Choral Songs in honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria explained

Choral Songs in honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria is a collection of 13 choral songs by 13 British composers issued on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Queen Victoria in 1899.[1]

In 1897-1898 the Master of the Queen's Music Sir Walter Parratt proposed a volume of choral songs modelled on The Triumphs of Oriana (1601) as part of the planned 80th birthday celebrations. He recruited 13 British composers, and in 1899 a limited edition of only 100 copies was produced entitled Choral Songs in honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.[2]

The actual title on the front of the book is "Choral Songs by Various Writers & Composers in Honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria".

Contents

ordercomposerpoetpiece
1Sir Alexander Campbell MackenzieAlfred AustinWith wisdom, goodness, grace
2Sir Charles Villiers StanfordA. C. BensonOut in the windy West
3Henry Walford DaviesRobert BridgesHark! The world is full of thy praise
4Sir Frederick BridgeRobert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of CreweFor all the wonder of thy regal day
5Sir George MartinJohn Davidson (poet)The seaboards are her mantle's hem
6Sir Hubert ParryAustin Dobson (1840–1921)Who can dwell with greatness!
7Arthur M. GoodhartEdmund GosseLady on the Silver Throne
8Charles WoodArthur Coleridge James A Century's Penultimate
9Arthur SomervellWith still increasing blessings
10Edward ElgarFrederic W. H. MyersTo her beneath whose stedfast star
11Charles Harford LloydHenry NewboltA thousand years, by sea and land
12Sir John StainerJohn Frederick Stainer (1866–1939)Flora's Queen
13Sir Walter ParrattSir Thomas Herbert WarrenThe Triumph of Victoria

Recordings

References

  1. Essay by Lewis Foreman Toccata Classics recording sleeve notes
  2. Jeffrey Richards Imperialism and music: Britain, 1876-1953 2001 p359