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Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Irish composer, resident in England for much of his life.

ford was born in Dublin
Dublin

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, the only son of John Stanford, examiner in the Court of Chancery
Court of Chancery

The Court of Chancery was one of the court of equity in Courts of the United Kingdom....
 (Dublin) and clerk of the Crown, County Meath
County Meath

County Meath is a county in Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. The county town is Navan, where the county hall and government are located, although Trim, County Meath, the former county town, has historical significance and remains a sitting place of the courts of the Republic of Ireland....
. Both parents were accomplished amateur musicians; his father sang bass (and was also a cellist
Cello

The violoncello is a bowed string instrument. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra....
 ) and his mother was a pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
. Charles trained under R.






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Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Irish composer, resident in England for much of his life.

Life

Stanford was born in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, the only son of John Stanford, examiner in the Court of Chancery
Court of Chancery

The Court of Chancery was one of the court of equity in Courts of the United Kingdom....
 (Dublin) and clerk of the Crown, County Meath
County Meath

County Meath is a county in Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. The county town is Navan, where the county hall and government are located, although Trim, County Meath, the former county town, has historical significance and remains a sitting place of the courts of the Republic of Ireland....
. Both parents were accomplished amateur musicians; his father sang bass (and was also a cellist
Cello

The violoncello is a bowed string instrument. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra....
 ) and his mother was a pianist
Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers....
. Charles trained under R. M. Levey (violin), Miss Meeke, Mrs Joseph Robinson, Miss Flynn and Michael Quarry (piano); and Sir Robert Stewart taught him composition and organ
Organ (music)

The organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard played either Manual or Pedal clavier. The organ is one of the oldest musical instruments in the European classical music....
. His precocious ability was recorded in an article in The Musical Times
The Musical Times

The Musical Times, often abbreviated to MT, is a European classical music journal edited and produced in the United Kingdom. It is currently the oldest such journal to be still publishing in the UK, having been continuously in publication since 1844....
 in December 1898.

He came to London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 as a pupil of Arthur O'Leary and Ernst Pauer
Ernst Pauer

Ernst Pauer Professor of Piano, 1884?1895The Austrian pianist, composer and teacher formed a direct link with great Viennese traditions: his mother was a member of the Streicher family of piano makers, and for a time he was a piano pupil of Mozart's son, F.X.W....
 in 1862, and in 1870 won a scholarship to Queens' College
Queens' College, Cambridge

Queens' College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge of the University of Cambridge. It was first founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou , and refounded in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville ....
, Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
. In 1873 he moved to Trinity College
Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College is one of the 31 Colleges of the University of Cambridge of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or University of Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduate students, and over 160 Fellows; however, counting only the student body it has somewhat fewer than Homert...
 (for whom he wrote his Three Latin Motets), succeeding J. L. Hopkins as college organist, a post he held until 1892. His appointment as conductor
Conducting

Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. Orchestras, choirs, concert bands and other musical ensembles often have conductors....
 of the Cambridge University Musical Society gave him great opportunities, and the fame which the society soon obtained was in the main due to Stanford's energies.

During his tenure many interesting performances and revivals took place. From 1874 to 1877 he was given leave of absence for part of each year to complete his studies in Germany, where he studied with Carl Reinecke
Carl Reinecke

Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke was a Danemark composer, Conducting, and pianist....
 and Friedrich Kiel
Friedrich Kiel

Friedrich Kiel was a Germany composer and music teacher.Writing of the chamber music of Friedrich Kiel, the famous scholar and critic Wilhelm Altmann notes that it was Kiel?s extreme modesty which kept him and his exceptional works from receiving the consideration they deserved....
. He took his BA degree
Academic degree

A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as University, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study....
 in 1874 and MA in 1878, and was given the honorary degree of D.Mus.
Doctor of Music

The Doctor of Music degree , like other doctorates, is an academic degree of the highest level. The D.Mus. is intended for musicians and composers who wish to combine the highest attainments in their area of specialization with doctoral-level academic study in music....
 at Oxford
University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
 in 1883 and at Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
 in 1888.

