"Cupid and Rosalind" is a pastoral composition by Charles V. Stanford
set to music for chorus. The pastoral is a style that paints a
conventionalised picture of rural life, often used as a contrast to the
artificiality of city and court life. Originally part of his "6
Elizabethan Pastorales, Op. 49" (1892), this beautiful piece will appeal
to students and musicians with a love of classical music. Sir Charles
Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) was an Irish composer, conductor, and
teacher of music. He was educated at the University of Cambridge and
continued his studies in Berlin and Leipzig. He was a very influential
composer, responsible for making Cambridge University Musical Society an
internationally-acclaimed organisation. Stanford was also a profuse
composer, producing a large corpus of work in many genres; however, he
is perhaps best remembered for his Anglican choral works for church
performance. His music eventually became overshadowed by that of Edward
Elgar and a number of his former pupils in the in the 20th century. Many
vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and
expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality
edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the
history of musical notation.