Songs of the Fleet, Op.117 (Stanford, Charles Villiers)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 songs:
  1. Sailing at Dawn
  2. The Song of the Sou'wester
  3. The Middle Watch
  4. The Little Admiral
  5. Fare Well
Composition Year 1909 December – 1910 February
Genre Categories Songs; For voice, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the baritone voice; Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; English language

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Performances

Recordings

For Baritone, Chorus and Piano

 1. Sailing at Dawn
#87375 - 4.11MB - 4:29 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 971×⇩ - MP3 - Vfritts

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Vfritts (2010/12/15)

Publisher Info. Vaughn Fritts
Performers Vaughn Fritts with Northport Choral Festival, Simon Carrington, Cond.
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Full Scores

 Complete Score
#994297 - 107.40MB, 82 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 19×⇩ - Royal College o...

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Royal College o... (2025/10/3)

Publisher. Info. Holograph manuscript, 1910.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes Royal College of Music Library, London (GB-Lcm): MS 4158
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 Complete Score
#1043610 - 2.58MB, 93 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 63×⇩ - Maddeelay58

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Maddeelay58 (2026/6/26)

Editor Madeleine Madrigal
Publisher. Info. Madeleine Madrigal, 2026.
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Misc. Notes Engraved from manuscript #994297
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 Complete Score
#1057779 - 8.50MB, 117 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2×⇩ - Pfaffhauser

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Pfaffhauser (2026/9/6)

Publisher. Info. London: Stainer & Bell, n.d. (1910).
Copyright
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Misc. Notes First edition (facsimile)
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Vocal Scores

 Complete Score
#265800 - 5.21MB, 68 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1319×⇩ - Aldona Jones

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Aldona Jones (2013/1/12)

Publisher. Info. London: Stainer & Bell, 1910. Plate S. & B. Ltd. 597.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
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General Information

Work Title Songs of the Fleet
Alternative. Title
Composer Stanford, Charles Villiers
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.117
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ICS 88
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 5 songs:
  1. Sailing at Dawn
  2. The Song of the Sou'wester
  3. The Middle Watch
  4. The Little Admiral
  5. Fare Well
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1909 December – 1910 February
First Performance. 1910-10-13 - Leeds Musical Festival
First Publication. 1910 – London: Stainer & Bell
Librettist Henry John Newbolt (1862-1938)
Language English
Average DurationAvg. Duration 26 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation baritone, mixed chorus (SATB), orchestra
InstrDetail
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons,
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba,
timpani, harp, strings

Navigation etc.

Dates of composition from Dibble, Jeremy (2002), Charles Villiers Stanford: Man and Musician, page 390. Intended for the Jubilee Congress of Naval Architects planned to be held July 1910, but owing to the death of Edward VII, the Congress was postponed to 1911. (Premiere date 13 October 1910 also confirmed there.)

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