He first became known as a composer with his incidental music
Incidental music

Incidental music is music in a Play , television program, radio program, video game, film or some other form not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as the "film score" or "soundtrack."...
 to Tennyson's Queen Mary (Lyceum, 1876); and in 1881 his first opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
, The Veiled Prophet, was given at Hanover
Hanover

Hanover or Hannover#Definitions , on the river Leine, is the capital city of the Federal states of Germany of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the House of Hanover, in their dignities as the dukes of Brunswick-L?neburg ....
 (revived at Covent Garden
Royal Opera House

The Royal Opera House is an opera house and major performing arts venue in the London district of Covent Garden. The large building, often referred to as simply "Covent Garden", is the home of Royal Opera, London , Royal Ballet, London and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House....
, 1893); this was succeeded by Savonarola (Hamburg
Hamburg

Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....
, April, and Covent Garden, July 1884), and The Canterbury Pilgrims (Drury Lane, 1884). His later operas were Shamus O'Brien (Opera Comique, 1896), Much Ado About Nothing (Covent Garden, 1901) (libretto - Julian Sturgis
Julian Sturgis

Julian Russell Sturgis was an United States-born novelist, poet, librettist and lyricist. He played association football as an amateur for the Wanderers F.C....
), The Critic (Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 1916), and The Travelling Companion (David Lewis Theatre, Liverpool
Liverpool

Liverpool [] is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a History of borough status in England and Wales in 1207 and was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1880....
, 1925).

He was appointed professor of composition at the Royal College of Music
Royal College of Music

The Royal College of Music is a college or university school of music located in the South Kensington district of London, England, and historically one of the most influential music institutions in Europe....
 in 1883; was conductor of The Bach Choir
The Bach Choir

The Bach Choir is one of the world?s leading large choruses. Based in London, UK, it has around 220 active members. The Choir's Musical Director is David Hill and previous musical directors have included Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Dr Ralph Vaughan Williams, Reginald Jacques and Sir David Willcocks....
 from 1886 to 1902; was professor of music at Cambridge
University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
, succeeding Sir G. A. Macfarren
George Alexander Macfarren

Sir George Alexander Macfarren was an England composer.He was born in London, and entered the Royal Academy of Music in 1829. A symphony by him was played at an Academy concert in 1830; for the opening of the Scala Theatre in Tottenham Street, under the management of his father, in 1831, he wrote an overture....
 from 1887; conductor of the Leeds Philharmonic Society
Leeds Philharmonic Society

The Chorus of the Leeds Philharmonic Society is a leading choir in Europe, where it regularly tours, performing to professional standards with internationally renowned soloists, orchestras and conductors....
 from 1897 to 1909, and of the Leeds Festival
Leeds Festival (classical music)

The Leeds Festival was a classical music festival which took place between 1858 and 1985 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.The first festival celebrated the opening of Leeds Town Hall by Victoria of the United Kingdom on 7 September 1858....
 from 1901 to 1910. He was an exacting but respected teacher whose pupils included Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was an United Kingdom composer who achieved such success he was called the "African Gustav Mahler"....
, Gustav Holst
Gustav Holst

Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer and was a teacher for nearly 20 years. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets....
, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams Order of Merit was an England composer of symphony, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film Film score. He was also a collector of England folk music and folk song; this also influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, which began in 1904, many folk song arrangements being set as hymn tunes,...
, John Ireland
John Ireland (composer)

John Nicholson Ireland was an English composer....
, Frank Bridge
Frank Bridge

Frank Bridge was an English composer....
, Charles Wood
Charles Wood (composer)

