Organ (Organ)
SKU:
HL.14005770
Composed
by Charles Villiers
Stanford. Music Sales
America. Folk British
Isles. Book [Softcover].
8 pages. Music Sales
#NOV590094. Published by
Music Sales
(HL.14005770).
9.0x12.0x0.047
inches.
Char
les Villiers
Stanford was an
Irish composer, music
teacher, and conductor.
Stanford
composed a substantial
number of concert works,
including seven
symphonies, but his
best-remembered pieces
are his choral works for
church performance,
chiefly composed in the
Anglican tradition.
Admitted to Queens
College, Cambridge with
an Organ scholarship
Stanford had
written a substantial
number of compositions,
including vocal music,
both sacred and secular,
and orchestral works
before getting involved
with the university's
Musical Society. While
still an undergraduate,
Stanford was
appointed organist of
Trinity College,
Cambridge.
Part of
the'Four Intermezzi Op.
189' Intermezzo
On An Irish Air
for Organ is based on the
melody of the well-known
'Londonderry Air'. The
traditional Irish tune
was first collected in
the mid 19th century by
Jane Ross, and is
recognised all around the
world by the Irish
Diaspora. Duration ca.
6:20.
