Previous posts for September 30th are here: Charles Villiers Stanford (2019), Donald Swann (2020), Johnny Mathis (2021), Buddy Rich (2022), and Donald Swann (2023)
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Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, teacher, and conductor.
English Master
The music of Stanford (C.V.)
Is just what he wrote it to be;
It’s stolid and stodgy,
But never hodge-podgy,
And as proper as English high tea.
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Passing the Torch
He held the professorship for the rest of his life; among the best known of his many pupils were Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frank Bridge, and Arthur Bliss. – adapted from Wikipedia
The pupils of Stanford outshone
Their master when out on their own;
It’s the archetypal story
Where princes find glory,
By toppling the king from his throne.
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