Charles Wood was an Ireland composer and teacher.Born in Armagh, Ireland, he was the fifth child and third son of Charles Wood Sr. and Jemima Wood....
 (who succeeded him as music professor), Geoffrey Shaw
Geoffrey Shaw

Geoffrey Turton Shaw D.Mus was an English composer and musician specializing in Anglican church music. After University of Cambridge, where he was an organ scholar, he became a schoolmaster, then a schools inspector, while producing a stream of musical compositions, arrangements, and published collections of music....
 and Herbert Howells
Herbert Howells

Herbert Norman Howells Order of the Companions of Honour was an English composer, organ , and teacher....
. Notoriously irascible, he quarrelled with many of his contemporaries, including Elgar
Edward Elgar

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, Order of Merit, Royal Victorian Order was an England composer. Several of his first major orchestral works, including the Enigma Variations and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, were greeted with acclaim....
 and Parry
Hubert Parry

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet was an English composer, best known for the choral song And did those feet in ancient time, the coronation anthem I was glad and the hymn tune Repton, which sets the words Dear Lord and Father of Mankind....
. He was knighted
Knight Bachelor

The rank of Knight Bachelor is a part of the British honours system. It is the rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Chivalric order....
 in 1902.

Music

Stanford was particularly known in his day for his choral works, chiefly commissioned for performances at the great English provincial festivals. These include two oratorio
Oratorio

An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and solo ists. The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the opera. Their similarities include the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable Fictional character, and arias....
s, a Requiem
Requiem

The Requiem or Requiem Mass , also known formally in Latin as the Missa pro defunctis or Missa defunctorum , is a liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, Anglo-Catholic Anglicans, and certain Lutheran Church Churches in the United States....
 (1897), a Stabat Mater
Stabat Mater

Stabat Mater is a thirteenth century Catholic church Sequence variously attributed to Innocent III and Jacopone da Todi. Its title is an abbreviation of the first line, Stabat mater dolorosa ....
 (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
Anglican church music

Anglican church music is music that is written for liturgy performance in Anglicanism church services.Almost all of it is written for choir with or without organ accompaniment....
 still holds a central place among Anglican
Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a tradition of Christianity faith. Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs, worship and church structures....
 compositions; particularly popular examples include his Evening Services
Service (music)

In Anglican church music, a Service is a musical setting of certain parts of the liturgy, generally for choir with or without organ accompaniment....
 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
Symphony

A symphony is a musical composition, often extended and usually for orchestra. "Symphony" does not imply a specific form. Many symphonies are tonality works in four movement with the first in sonata form, and this is often described by music theorists as the structure of a "Classical period " symphony, although even some symphonies by the ac...
, six Irish Rhapsodies for orchestra, several works for organ
Organ (music)

The organ is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard played either Manual or Pedal clavier. The organ is one of the oldest musical instruments in the European classical music....
, concerto
Concerto

The term Concerto usually refers to a three-part musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. The concerto, as understood in this modern way, arose in the Baroque period side by side with the concerto grosso, which contrasted a small group of instruments with the rest of the orchestra....
s for violin
Violin

The violin is a Bow string instrument with four strings usually tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello....
,cello
Cello

The violoncello is a bowed string instrument. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra....
, clarinet
Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word clarino meaning a particular type of trumpet, as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet....
, and piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
, and many chamber
Chamber music

Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber....
 compositions, including eight string quartet
String quartet

A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments — usually two violins, a viola and cello — or a piece written to be performed by such a group....
s. He also composed songs, part-songs, madrigal
Madrigal (music)

A madrigal is a type of secular vocal music composition, written during the Renaissance music and early Baroque music eras. Throughout most of its history it was Polyphony and unaccompanied by instruments, with the number of voices varying from two to eight, but most frequently three to six....
s, and incidental music to Eumenides
Eumenides

Eumenides may refer to:* Another name for the Erinyes, Greek mythology of vengeance* Oresteia#The Eumenides, the third part of Aeschylus Greek tragedy, the Oresteia...
 and Oedipus Rex (as performed at Cambridge), as well as to Tennyson's Becket. His music shows the influence of Brahms
Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms , composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic music. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene....
 and Schumann
Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is one of the most famous Romantic music composers of the 19th century....
, 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 autobiography
Autobiography

An autobiography is a biography written by its subject . The term was first used by the poet Robert Southey in 1809 in the English language Periodical publication Quarterly Review, but the form goes back to antiquity....
, Pages from an Unwritten Diary (1914).

