Choral Songs in honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria is a collection of 13 choral songs by 13 British composers issued on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Queen Victoria in 1899.[1]
In 1897-1898 the Master of the Queen's Music Sir Walter Parratt proposed a volume of choral songs modelled on The Triumphs of Oriana (1601) as part of the planned 80th birthday celebrations. He recruited 13 British composers, and in 1899 a limited edition of only 100 copies was produced entitled Choral Songs in honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.[2]
The actual title on the front of the book is "Choral Songs by Various Writers & Composers in Honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria".
Contents
| order | composer | poet | piece |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie | Alfred Austin | With wisdom, goodness, grace |
| 2 | Sir Charles Villiers Stanford | A. C. Benson | Out in the windy West |
| 3 | Henry Walford Davies | Robert Bridges | Hark! The world is full of thy praise |
| 4 | Sir Frederick Bridge | Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe | For all the wonder of thy regal day |
| 5 | Sir George Martin | John Davidson (poet) | The seaboards are her mantle's hem |
| 6 | Sir Hubert Parry | Austin Dobson (1840–1921) | Who can dwell with greatness! |
| 7 | Arthur M. Goodhart | Edmund Gosse | Lady on the Silver Throne |
| 8 | Charles Wood | Arthur Coleridge James | A Century's Penultimate |
| 9 | Arthur Somervell | John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll | With still increasing blessings |
| 10 | Edward Elgar | Frederic W. H. Myers | To her beneath whose stedfast star |
| 11 | Charles Harford Lloyd | Henry Newbolt | A thousand years, by sea and land |
| 12 | Sir John Stainer | John Frederick Stainer (1866–1939) | Flora's Queen |
| 13 | Sir Walter Parratt | Sir Thomas Herbert Warren | The Triumph of Victoria |
Recordings
edit- Choral Songs in honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Spiritus Chamber Choir dir. Aidan Oliver Toccata Classics 2008
References
edit- ^ Essay by Lewis Foreman Toccata Classics recording sleeve notes[permanent dead link]
- ^ Jeffrey Richards Imperialism and music: Britain, 1876-1953 2001 p359
External links
edit- Complete Book, ed. Parratt: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 1. Mackenzie: With wisdom, goodness, grace: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 2. Stanford: Out in the windy West: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 3. Davies: Hark! The world is full of thy praise: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 4. Bridge: For all the wonder of thy regal day: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 5. Martin: The seaboards are her mantle's hem: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 6. Parry: Who can dwell with greatness!: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 7. Goodhart: Lady on the Silver Throne: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 8. Wood: A Century's Penultimate: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 9. Somervell: With still increasing blessings: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 10. Elgar: To her beneath whose stedfast star: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 11. Lloyd: A thousand years, by sea and land: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 12. Stainer: Flora's Queen: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 13. Parratt: The Triumph of Victoria: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project