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)

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)
 * 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

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)