Stanford also wrote lighter pieces of music under the pseudonym of Karol Drofnatski ; many years later, Don Knuth of Stanford University
Stanford University

Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
 paid homage to this by creating his near-namesake R.J. Drofnats, also a composer.

List of works


Orchestral works


Symphonies
Symphony

A symphony is a musical composition, often extended and usually for orchestra. "Symphony" does not imply a specific form. Many symphonies are tonality works in four movement with the first in sonata form, and this is often described by music theorists as the structure of a "Classical period " symphony, although even some symphonies by the ac...
 
  • No. 1 in B flat major
  • No. 2 in D minor, "Elegiac"
  • No. 3 in F minor, "Irish" (Op. 28)
  • No. 4 in F major (Op. 31) (1888)
  • No. 5 in D major, "L'allegro ed il penseroso" (Op. 56)
  • No. 6 in E flat major, "In honour of the life-work of a great artist: George Frederick Watts" (Op. 94) (1905)
  • No. 7 in D minor (Op. 124)


Concerto
Concerto

The term Concerto usually refers to a three-part musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. The concerto, as understood in this modern way, arose in the Baroque period side by side with the concerto grosso, which contrasted a small group of instruments with the rest of the orchestra....
s
  • Piano Concerto (early- no. "0") (1874)
  • Violin Concerto (early, 1875)
  • Cello Concerto in D minor (1879-1880)
  • Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor (Opus 59)
  • Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor (Op. 126)
  • Piano Concerto No.3 in E flat major (Op. 171, unfinished, orchestrated by Geoffrey Bush) (1919)
  • Concert Variations upon an English Theme "Down Among the Dead Men" for piano & orchestra in C Minor, Op 71
  • Suite for violin & orchestra, Op. 32
  • Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 74
  • Clarinet Concerto in A minor, Op. 80
  • Concert Piece for organ & orchestra, Op 181


Irish Rhapsodies
Rhapsody

In art and literature, rhapsody may mean:* Rhapsody , an enthusiastic instrumental composition of indefinite form* Epic poetry, or part of one, that is suitable for recitation at one time, such as a book of Homer's Odyssey...
 
  • Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 1 in D Minor, Op 78
  • Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 2 in F Minor, Op 84 ("The Lament for the Son of Ossian")
  • Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 3, Op 137
  • Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 4 in A Minor, Op 141 ("Fisherman of Loch Neagh")
  • Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 5 in G Minor, Op 147
  • Irish Rhapsody No. 6 for violin & orchestra, Op. 191


Other orchestral works
  • Funeral March 'The Martyrdom'
  • Oedipus Rex, incidental music, Op 29


Choral works


Anthem
Anthem

The term anthem means either a specific form of Anglican church music , or more generally, a song of celebration, usually acting as a symbol for a distinct group of people, as in the term "national anthem" or "sports anthem"....
s and motet
Motet

In Western music, motet is a word that is applied to a number of highly varied choir musical compositions.The name comes either from the Latin movere, or a Latinized version of Old French mot, "word" or "verbal utterance." The Medieval Latin for "motet" is "motectum", and the Italian mottetto was also used....
s
  • And I saw another Angel (Op. 37 No. 1)
  • For lo, I raise up (Op. 145)
  • If thou shalt confess (Op. 37 No. 2)
  • The Lord is my Shepherd (composed 1886)
  • Three Latin Motets (Op. 38)
    • Justorum animae
    • Coelos ascendit hodie
    • Beati quorum via

Services
Service (music)

In Anglican church music, a Service is a musical setting of certain parts of the liturgy, generally for choir with or without organ accompaniment....
 
