Sir Charles Villiers Stanford - Postlude in D Minor, Op. 105 No. 6 (1908)
Grew up in an environment surrounded by intellectuals such as ecclesiastical professionals, Stanford was devoted to the Anglican Church and wrote a substantial number of church music. Interestingly, he often wrote these music symphonically thanks to his proficiency in combining his skills in orchestrating and symphony writing. His talent had yielded movements of structural imagination and a symphonic thinking, particularly apparent in compositions written in his later years including this Postlude… [449 more words]
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