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Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic era. Born to a well-off and highly musical family in Dublin, Stanford was educated at the University of Cambridge before studying music in Leipzig and Berlin.
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (born Sept. 30, 1852, Dublin—died March 29, 1924, London) was an Anglo-Irish composer, conductor, and teacher who greatly influenced the next generation of British composers; Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Arthur Bliss, and Gustav Holst were among his pupils.
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Charles Villiers Stanford (1852- 1924) was one of the leading musicians of his generation and had a profound effect on the development and history of English music as a performer, conductor, composer, teacher and writer.
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852- 1924) was one of the leading musicians of his generation and had a profound effect on the development and history of English music as a performer, conductor, composer, teacher and writer. Born in Dublin to a musical family, his musical gifts were recognized early.
Mar 28, 2024 · The composer Charles Villiers Stanford, whose Anglican cathedral music is still a mainstay of the repertoire, died 100 years ago. His anniversary falls this Good Friday. On the centenary, in 1952, of his birth, the Church Times rose to meet a challenge to his posthumous reputation with this assessment by Henry G. Ley
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Curated by David Smith A selection of some of the best recordings of music by the Anglo-Irish composer - known particularly for his sacred choral music but also a prodigious composer of chamber and orchestral works, songs, part-songs and more.
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Feb 23, 2024 · As we mark the centenary of Charles Villiers Stanford’s death, Jeremy Dibble explores the choral music and the lesser-known works which have seen recent revival and recording
