List of compositions by Charles Villiers Stanford

This is a list of compositions by Charles Villiers Stanford.

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Stanford in 1921

Operas

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  • The Veiled Prophet (1877, perf. 1881)
  • Savonarola (1883, perf. 1884)
  • The Canterbury Pilgrims (1883, perf. 1884)
  • The Miner of Falun (1888 act 1 only; abandoned, unpub.)
  • Lorenza, Op. 55 (1894, unperformed, unpub.)
  • Shamus O'Brien, Op. 61 (1895, perf. 1896)
  • Christopher Patch, the Barber of Bath, Op. 69 (1897, unperformed)
  • Much Ado About Nothing or The Marriage of Hero, Op. 76a (1900, perf. 1901)
  • The Critic, or An Opera Rehearsed, Op. 144 (1915, perf. 1916)
  • The Travelling Companion, Op. 146 (1916, perf. posth. 1925)

Orchestral works

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Symphonies

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  • No. 1 in B-flat major (1876)
  • No. 2 in D minor, "Elegiac" (1882)
  • No. 3 in F minor, "Irish", Op. 28 (1887)
  • No. 4 in F major, Op. 31 (1888)[1]
  • No. 5 in D major, "L'Allegro ed il Pensieroso", Op. 56 (1894)
  • No. 6 in E-flat major, "In Memoriam G. F. Watts", Op. 94 (1905)[1]
  • No. 7 in D minor, Op. 124 (1911)

Concertos

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  • Piano Concerto No. 0 in B-flat major, WoO (early – no. "0") (1874)[2][3]
  • Violin Concerto No. 0 in D major, WoO (early, 1875)[2][3]
  • Cello Concerto in D minor, WoO (1879/1880)[2]
  • Suite in D for violin and orchestra, Op. 32
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in G major, Op. 59
  • Concert Variations upon an English Theme "Down Among the Dead Men" for piano and orchestra in C minor, Op. 71
  • Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 74
  • Clarinet Concerto in A minor, Op. 80 (1902)
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 126 (1911)
  • Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op.162 (1918; unfinished, orchestrated by Jeremy Dibble)[4]
  • Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 171 (1919; unfinished, orchestrated by Geoffrey Bush; there is a new orchestration by Jeremy Dibble)[2]
  • Variations for violin and orchestra, Op, 180 (1921)[3]
  • Concert Piece for organ and orchestra, Op. 181 (1921)[3]

Irish Rhapsodies

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  • 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 cello and orchestra No. 3, Op. 137
  • Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No. 4 in A minor, Op. 141 ("The Fisherman of Loch Neagh and what he saw")
  • Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No. 5 in G minor, Op. 147
  • Irish Rhapsody for violin and orchestra No. 6, Op. 191

Other orchestral works

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  • Funeral March 'The Martyrdom'
  • Oedipus Rex, incidental music, Op. 29
  • A Welcome March, Op. 87

Choral works

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Anthems and motets

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  • Pater Noster (1874)
  • And I saw another Angel (Op. 37, No. 1) (1885)
  • If thou shalt confess (Op. 37, No. 2) (1885)
  • Three Latin Motets (Op. 38, published 1905)
    • Beati quorum via
    • Coelos ascendit hodie
    • Justorum animae
  • Bible Songs for Unison choir (Op 113) (1909)
  • Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem (Op. 123, published 1911)
  • Eternal Father (Op.135)
  • For lo, I raise up (Op. 145)
  • The Lord is my Shepherd (composed 1886)
  • Why seek ye the living? (c. 1890)
  • Engelberg (1904)
  • 'How beauteous are their feet' (published 1923)

Services

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  • 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)
    • Festal Communion Service B-flat major (Op. 128) (1910/11)
    • D major for Unison Choir (1923)
  • Magnificat and Nunc dimittis settings:
    • E-flat major (1873; publ. 1996)
    • F major (Queens' Service) (1872; edited Ralph Woodward and publ. 1995)
    • on the 2nd and 3rd Gregorian Modes (1907)
    • A major (Op. 12)
    • B-flat major (Op. 10)
    • C major (Op. 115)
    • G major (Op. 81)
  • Magnificat in B-flat major for unaccompanied double choir, Op. 164 (September 1918): dedicated to the memory of Parry

Part songs

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  • 4 Part-Songs for SATB, Op. 47 (1892)
    • Soft, soft wind
    • Sing heigh ho
    • Airly Beacon
    • The Knight's tomb
  • 4 Part-Songs, for Male Voices TTBB, Op. 106
    • Autumn Leaves
    • Love's Folly
    • To his flocks
    • Fair Phyllis
  • 4 Part-Songs, for SATB (also for SSAA) Op. 110
    • Valentine's Day
    • Dirge
    • The Fairies
    • Heraclitus
  • 3 Part-Songs, for SATB Op. 111
    • A Lover's Ditty
    • The Praise of Spring
    • The Patient Lover
  • 8 Part-Songs for SATB, Op. 119 (to poems by Mary Coleridge)
    • The Witch
    • Farewell, my joy
    • The Blue Bird
    • The Train
    • The Inkbottle
    • The Swallow
    • Chillingham
    • My heart in thine
  • 8 Part-Songs for SATB, Op. 127 (to poems by Mary Coleridge)
    • Plighted
    • Veneta
    • When Mary thro' the garden went
    • The Haven
    • The Guest
    • Larghetto
    • Wilderspin
    • To a Tree

