Charles Villiers Stanford : man and musician / Jeremy Dibble.
| Author/creator | Dibble, Jeremy |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. |
| Description | xvi, 535 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, music, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Early influences and impressions, 1852-1870 -- Dublin, family, and friends -- Childhood: Dublin in the 1850s and 1860s -- Formative years, 1870-1887 -- Cambridge and the Wanderjahre (Leipzig and Berlin) (1870-1876) -- A promising future: the Cambridge University Musical Society, opera, and a revolution in church music (1877-1882) -- The Royal College of Music (1883-1887): disappointment and revival -- Recognition, 1888-1901 -- Professorship at Cambridge: national and international recognition (1888-1892) -- Removal from Cambridge, the CUMS Jubilee, and the focus of London (1892-1895) -- Shamus O'Brien, the requiem, and the Leeds Philharmonic Society (1896-1900) -- The new generation, 1901-1914 -- The Leeds Festival, knighthood, and the new generation (1901-1909) -- Resignation from Leeds, patriotism, and political isolation (1910-1914) -- War and decline, 1914-1924 -- The war (1914-1918) -- The last years (1918-1924). |
| Abstract | One of Britain's most gifted and productive composers, Stanford is perhaps best known for his church music, but he was also an eminent symphonist, songwriter, and author of many fine choral works. Cosmopolitan, ambitious, and pragmatic, he was untiring in his efforts to advance the cause of British music during its renaissance at the end of the nineteenth century, promoting the music of his contemporaries, and the many pupils he taught at Cambridge and the Royal College of Music. A man with many causes and aspirations, he longed for success as an operatic composer, though this ultimately eluded him an irascible, fiery, even passionate character, he was dogged in later life by disappointment which acted as a tragic counterbalance to the prodigious talent of his youth and meteoric rise to fame. |
| Bibliography note | "Charles Villiers Stanford, list of works": pages 465-487. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 488-492) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 2002030750 |
| ISBN | 0198163835 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.S812 D53 2002 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |