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<title>BLB Hymns</title>
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<h2>Charles Villiers Stanford</h2>
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<h2>1852-1924</h2>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<td><em>Born:</em> September 30, 1852, Dublin, Ireland.<p><em>Died:</em> March 29, 1924, London, England.</p><p><em>Buried:</em> Westminster Abbey, London, England.</td>
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<p>Son of a lawyer, Stanford attended Cambridge in 1870; he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1874. He studied in Leipzig and Berlin, Germany, 1874-1876, and earned his master’s degree in 1877. He was organist at Trinity College 1873-1882, and composed and conducted musical societies. In 1883, he became the first professor of composition and orchestra at the Royal College of Music. From 1885-1902, he conducted the London Bach Choir. From 1887-1924, he taught at Cambridge University. From 1901-1910, he conducted the Leeds Festival. He was knighted in 1902.</p>
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<p>In addition to a body of church and chamber music, Villiers’ works include:</p>
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<li>Piano Suite op. 2, 1875</li>
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<li>Piano Toccata op. 3, 1875</li>
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<li>Music for Tennyson’s <em>Queen Mary</em> in London, 1876</li>
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<li><em>The Veiled Prophet of Khorossan</em>, an opera, 1877</li>
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<li>Irish Symphony op. 28, 1887</li>
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<li><em>Shamus O’Brien</em>, an opera, 1896</li>
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<li><em>Pages from an Unwritten Diary</em>, 1914</li>
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<li><em>Musical Composition</em>, 1911</li>
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<p><em>Music:</em></p>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_l_d_ldalexcl.html" >Airedale</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_b_e_beholdtb.html" >Geronimo</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_s_t_stpatric.html" >St. Patrick’s Breastplate</a></li>
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