Overview
'Jeremy Dibble has written a book which adds substantially to Stanford's reputation and which greatly enriches both British and Irish musical scholarship. It is brilliantly done.' -Irish TimesJeremy Dibble presents the first authoritative, comprehensive study of the life and works of Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), one of the most gifted and influential composers. Dibble reveals how, although perhaps best known for his church music, Stanford 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, including Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Howells, Bliss, Holst, and Gurney.
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Author: Jeremy Dibble (Chair in Music, University of Durham (UK))
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 3.50cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 1.004kg
ISBN: 9780198163831
ISBN 10: 0198163835
Pages: 454
Publication Date: 07 November 2002
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of stock 
Table of Contents
List of Plates Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations I. Early Life and Influences 1852-18701: Dublin, Family, and Friends 2: Childhood: Dublin in the 1850s and 60s II. Formative Years 1870-18873: Cambridge and Wanderjahren (Leipzig and Berlin) (1870-77) 4: A Promising Future: The Cambridge University Musical Society, Opera, and a Revolution in church Music (1877-1882) 5: The Royal College of Music (1883-1887) III. Recognition 1881-19016: Professorship at Cambridge: National and International Recognition (1888-92) 7: Removal from Cambridge: The Focus of London (1892-5) 8: Shamus O'Brien, the Requiem, and the Leeds Philharmonic Society (1896-1900) IV. The New Generation 1901-19149: The Leeds Festival, Knightgood, and the New Generation (1901-9) 10: Resignation from Leeds, Patriotism, and Political Isolation (1910-14) V. War and Decline 1914-192411: The War (1914-1918) 12: The Last Years (1918-1924) Appendix: List of Works Bibliography Index of Works Index
Reviews
Dibble's writing has genteel passion, and a craftmanship apt for a subject who placed such value on traditional compositional craft. Music & Letters ... does Stanford proud. Times Literary Supplement Stanford emerges triumphant from this massively detailed and gracefully written biography ... Jeremy Dibble has written a book which adds substantially to Stanford's reputation and which greatly enriches both British and Irish musical scholarship. It is brilliantly done. Irish Times Dibble's unnerving and brilliant biography. Irish Times ... excellent ... enthusiastically researched, carefully weighed. Church Times Dibble has cleverly inserted very adequate descriptions of the music into his biographical narrative. Times Higher Education Supplement
Dibble's writing has genteel passion, and a craftmanship apt for a subject who placed such value on traditional compositional craft. Music & Letters ... does Stanford proud. Times Literary Supplement Stanford emerges triumphant from this massively detailed and gracefully written biography ... Jeremy Dibble has written a book which adds substantially to Stanford's reputation and which greatly enriches both British and Irish musical scholarship. It is brilliantly done. Irish Times Dibble's unnerving and brilliant biography. Irish Times ... excellent ... enthusiastically researched, carefully weighed. Church Times Dibble has cleverly inserted very adequate descriptions of the music into his biographical narrative. Times Higher Education Supplement
Author Information
Professor Jeremy Dibble has been Lecturer in Music at both University College, Cork, Ireland and University of Durham as well as Head of Music Department, University of Durham. He is presently Reader of Music, University of Durham. Professor Dibble has written widely on British music of the Victorian, Edwardian, and Georgian eras, has written articles for numerous periodicals, journals, and dictionaries, and has acted as editorial consultant on the music of Parry and Stanford for various recording companies, including Hyperion, Conifer, Priory, and Nimbus, as well as the BBC.
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