List of compositions by Charles Villiers Stanford

This is a List of compositions by Charles Villiers Stanford.

Operas

• Lorenza, Op. 55 (unpub.)
• The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan (1881)
• Savonarola (1884)
• The Canterbury Pilgrims (1884)
• Shamus O'Brien, Op. 61 (1896)
• Christopher Patch, the Barber of Bath, Op. 69
• Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 76a (1901)
• The Critic, or An Opera Rehearsed, Op. 144 (1916)
• The Travelling Companion, Op. 146 (produced 1925, posth.)
• The Marriage of Hero (unpub.)
• The Miner of Falun (Act I; unpub.)

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 in B flat major WoO (early- no. "0") (1874)^[2][3]
• Violin Concerto 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 in D major, Op. 74
• Clarinet Concerto in A minor, Op. 80
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 126 (1911)
• Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op.162 (1918) ^[4]
• Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 171 (1919; unfinished, orchestrated by Geoffrey Bush) ^[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

Choral works

Anthems and motets

• And I saw another Angel (Op. 37, No. 1)
• Eternal Father (Op.135)
• For lo, I raise up (Op. 145)
• If thou shalt confess (Op. 37, No. 2)
• 'How beauteous are thy feet' (published 1923)
• The Lord is my Shepherd (composed 1886)
• Three Latin Motets (Op. 38, 1905)
  • Justorum animae
  • Coelos ascendit hodie
  • Beati quorum via
• Engelberg (1904)

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)
  • 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)

Miscellaneous

• On Time, Choral Song for unaccompanied double choir, Op. 142 Poem by John Milton
• Magnificat in B flat major for unaccompanied double choir, Op. 164 (September 1918): dedicated to the memory of Parry
• Pater Noster (1874)
• 4 Part-Songs for SATB, Op. 47 (1892)
  • Soft, soft wind
  • Sing heigh ho
  • Airly Beacon
  • The Knight's tomb
• 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
• 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 Elizabeth Coleridge)
  • The Witch
  • Farewell, my joy
  • The Blue Bird
  • The Train
  • The Inkbottle
  • The Swallow
  • Chillingham
  • My heart in thine

Works for choir and orchestra

• 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
• 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)
• 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. 19)
• 3 Songs to poems by Robert Bridges (Op. 43)
• A Cycle of (9) Songs from The Princess of Alfred, Lord Tennyson for Quartet of solo voices (SATB) and piano (Op. 68)
• An Irish Idyll in Six Miniatures, words by Moira O'Neill (Op. 77)
• Songs of Faith Set 1 (Tennyson) (Op. 97, 1-3)
• Songs of Faith Set 2 (Walt Whitman) (Op. 97, 4-6)
• A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster: 6 songs to words by Winifred Mary Letts (Op. 140)
• Crossing the bar Words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• La belle dame sans merci, poem by John Keats
• A Corsican Dirge, poem translated from the Corsican by Alma Strettell
• Prospice, poem by Robert Browning
• The Milkmaid's song and The Lute Song, poems from "Queen Mary" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• To Carnations, poem by Robert Herrick
• Why so pale?, poem by Sir John Suckling

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)
• 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

• Toccata in C Major, Op. 3
• Three 'Dante' Rhapsodies, Op. 92
• Six Characteristic Pieces, Op. 132
• 24 Preludes in all the keys, Set I, Op. 163
• Ballade, Op. 170
• 24 Preludes in all the keys, Set II, Op. 179

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. 93 (1923)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (1907)
• Fantasie and Fugue in D minor, Op. 103 (1907)

References

1. Howell, Christopher (1997). "Stanford and Musical Quotation". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2007-03-17.
2. France, John (August 2007). "STANFORD Cello Concerto, Piano Concerto No. 3 SRCD321: Classical CD Reviews". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2007-08-08.
3. Dibble, Jeremy (2002). Charles Villiers Stanford: Man and Musician. Oxford University Press.
4. OCLC 270569607
5. "Downloadable Score of Stanford 3rd Trio". Augener Ltd. 1918. hdl:1802/2054.