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Stanfordian Thoughts

Articles by Christopher Howell about the music of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

1. Phaudrig Crohoore: An Irish Ballad
2. Chamber Music with Strings
3. The Second Violin Concerto: Did the full score ever exist?
4. Irish Rhapsody no. 5
5. Smaller Orchestra Works
6. Fairy Day
7. Not-quite-concertos
8. Partsongs
9. Stanford’s most-played work
10. A Child’s Garland of Songs
11. God and the Universe: which version came first?
12. To the Soul. Did Stanford or Vaughan Williams get there first?
13. Songs of Faith
14. Songs of a Roving Celt
15. Patriotic Songs
16. Stanford and the Mass
17. The Irish Symphony
18. Father O’Flynn
19. Molly Brannigan
20. Six Bible Songs
21. Lullabies and Hush Songs
22. Hymn Tunes
23. Chadwick’s Book of Choruses
24. Stanford and the Irish Choral Society of Chicago
25. “East to West” in Chicago and Cincinnati
26. The Requiem in Chicago
27. A Recitation that was and a Ballet that wasn’t
28. Shamus O’Brien in North America

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MusicWeb International has been reviewing classical recordings and presenting articles and interviews for 30 years and has amassed well over 60,000 reviews. New reviews are posted daily Sunday to Thursday (UK time). We have a team of about 30 reviewers, all of whom are volunteers; we always welcome new faces – contact our editor-in-chief John Quinn. We produce the sort of in-depth reviews rarely produced elsewhere at no charge and it is upon these our reputation rests. Our reviews and other resources published before 2023 when this site was established can be found at our Archive site.

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