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Charles Villiers Stanford

1852 - 1924

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Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic era. Born to a well-off and highly musical family in Dublin, Stanford was educated at the University of Cambridge before studying music in Leipzig and Berlin. He was instrumental in raising the status of the Cambridge University Musical Society, attracting international stars to perform with it. While still an undergraduate, Stanford was appointed organist of Trinity College, Cambridge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Villiers Stanford is the 779th most popular composer (up from 844th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 122nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Charles Villiers Stanford ranks 779 out of 1,451. Before him are Vittoria Aleotti, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Louise Bertin, Nicola Vicentino, Johann Rosenmüller, and Napoléon Henri Reber. After him are Johann Baptist Cramer, Brian Tyler, Thomas Newman, Antonín Vranický, Stanley Myers, and Hucbald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Charles Villiers Stanford ranks 63. Before him are Otakar Ševčík, Eugène Mougin, Bruno Abakanowicz, Jean-Louis Forain, Francisco Moreno, and Carl Chun. After him are Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Kodama Gentarō, Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, Mikoláš Aleš, George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, and Princess Marie of Battenberg. Among people deceased in 1924, Charles Villiers Stanford ranks 67. Before him are Hans Thoma, Xaver Scharwenka, Pavel Urysohn, Jacob Israël de Haan, Cipriano Castro, and Klara Zamenhof. After him are Jean-François Raffaëlli, Gregory VII of Constantinople, Azem Galica, Anna Palm de Rosa, Princess Isabella of Bavaria, and Àngel Guimerà.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Charles Villiers Stanford ranks 139 out of 549. Before him are Richard Montgomery (1738), Niall Horan (1993), William Brown (1777), Anne de Mortimer (1390), Arthur Griffith (1871), and Arthur Johnson (1879). After him are Pat Cox (1952), Thomas Romney Robinson (1792), Patrick O'Connell (1887), Arthur Guinness (1725), Peter Brown (1935), and Sally Oldfield (1947).

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Among COMPOSERS In Ireland

Among composers born in Ireland, Charles Villiers Stanford ranks 3. Before him are John Field (1782), and Turlough O'Carolan (1670). After him are Michael William Balfe (1808), Victor Herbert (1859), and Michael McGlynn (1964).

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