Jubilate Deo in B flat Charles Villiers Stanford
Taken from the Novello Copy
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford has a perverse relationship with posterity. Remembered today largely for his choral miniatures, this restless symphonist was the unwilling Janus of British music. A significant presence on the European scene in his own lifetime, he was an outspoken critic of Wagner, Strauss and modernism in general. Nevertheless, as a formalist with flair and skill, his influence catalysed much of the great English music of the 20th century. As fellow composer George Dyson said: "In a certain sense the very rebellion he fought was the most obvious fruit of his methods."
The Jubilate in B flat displays the composers trademark mastery of thematic structures.
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford has a perverse relationship with posterity. Remembered today largely for his choral miniatures, this restless symphonist was the unwilling Janus of British music. A significant presence on the European scene in his own lifetime, he was an outspoken critic of Wagner, Strauss and modernism in general. Nevertheless, as a formalist with flair and skill, his influence catalysed much of the great English music of the 20th century. As fellow composer George Dyson said: "In a certain sense the very rebellion he fought was the most obvious fruit of his methods."
The Jubilate in B flat displays the composers trademark mastery of thematic structures.
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