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Sir Charles Villiers Stanford

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, attractin…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
United Kingdom
Born
September 30th, 1852
Died
March 29th, 1924
Genres
Labels
Naxos
Hyperion
EMI Classics
Decca Records
Warner Classics
Last updated: November 16th, 2017·MusicBrainz

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