# 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)
* 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)
* No. 7 in D minor, Op. 124 (1911)

### Concertos

* Piano Concerto No. 0 in B-flat major, WoO (early – no. "0") (1874)
* Violin Concerto No. 0 in D major, WoO (early, 1875)
* Cello Concerto in D minor, WoO (1879/1880)
* 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)
* Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 171 (1919; unfinished, orchestrated by Geoffrey Bush; there is a new orchestration by Jeremy Dibble)
* Variations for violin and orchestra, Op, 180 (1921)
* Concert Piece for organ and orchestra, Op. 181 (1921)

### 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)
* 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)
* 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)