The Triumphs of Oriana (1899)

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]

Contents

order composer poet piece
1 Arthur M. Goodhart Edmund Gosse Lady on the Silver Throne
2 Arthur Somervell John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll With still increasing blessings
3 Charles Harford Lloyd Henry Newbolt A thousand years, by sea and land
4 Edward Elgar Frederic W. H. Myers To her beneath whose stedfast star
5 Sir Charles Villiers Stanford A. C. Benson Out in the windy West
6 Sir Frederick Bridge Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe For all the wonder of thy regal day
7 Sir John Stainer John Frederick Stainer (1866–1939) Flora’s Queen
8 Charles Wood Arthur Coleridge James A Century’s Penultimate
9 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie Alfred Austin With wisdom, goodness, grace
10 Sir Hubert Parry Austin Dobson (1840–1921) Who can dwell with greatness!
11 Henry Walford Davies Robert Bridges Hark! The world is full of thy praise
12 Sir George Martin John Davidson (poet) The seaboards are her mantle’s hem
13 Sir Walter Parratt Sir Thomas Herbert Warren The Triumph of Victoria

Recordings

References

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