| Composition Year | 1892-9-22, Folkestone |
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| Genre Categories | Odes; For voice, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; |
| Work Title | The Bard |
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| Alternative. Title | A Pindaric Ode |
| Composer | Stanford, Charles Villiers |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.50 |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | ICS 5 |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1892-9-22, Folkestone |
| First Performance. | 1895-9-19
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| First Publication. | 1895 |
| Librettist | Thomas Gray (1716–1771) |
| Language | English |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | bass solo, mixed chorus and orchestra |
Autograph full score (British Library MS Mus. 903) "finished at Folkestone, Sept 22. 1892". (Premiere information from Rodmell (2002), pp. 173, 181 and 183; Dibble, pp. 237 and 266.)