Anniversary,
Charles Villiers Stanford Centenary Anniversary
Charles Villiers Stanford was one of the great choral composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born in Dublin in 1852, Stanford was educated at the University of Cambridge before studying music in Leipzig and Berlin. He was one of the founding professors of the Royal College of Music and taught composition there from 1882 until his death in 1924. His roster of students included Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Rebecca Clarke, Frank Bridge, Arthur Bliss, William Hurlstone, John Ireland, Gustav Holst, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Stanford’s compositional output mainly consisted of choral works for church performances, alongside a substantial number of concert works, and seven symphonies. He also composed nine complete operas, which are unfortunately lesser-known today.
This year marks the centenary of his death, and to celebrate the life and work of this prominent composer, several publishers have released new editions of his works, including Nine Irish Folksongs and Eight Partsongs from Stainer & Bell, the Trio in Eb major for piano violin and cello from Hoeflich, and two collections of music from RSCM: a collection of preces and responses based on themes from the works of Stanford, and a collection of Stanford works, perfect for Evensong.
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Newly discovered and edited by leading Stanford authority Jeremy Dibble, the Nine Irish Folksongs for SATB a cappella reveal a composer who was steeped in the lore of his native Erin, and a master of the romantic partsong.
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A major addition to the celebrations marking the hundredth anniversary of Stanford’s death, the reissuing of his Eight Partsongs Opus 127 with an introduction by Professor Jeremy Dibble.
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Preces & Responses based on themes from the works of Stanford, adapted and arranged by Jeremy Dibble.
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This year is the 100th anniversary of the death of Charles Villiers Stanford. This collection provides everything you need to put on an Evensong using the works of Stanford, including Introit, hymns, psalm, responses, canticles and anthem. A great way to celebrate the glorious works of Stanford.
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Stanford's Trio in E Flat Major Op. 35 for piano, violin, and cello.
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A superb volume comprising of a selection of twenty pieces by Charles Villiers Stanford, providing the repertoire-hungry organist with preludes, postludes, and shorter descriptive works, suitable for either liturgical or recital use.
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One of Stanford's influential early liturgical settings, this freshly engraved edition includes three staves to the organ part and a paragraph explaining the historical background and context of the work.
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By the time he wrote the first of these three Intermezzi, Stanford was already an established composer with over seventy works to his credit.
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Two works for the clarinet by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) are well known; the concerto Op. 80 of 1902, and this sonata Op. 129 of 1918.
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Vocal score to Stanford's Requiem for solo soprano, alto, tenor and bass, mixed choir, and piano reduction of the orchestral score.
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