Miscellaneous

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  • On Time, Choral Song for unaccompanied double choir, Op. 142 Poem by John Milton
  • Six Elizabethan Pastorals for SATB, Op. 49
    • To his flocks
    • Corydon, Arise!
    • Diaphenia
    • Sweet love for me
    • Damon's Passion
    • Phoebe
  • Six Elizabethan Pastorals for SATB (Second set), Op. 53
    • On a hill there grows a flower
    • Like Desert Woods
    • Praised be Diana
    • Cupid and Rosalind
    • O shady vales
    • The Shepherd Doron's jig
  • Six Elizabethan Pastorals for SATB (Third set), Op. 67
    • A carol for Christmas
    • The Shepherd's anthem
    • Shall we go dance?
    • Love in prayers
    • Of disdainful Daphne
    • Love's fire
  • Six Irish Folksongs for SATB, Op. 78
    • Oh! breathe not his name
    • What the bee is to the flow'ret
    • At the mid hour of night
    • The Sword of Erin
    • It is not the tear
    • Oh the sight entrancing

Works for choir and orchestra

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  • The Resurrection, for tenor, choir and orchestra (1875) (Words by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock)
  • Elegiac Ode, Op. 21 (1884), words from When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd by Walt Whitman
  • The Revenge, a ballad of the fleet, Op. 24 (1886) Words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
  • Mass in G major, Op. 46
  • Missa 'Via Victrix 1914–1918' for solo soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus, organ and orchestra, Op. 173 (1919)
  • Requiem, Op. 63 (1896)[1]
  • Te Deum, Op. 66 (1898; written for the Leeds Festival)
  • Songs of the Sea for solo baritone, choir (mixed or men's voices) ad lib. and orchestra, Op. 91 (words by Henry Newbolt)
  • Stabat Mater, "Symphonic Cantata" for solo soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, choir and orchestra, Op. 96 (1906)
  • Song to the Soul, for choir and orchestra, Op. 97b (1913) (words by Walt Whitman)
  • Songs of the Fleet for solo baritone, SATB and orchestra, Op. 117 (words by Henry Newbolt)
  • At the Abbey Gate, cantata for solo baritone, SATB and orchestra, Op. 177 (1921)

Songs for solo voice(s) and piano

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Chamber music

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  • String quartets
    • 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
  • Piano trios
    • 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)[5]
  • Works for violin and piano
    • Sonata 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 (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)
    • Six Irish Dances
  • 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 & piano, Op. 13 (1880)
    • Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano, Op. 129 (1912)
  • Other works for strings and piano
  • 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 & string quartet in A minor, WoO (1922)

Piano music

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  • Piano Suite (4), Op. 2
  • Toccata in C Major, Op. 3
  • Old and New Dances (10), Op. 58
  • Dante Rhapsodies (3), Op. 92
  • Characteristic Pieces (6), Op. 132
  • Capriccios (5), Op. 136
  • Night Thoughts (6), Op. 148
  • Scènes de ballet (6), Op. 150
  • Preludes in all the keys (24), Set I, Op. 163
  • Ballade, Op. 170
  • Waltzes (3), Op. 178
  • Preludes in all the keys (24), Set II, Op. 179
  • A Toy Story (6)
  • Elementary Sketches (6)
  • Fancies (3)
  • Novellettes (2)
  • Primary Sketches (6)
  • Song-Tunes (6)
  • Waltzes (6) and Coda (1)

Organ music

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  • 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 una 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
    • On a theme of Orlando Gibbons Song 34: The Angels' Song
    • On a theme of Orlando Gibbons Song 22:
    • Lento
    • On a theme of Orlando Gibbons Song 24:
    • Trio
    • Allegro
  • Sonata No. 1, Op. 149 (1917)
  • Sonata "Eroica" No. 2, Op. 151 (1917)
  • Sonata "Britannica" No. 3, Op. 152 (1918)
  • Sonata "Celtica" No. 4, Op. 153 (1920)
  • Sonata "Quasi Una Fantasia" No. 5, Op. 159 (1921)
  • Te Deum Laudamus Fantasy
  • Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 193 (1923)
  • Toccata and Fugue in D minor (1907)
  • Fantasie and Fugue in D minor, Op. 103 (1907)

Miscellaneous

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Howell, Christopher (1997). "Stanford and Musical Quotation". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
  2. ^ a b c d France, John (August 2007). "Stanford Cello Concerto, Piano Concerto No. 3 SRCD321: Classical CD Reviews". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
  3. ^ a b c d Dibble, Jeremy (2002). Charles Villiers Stanford: Man and Musician. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-816383-1.
  4. ^ OCLC 270569607
  5. ^ Stanford, Charles (1918), Trio for piano, violin & violoncello, no. 3 in A, op. 158 (score and 2 parts), Augener Ltd, hdl:1802/2054 – via University of Rochester
  6. ^ Starmer, William Wooding (19 November 1907). "Chimes" (PDF). Proceedings of the Musical Association. 34: 1–24 (5). doi:10.1093/jrma/34.1.1.
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