Charles Villiers Stanford

Life

Born: 30 September 1852

Died: 29 March 1924

Biography

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List of choral works

• For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Charles Villiers Stanford compositions

Sacred works

Anthems, motets and larger sacred works

And I saw another angel, Op. 37, No. 1 Beati quorum via, Op. 38, No. 3 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord Coelos ascendit hodie, Op. 38, No. 2 Eternal Father, Op. 135, No. 2 For lo, I raise up, Op. 145 Glorious and powerful God, Op. 135, No. 3 God and the Universe How beauteous are their feet Hymn (after a song of Freedom) Hymn (after a Song of Trust) - Purest and Highest

If thou shalt confess with thy mouth, Op. 37, No. 2 If ye then be risen with Christ Justorum animae, Op. 38, No. 1 The Lord is my Shepherd O living will O praise God in his holiness (Psalm 150) Oh for a closer walk with God Pray that Jerusalem Why seek ye the living? Ye choirs of new Jerusalem Ye holy angels bright Op. 135

• Ave atque vale, Op. 114 (1909)
• Hymn (after a Song of Trust) - Purest and Highest
• O sons and daughters, let us sing
• Once in Bethlehem of Judah
• Pater Noster (1874)
• Requiem, Op. 63
• Stabat Mater (1907)

Anglican chants

• Double Chant in A-flat Major
• Double chant in E flat major
• Psalm 149
• Psalm 150

Hymns & Hymn tunes

• Airedale
• As now the sun's declining rays
• Engelberg
• Fitzroy
• Geronimo
• I bind unto myself today
• Lunard
• O God our help in ages past
• O sons and daughters, let us sing
• St. Basil the Great
• St. Patrick's Breastplate
• Thou art the way, the truth, the life

Hymn tunes

• Airedale
• Engelberg
• Fitzroy
• Geronimo
• Lunard
• St. Basil the Great
• St. Patrick's Breastplate

Services

• Complete services: Morning, Evening, and Communion (see below for links to score pages and files)
  • B flat major, Op. 10
  • A major, Op. 12
  • F major, Op. 36
  • G major, Op. 81
  • C major, Op. 115
  • D major for Unison Choir (1923)

Communion settings

• Communion Service in B flat, Op. 10
• Festal Communion Service in B flat, Op. 128

Morning canticles

• Te Deum in A major
• Te Deum in B flat, Op. 10, No. 1
• Jubilate in B flat, Op. 10, No. 2
• Benedictus in B flat, Op. 10, No. 3
• Te Deum in E flat (Thanksgiving) Op. 143
• Te Deum and Jubilate in C Major, Op. 115

Evening canticles

• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in B flat, Op. 10
• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in C, Op. 115
• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in G, Op. 81
• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in E flat major (1873; publ. Cathedral Music 1996)
• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in F major, Op. 36
• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in F major (Queens' Service) (1872; publ. S&B 1995)
• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis on the 2nd and 3rd Gregorian Modes (1907)
• Magnificat for Eight-part Chorus, Opus 164
• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in A, Op. 12

Partsongs and other secular works

• Haven, The
• Heraclitus, Op. 110, No. 4
• Morris dance, The
• My Love's an Arbutus
• Peace; Come Away
• Quick! We have but a second

• 4 Part-Songs, Op. 47 (1892)

1. Soft, soft wind
2. Sing heigh ho
3. Airly Beacon
4. The Knight's tomb

• Six Elizabethan Pastorals, Op. 49

1. To his flocks
2. Corydon, Arise!
3. Diaphenia
4. Sweet love for me
5. Damon's Passion
6. Phoebe

• Six Elizabethan Pastorals (Second set), Op. 53

1. On a hill there grows a flower
2. Like Desert Woods
3. Praised be Diana
4. Cupid and Rosalind
5. O shady vales
6. The Shepherd Doron's jig

• Six Elizabethan Pastorals (Third set), Op. 67

1. A carol for Christmas
2. The Shepherd's anthem
3. Shall we go dance?
4. Love in prayers
5. Of disdainful Daphne
6. Love's fire

• Six Irish Folksongs, Op. 78

1. Oh! breathe not his name
2. What the bee is to the flow'ret
3. At the mid hour of night
4. The Sword of Erin
5. It is not the tear
6. Oh the sight entrancing

• 4 Part-Songs, for Male Voices TTBB, Op. 106

1. Autumn Leaves
2. Love's Folly
3. To his flocks
4. Fair Phyllis

• 4 Part-Songs, for SATB (also for SSAA) Op. 110

1. Valentine's Day
2. Dirge
3. The Fairies
4. Heraclitus (also for solo voice and piano)

• 3 Part-Songs, for SATB Op. 111

1. A Lover's Ditty
2. The Praise of Spring
3. The Patient Lover

• 8 partsongs, Op. 119

1. The Witch
2. Farewell, my joy
3. The Blue Bird
4. The Train
5. The Inkbottle
6. The Swallow
7. Chillingham
8. My heart in thine

Cantatas

• Songs of the Fleet, Op. 117

1. Sailing at Dawn
2. The Song Of the Sou' Wester
3. The Middle Watch
4. The Little Admiral
5. Fare Well

Works with solo voice

• Songs of the Sea, Op. 91; version for Baritone solo and male chorus

1. Drake's Drum
2. Outward Bound
3. Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain
4. Homeward Bound
5. The Old Superb

• Crossing the bar
• Six Bible Songs, Op. 113; for solo voice and organ

1. A Song of Freedom
2. A Song of Trust
3. A Song of Hope
4. A song of peace
5. A song of battle
6. A song of wisdom

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External links

• Works by Charles Villiers Stanford in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
• Biography at Classical Net