorum via, Justorum animae, and Coelos ascendit hodie), and his anthem For lo, I raise up.
His instrumental works include seven symphonies, six Irish Rhapsodies for orchestra, several works for organ, concertos for violin, cello, clarinet, and piano, and many chamber compositions, including eight string quartets. He also composed songs, part-songs, madrigals, and incidental music to Eumenides and Oedipus Rex (as performed at Cambridge), as well as to Tennyson's Becket. His music shows the influence of Brahms and Schumann, and to a lesser extent of Irish folk music; he was generally unsympathetic to more modern developments. Although his chief importance is often held to be as a teacher of many English composers of the next generation, the last two decades have seen a revival of interest in his larger compositions after a long period of neglect. He published several books, including an informal autobiography, Pages from an Unwritten Diary (1914) and "Musical Composition" (1911), which includes an interesting passage on pure intonation.
Stanford was particularly known in his day for his choral works, chiefly commissioned for performances at the great English provincial festivals. These include two oratorios, a Requiem (1897), a Stabat Mater (1907), and many secular works, often with a nautical theme, including The Revenge (1886), The Voyage of Maeldune (1889), Songs of the Sea (1904), and Songs of the Fleet (1910). His church music still holds a central place among Anglican compositions; particularly popular examples include his Evening Services in B flat, A, G, and C, his Three Latin Motets (Beati quorum via, Justorum animae, and Coelos ascendit hodie), and his anthem For lo, I raise up.
His instrumental works include seven symphonies, six Irish Rhapsodies for orchestra, several works for organ, concertos for violin, cello, clarinet, and piano, and many chamber compositions, including eight string quartets. He also composed songs, part-songs, madrigals, and incidental music to Eumenides and Oedipus Rex (as performed at Cambridge), as well as to Tennyson's Becket. His music shows the influence of Brahms and Schumann, and to a lesser extent of Irish folk music; he was generally unsympathetic to more modern developments. Although his chief importance is often held to be as a teacher of many English composers of the next generation, the last two decades have seen a revival of interest in his larger compositions after a long period of neglect. He published several books, including an informal autobiography, Pages from an Unwritten Diary (1914) and "Musical Composition" (1911), which includes an interesting passage on pure intonation.
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Sonata 4 |
tubamirabilis16 (5)
4581d ago
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38 | Organ | Original | |
Sonata 3 |
tubamirabilis16 (5)
4581d ago
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46 | Organ | Original | |
Sonata 2 |
tubamirabilis16 (5)
4581d ago
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36 | Organ | Original | |
Sonata 1 |
tubamirabilis16 (5)
4581d ago
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22 | Organ | Original | |
Symphony 4 |
tubamirabilis16 (5)
4581d ago
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80 | Piano | Original | |
Prelude No. 5 |
jameskealey (25)
4693d ago
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5 | Organ | Original | |
Prelude 2 |
jameskealey (25)
4701d ago
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2 | Organ | Original | |
Prelude No. 2 |
jameskealey (25)
4701d ago
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3 | Organ | Original | |
Prelude No. 1 |
jameskealey (25)
4701d ago
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4 | Organ | Original | |
Organ Concerto 1 |
jameskealey (25)
4701d ago
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20 | Organ | Original | |
Beati Quorum Via |
danball7 (2)
4710d ago
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6 | Vocal | Transcription | |
The Haven |
orpheus (66)
4732d ago
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3 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
three intermezzi |
wwwquuui (6)
4758d ago
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19 | Piano, Violin | Original | |
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C |
dustin (1)
4758d ago
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15 | Piano, Vocal | Transcription | |
The blue bird |
ILoveSinging91 (51)
4761d ago
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4 | Piano, Vocal | Other | |
Peace Come Away |
mairin926 (1)
4792d ago
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3 | Vocal | Other | |
The Blue Bird |
ael00 (16)
4806d ago
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4 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
When Mary Thro the Garden Went |
bazzer101 (2)
4808d ago
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7 | Vocal, Organ | Original | |
Te Deum in A major |
BoredNow (18)
4818d ago
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18 | Vocal, Organ | Transcription | |
Beati Quorum Via |
ruka4schooters (1)
4825d ago
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4 | Vocal | Original |