John Stainer
Sir John Stainer (6 June 1840 – 31 March 1901) was an English composer and organist whose music, though seldom performed today (with the exception of The Crucifixion, still heard at Passiontide in some churches of the Anglican Communion), was very popular during his lifetime. His work as choir trainer and organist set standards for Anglican church music that are still influential. He was also active as an academic, becoming Heather Professor of Music at Oxford. Stainer was born in Southwark, London, in 1840, the son of a schoolmaster. He became a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral when aged ten and was appointed to the position of organist at St Michael's College, Tenbury at the age of sixteen. He later became organist at Magdalen College, Oxford, and subsequently organist at St Paul's Cathedral. When he retired owing to his poor eyesight and deteriorating health, he returned to Oxford to become Professor of Music at the university. He died unexpectedly while on holiday in Italy in 1901. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 39 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | C-9048 | 12-in. | 6/3/1910 | Love divine, all love excelling | Harry Macdonough ; Lucy Isabelle Marsh | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-25948 | 10-in. | 1/11/1922 | God so loved the world | Trinity Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | composer | |
Victor | CVE-27974 | 12-in. | 6/29/1925 | Love divine! All love excelling | Olive Kline ; Lambert Murphy | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-27974 | 12-in. | 5/25/1923 | Love divine! All love excelling | Olive Kline ; Lambert Murphy | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-31670 | 12-in. | 2/3/1925 | Could ye not watch with me | Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal quartet, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | C-31671 | 12-in. | 2/3/1925 | The crucifixion, part 2 | Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal quartet, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | C-31672 | 12-in. | 2/4/1925 | The appeal of the crucified | Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal chorus, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | C-31673 | 12-in. | 2/4/1925 | Fling wide the gates | Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal chorus, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | BVE-42510 | 10-in. | 2/16/1928 | God so loved the world | Trinity Choir | Chorus, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-42514 | 12-in. | 2/17/1928 | King ever glorious | Richard Crooks | Tenor vocal solo, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-43721 | 12-in. | 1/30/1929 | So thou liftest thy divine petition | Richard Crooks ; Lawrence Tibbett | Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | BVE-43721 | 10-in. | 4/10/1928 | So thou liftest thy divine petition | Richard Crooks ; Lawrence Tibbett | Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-53735 | 12-in. | 5/27/1929 | The crucifixion | Richard Crooks ; Lawrence Tibbett ; Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-53736 | 12-in. | 5/27/1929 | The crucifixion | Richard Crooks ; Wilfred Glenn ; Lawrence Tibbett ; Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal chorus and soloists, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-53737 | 12-in. | 5/27/1929 | The crucifixion | Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal chorus, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-53738 | 12-in. | 5/27/1929 | The crucifixion | Richard Crooks ; Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal chorus and tenor soloist, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-53739 | 12-in. | 5/27/1929 | The crucifixion | Mark Andrews ; Lawrence Tibbett ; Trinity Choir | Baritone vocal solo, with vocal chorus and organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-53740 | 12-in. | 5/27/1929 | The crucifixion | Richard Crooks ; Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal chorus and tenor soloist, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-53741 | 12-in. | 5/28/1929 | The crucifixion | Lawrence Tibbett ; Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal chorus and baritone soloist, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-53742 | 12-in. | 5/28/1929 | The crucifixion | Richard Crooks ; Lawrence Tibbett | Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-53743 | 12-in. | 5/28/1929 | The crucifixion | Frank Croxton ; Wilfred Glenn ; Lawrence Tibbett ; Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal chorus and vocal soloists, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-53744 | 12-in. | 5/28/1929 | The crucifixion | Richard Crooks ; Lawrence Tibbett ; Trinity Male Choir | Mixed vocal chorus and bass and baritone vocal soloists, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-53745 | 12-in. | 5/28/1929 | The crucifixion | Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal chorus, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | CVE-53746 | 12-in. | 5/28/1929 | The crucifixion | Richard Crooks ; Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal chorus and tenor vocal soloist, with pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | LBS-78538 | 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) | 11/14/1933 | God so loved the world | St. Bartholomew’s Choir ; David McK. Williams | Mixed vocal chorus (unaccompanied) | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Stainer, John," accessed September 4, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103590.
Stainer, John. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 4, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103590.
"Stainer, John." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 September 2024.
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