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.
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.
The actual title on the front of the book is "Choral Songs by Various Writers & Composers in Honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria".
Contents
| order | composer | poet | piece |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie | Alfred Austin | With wisdom, goodness, grace |
| 2 | Sir Charles Villiers Stanford | A. C. Benson | Out in the windy West |
| 3 | Henry Walford Davies | Robert Bridges | Hark! The world is full of thy praise |
| 4 | Sir Frederick Bridge | Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe | For all the wonder of thy regal day |
| 5 | Sir George Martin | John Davidson (poet) | The seaboards are her mantle's hem |
| 6 | Sir Hubert Parry | Austin Dobson (1840–1921) | Who can dwell with greatness! |
| 7 | Arthur M. Goodhart | Edmund Gosse | Lady on the Silver Throne |
| 8 | Charles Wood | Arthur Coleridge James | A Century's Penultimate |
| 9 | Arthur Somervell | John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll | With still increasing blessings |
| 10 | Edward Elgar | Frederic W. H. Myers | To her beneath whose stedfast star |
| 11 | Charles Harford Lloyd | Henry Newbolt | A thousand years, by sea and land |
| 12 | Sir John Stainer | John Frederick Stainer (1866–1939) | Flora's Queen |
| 13 | Sir Walter Parratt | Sir Thomas Herbert Warren | The Triumph of Victoria |
Recordings
- Choral Songs in honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Spiritus Chamber Choir dir. Aidan Oliver Toccata Classics 2008
References
- Essay by Lewis Foreman Toccata Classics recording sleeve notes
- Jeffrey Richards Imperialism and music: Britain, 1876-1953 2001 p359
External links
- Complete Book, ed. Parratt: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 1. Mackenzie: With wisdom, goodness, grace: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 2. Stanford: Out in the windy West: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 3. Davies: Hark! The world is full of thy praise: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 4. Bridge: For all the wonder of thy regal day: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 5. Martin: The seaboards are her mantle's hem: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 6. Parry: Who can dwell with greatness!: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 7. Goodhart: Lady on the Silver Throne: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 8. Wood: A Century's Penultimate: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 9. Somervell: With still increasing blessings: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 10. Elgar: To her beneath whose stedfast star: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 11. Lloyd: A thousand years, by sea and land: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 12. Stainer: Flora's Queen: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- 13. Parratt: The Triumph of Victoria: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project