Charles Villiers Stanford

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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Total 35 sheet(s) found, listing between 0 - 20.
Song | Added By | Pages | Instruments | Sheet Type | File |
Sonata 4 |
tubamirabilis16 (5)
4902d ago
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38 | Organ | Original |
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Sonata 3 |
tubamirabilis16 (5)
4902d ago
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46 | Organ | Original |
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Sonata 2 |
tubamirabilis16 (5)
4902d ago
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36 | Organ | Original |
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Sonata 1 |
tubamirabilis16 (5)
4902d ago
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22 | Organ | Original |
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Symphony 4 |
tubamirabilis16 (5)
4902d ago
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80 | Piano | Original |
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Prelude No. 5 |
jameskealey (25)
5013d ago
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5 | Organ | Original |
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Prelude 2 |
jameskealey (25)
5022d ago
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2 | Organ | Original |
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Prelude No. 2 |
jameskealey (25)
5022d ago
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3 | Organ | Original |
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Prelude No. 1 |
jameskealey (25)
5022d ago
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4 | Organ | Original |
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Organ Concerto 1 |
jameskealey (25)
5022d ago
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20 | Organ | Original |
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Beati Quorum Via |
danball7 (2)
5031d ago
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6 | Vocal | Transcription |
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The Haven |
orpheus (66)
5053d ago
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3 | Piano, Vocal | Original |
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three intermezzi |
wwwquuui (6)
5078d ago
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19 | Piano, Violin | Original |
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Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C |
dustin (1)
5079d ago
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15 | Piano, Vocal | Transcription |
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The blue bird |
ILoveSinging91 (51)
5082d ago
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4 | Piano, Vocal | Other |
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Peace Come Away |
mairin926 (1)
5113d ago
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3 | Vocal | Other |
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The Blue Bird |
ael00 (16)
5126d ago
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4 | Piano, Vocal | Original |
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When Mary Thro the Garden Went |
bazzer101 (2)
5128d ago
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7 | Vocal, Organ | Original |
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Te Deum in A major |
BoredNow (18)
5139d ago
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18 | Vocal, Organ | Transcription |
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Beati Quorum Via |
ruka4schooters (1)
5145d ago
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4 | Vocal | Original |
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