  • Morning, Evening, and Communion services:
    • B flat major (Op. 10)
    • A major (Op. 12)
    • F major (Op. 36)
    • G major (Op. 81)
    • C major (Op. 115)
    • D major for Unison Choir (1923)
  • Magnificat
    Magnificat

    The Magnificat is a canticle frequently sung liturgy in Christian church services. The text of the canticle is taken directly from the Gospel of Luke where it is spoken by the Virgin Mary upon the occasion of her Visitation to her cousin Elizabeth....
     and Nunc dimittis
    Nunc dimittis

    The Nunc dimittis is a canticle from a text in the second chapter of Gospel of Luke named after its first words in Latin language.Simeon the Righteous was a devout Jew who, according to the book of Luke, had been promised by the Holy Spirit that he would not die until he had seen the Saviour....
     settings:
    • E flat major (1873; publ. 1996)
    • F major (Queens'
      Queens' College, Cambridge

      Queens' College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge of the University of Cambridge. It was first founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou , and refounded in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville ....
       Service) (1872; edited Ralph Woodward and publ. 1995)
    • on the 2nd and 3rd Gregorian Mode
      Musical mode

      Mode is a term from Western music theory having three senses: the rhythmic relationship between long and short values in the late medieval period; in early medieval theory, Interval ; and, most commonly, a concept involving Musical scale and melody type ....
      s (1907)
    • A major
    • B flat major
    • C major


Works for choir and orchestra
  • Requiem
    Requiem

    The Requiem or Requiem Mass , also known formally in Latin as the Missa pro defunctis or Missa defunctorum , is a liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church, Anglo-Catholic Anglicans, and certain Lutheran Church Churches in the United States....
    , Op. 63 (1896)
  • The Revenge, a ballad of the fleet. (Op. 24.) Words by Alfred Lord Tennyson.


Chamber Music

  • String quartet
    String quartet

    A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments — usually two violins, a viola and cello — or a piece written to be performed by such a group....
    s
    • No. 1 in G major, Op.44 (1891)
    • No. 2 in A minor, Op.45 (1891)
    • No. 3 in D minor, Op.64 (1897)
    • No. 4 in G minor, Op.99 (1907)
    • No. 5 in B flat major, Op.104 (1908)
    • No. 6 in A minor, Op.122 (1910)
    • No. 7 in C minor, Op.166 (1919)
    • No. 8 in E minor, Op.167 (1919)
  • Other works for string ensemble
    • String quintet
      String quintet

      A string quintet is an ensemble of five string instrument players or a piece written for such a combination. The most common combinations in european classical music are two violins, two violas and cello or two violins, viola and two cellos....
       No. 1 in F major, Op.85 for two violin
      Violin

      The violin is a Bow string instrument with four strings usually tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello....
      s, two viola
      Viola

      The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.The casual observer may mistake the viola for the violin because of their similarity in size, closeness in pitch range , and nearly identical playing position....
      s & cello
      Cello

      The violoncello is a bowed string instrument. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra....
       (1903)
    • String quintet No. 2 in C minor, Op.86 (1903)
  • Piano trio
    Piano trio

    A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in European classical music chamber music....
    s
    • No. 1 in E flat major, Op.35 (1889)
    • No. 2 in G minor, Op.73 (1899)
    • No. 3 in A "Per aspera ad astra", Op.158 (1918)
  • Works for violin and piano
    Piano

    The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
    • Sonata
      Sonata

      Sonata , in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata , a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the Music history, designating a variety of forms prior to the Classical music era era....
       No. 1 in D major, Op.11 (1880)
    • Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op.70 (1898)
    • Sonata No. 3, Op.165 (1919)
    • Legend, WoO
      WoO

