This is Charles V. Stanford "Songs of Faith, Op. 97", containing three
classical musical compositions based upon poems by seminal poets Alfred,
Lord Tennyson and Walt Whitman. The pieces are for voice and piano, with
the lyrics of which being the words to the poems in question. Contents
include: "The Soul", "Tears", and "Joy, Shipmate, Joy". This fantastic
collection will appeal to lovers of classical music and poetry alike,
and it it not to be missed fans and collectors of Stanford's wonderful
work. 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 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 and biography of Walt Whitman.