S.S. Wesley to Stanford

Question 1

What are some of the organ works of Samuel Sebastian Wesley?

Answer 1

God Save the King with Variations
Choral Song
Introduction and fugue in c-sharp minor
Larghetto in f-sharp minor
Andante in e minor

Question 2

What are some of the organ works good as service music of Charles Villier Stanford?

Answer 2

Six Short Preludes and Postludes: Set I, op. 101
Six Short Preludes and Postludes: Set II, op. 105
Intermezzo Founded upon an Irish Air, op. 189, no 4 (Uses Danny Boy)

Question 3

What are some of the other works of Charles Villier Stanford?

Answer 3

Te Deum Laudamus and Canzona, both op. 116
Fantasia in B flat
Sonata no. 1 in F, op 149
Sonata no. 2 in g minor, “Eroica” op 151
Sonata no. 3 in d minor, “Britannica” op 152
Sonata no. 4 in c minor, “Celtica,” op. 153
Sonata no. 5 in A major, “Quasi una fantasia,” op. 159
Six Occasional Preludes, op. 182
Fantasia upon a Tune by C.H. Parry, op. 183
Three preludes and fugues, op. 193

Question 4

Significant details about Stanford’s teaching life

Answer 4

First professor of composition and orchestral conducting at the new Royal College of Music
Students included Ralph Vaughan Williams, Chrales Wood, John Ireland, Gustav Holst, Frank Bridge, Arthur Bliss, Herbert Howells