List of compositions by Charles Villiers Stanford
This is a list of compositions by Charles Villiers Stanford.
Operas
- 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
Symphonies
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Funeral March 'The Martyrdom'
- Oedipus Rex, incidental music, Op. 29
- A Welcome March, Op. 87
Choral works
Anthems and motets
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Six Songs, Op. 4 (Heinrich Heine), 1874
- Six Songs, Op. 7 (Heinrich Heine), c.1877
- La Belle dame sans merci (poem by John Keats), 1877
- Six Songs, Op. 19 (various), 1882
- A Child's Garland of Songs, Op. 30 (Robert Louis Stephenson), 1892
- Three Songs, Op. 43 (Robert Bridges), 1893
- The Clown's Songs from 'Twelfth Night' (Shakespeare), Op. 65, 1896
- An Irish Idyll in Six Miniatures, Op. 77 (Moira O'Neill), 1901
- Songs of Faith, Op. 97, set 1 (Tennyson) (Nos. 1–3); set 2 (Walt Whitman) (Nos. 4–6), 1906
- A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, Op. 140 (Winifred Mary Letts), 1913
Chamber music
- 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
- String quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 85 for two violins, two violas & cello (1903)
- String quintet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 86 (1903)
- 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
- Piano quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 15 (1879)
- Piano quartet No. 2, Op. 133 (1912)
- Piano quintet 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 & string quartet in A minor, WoO (1922)
Piano music
- 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
- 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
- 11-bell version of the Whittington chimes (1905)[6]
References
- ^ a b c Howell, Christopher (1997). "Stanford and Musical Quotation". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Dibble, Jeremy (2002). Charles Villiers Stanford: Man and Musician. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-816383-1.
- ^ OCLC 270569607
- ^ 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
- ^ Starmer, William Wooding (19 November 1907). "Chimes" (PDF). Proceedings of the Musical Association. 34: 1–24 (5). doi:10.1093/jrma/34.1.1.