Charles V. Stanford's "The Bard, Op. 50" is a musical composition based
on the eponymous poem by Thomas Gray. Set during Edward I's conquest of
Wales, the poem is considered to be the first creative work of the
Celtic Revival and a precursor to the Romantic movement in Britain.
Thomas Gray (1716 - 1771) was an English poet, classical scholar, and
Cambridge professor most famous for his "Elegy Written in a Country
Churchyard" (1751). This volume contains the complete sheet music for
Stanford's piano piece, set to the words of Gray's famous eponymous
poem. 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. 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.