      WoO is a catalogue prepared in 1955 by Harry Halm and Georg Kinsky, listing all of the compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven that were not originally published with an opus number, or survived only as fragments....
       (1893)
    • Irish Fantasies, Op.54 (1894)
    • Five Characteristic Pieces, Op.93 (1905)
    • Six Irish Sketches, Op.154 (1917)
    • Six Easy Pieces, Op.155 (1917)
    • Five Bagatelles, Op.183 (1921)
  • Other works for solo instrument and piano
    • Sonata No. 1 in A major for violoncello & piano, Op.9 (1878)
    • Sonata No. 2 in D minor for violoncello & piano, Op.39 (1893)
    • Three Intermezzi for clarinet
      Clarinet

      The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word clarino meaning a particular type of trumpet, as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet....
       & piano, Op.13 (1880)
    • Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano, Op.129 (1912)
  • Other works for strings and piano
    • Piano quartet
      Piano quartet

      A piano quartet is a musical ensemble consisting of a piano and three other instruments, or a piece written for such a group. In european classical music, those other instruments are usually a string trio, that is a violin, viola and cello....
       No. 1 in F major, Op.15 (1879)
    • Piano quartet No. 2, Op.133 (1912)
    • Piano quintet
      Piano quintet

      A piano quintet is a chamber music musical ensemble made up of one piano and four other instruments or a piece written for such a group.The most common grouping is one piano, two violins, a viola, and a cello—that is, a piano with a string quartet....
       in D minor, Op.25 (1887)
  • Serenade in F major for Nonet, Op.95 (1906)
  • Fantasy No. 1 in G minor for clarinet & string quartet WoO (1921)
  • Fantasy No. 2 in F major for clarinet & string quartet WoO (1922)
  • Phantasy for horn
    Horn (instrument)

    The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. It is descended from the natural horn and is informally known as the French horn....
     & string quartet in A minor WoO (1922)


Piano Music

  • Preludes, Op.163
  • Ballade, Op.170


Organ Music

  • Chorale Preludes (8)
  • Chorale Preludes, Op. 182
  • Fantasia and Toccata, Op. 57 (1894, revised 1917)
  • Fantasie on Intercessor, Op. 187
  • Four Intermezzi
  • Idyl and Fantasia, Op. 121
  • Intermezzo on Londonderry Air, Op. 189
  • Prelude and Fugue in E Minor
  • Quasi ina Fantasia (1921)
  • Six Occasional Preludes, 2 books
  • Six Preludes, Op. 88
  • Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Op. 101
  • Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Op. 105
  • Sonata No. 1, Op. 149,(1917)
  • Sonata No. 2, Op. 151 (1917)
  • Sonata No. 3, Op. 152 (1918)
  • Sonata No. 4, Op. 153 (1920)
  • Sonata No. 5, Op. 159 (1921)
  • Te Deum Laudamus Fantasy
  • Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 93 (1923)
  • Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (1907)
  • Fantasie & Fugue D min, op.103 (1907)


Miscellaneous

  • The Blue Bird, on words by Mary Coleridge
  • Magnificat in B flat major for unaccompanied double choir
  • Pater Noster
    Pater Noster

    Pater Noster is probably the best-known prayer in Christianity.Pater Noster or Paternoster may also refer to:* Paternoster, a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building...
     (1874)


Recordings


See also

  • List of people on stamps of Ireland
    List of people on stamps of Ireland

    This is a list of people on the postage stamps of the Irish Free State between 1922 and 1937 and on the postage stamps ofRepublic of Ireland since 1937, including the years when they appeared on a stamp....


Bibliography

  • Jeremy Dibble - Charles Villiers Stanford: man and musician (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002)
  • Paul J. Rodmell - Charles Villiers Stanford (Aldershot, Hampshire: Scolar Press, 2002)


External links

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