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John Stanley
John Stanley

Charles John Stanley (January 17, 1712 – May 19, 1786) was an English composer and organist.

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Biography

Stanley, who was blind from an early age, studied music with Maurice Greene and held a number of organist appointments in London, such as St Andrew's, Holborn from 1726. He was a friend of George Frideric Handel, and following Handel's death, Stanley joined first with John Christopher Smith and later with Thomas Linley to continue the series of oratorio concerts Handel had established, and succeeded him as a governor of the Foundling Hospital (continuing his tradition of performing "Messiah" for them).

In 1779, Stanley succeeded William Boyce as Master of the King's Musick.

Stanley's works include the opera Teraminta, the dramatic cantata The Choice of Hercules, twelve other cantatas with texts by John Hawkins, the oratorios Jephtha, The Fall of Egypt and Zimri, and instrumental music, notably three volumes of Voluntaries (1748, 1752, and 1754). Some of them are the so called trumpet voluntaries, they were written for organ utilizing the trumpet stop, hence the name; arrangements for string chamber orchestra and trumpet are modern.

Works

  • Opus 1 Eight Solos for Flute and Continuo (1740)
  • Opus 2 Six Concertos for strings (or organ & strings or flute & continuo) (1742/1745)
  • Opus 3 Six Cantatas (1742)
  • Opus 4 Six Solos for Flute and Continuo (1745)
  • Opus 5 Ten Voluntaries for Organ (1748)
  • Opus 6 Ten Voluntaries for Organ (1752)
  • Opus 7 Ten Voluntaries for Organ (1754)
  • Opus 8 Six Cantatas (1751)
  • Opus 9 Three Cantatas (1751)
  • Opus 10 Six Concertos for Organ or Harpsichord (1775)
Preceded by
William Boyce		 Master of the King's Music
1779–1786		 Succeeded by
William Parsons

Recordings

Voluntary in D minor I. for organ

John Stanley: Voluntary in D minor op. 5 No. 8 - Allegro 1st mvt. Played by Tibor Pinter on the sample set of the Hart organ (1809) in Little Waldingfield, England.

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Voluntary in D minor II. for organ

John Stanley: Voluntary in D minor op. 5 No. 8 - Adagio 2nd mvt. Played by Tibor Pinter on the sample set of the Hart organ (1809) in Little Waldingfield, England.

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Voluntary in D minor III. for organ

John Stanley: Voluntary in D minor op. 5 No. 8 - Allegro 3rd mvt. Played by Tibor Pinter on the sample set of the Hart organ (1809) in Little Waldingfield, England.

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