Composer
Charles Wood
Irish composer
1866–1926
14 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1866
- Died
- 1926
- Birthplace
- Armagh
- Place of death
- Cambridge
- Citizenship / historical state
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
Charles Wood (15 June 1866 – 12 July 1926) was an Irish composer and teacher; his students included Ralph Vaughan Williams at Cambridge and Herbert Howells at the Royal College of Music. He is primarily remembered and performed as an Anglican church music composer, but he also wrote songs and chamber music, particularly for string quartet.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; teacher; pedagogue; music arranger; music teacher; organist
- Teachers
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Instruments played
- organ
- Genres
- opera
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 7575789
- ISNI
- 0000000120204199
- GND ID
- 122168941
- Library of Congress ID
- n79101532
- MusicBrainz ID
- 24f26980-b7c3-4971-8c97-6a1134066db3
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Choir, Alto, Tenor, bass, Organ
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| My soul doth magnify the Lord - D-Dur/D major | See work details |
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| Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis In D | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| O Thou The Central Orb | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Piae Cantiones | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Oculi Omnium | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Bourree | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Ding Dong! Merrily on high | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| O Most Merciful | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Halleluja - A-Dur/A major | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Down In Yon Summer Vale | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Full Fathom Five | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Mater Ora Filium | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Solitary Reaper | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Hail, Gladdening Light | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 7575789. Portrait: Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.