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| Born: September 30, 1852, Dublin, Ireland. Died: March 29, 1924, London, England. Buried: Westminster Abbey, London, England. |  |
Son of a lawyer, Stanford attended Cambridge in 1870; he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1874. He studied in Leipzig and Berlin, Germany, 1874-1876, and earned his master’s degree in 1877. He was organist at Trinity College 1873-1882, and composed and conducted musical societies. In 1883, he became the first professor of composition and orchestra at the Royal College of Music. From 1885-1902, he conducted the London Bach Choir. From 1887-1924, he taught at Cambridge University. From 1901-1910, he conducted the Leeds Festival. He was knighted in 1902.
In addition to a body of church and chamber music, Villiers’ works include:
- Piano Suite op. 2, 1875
- Piano Toccata op. 3, 1875
- Music for Tennyson’s Queen Mary in London, 1876
- The Veiled Prophet of Khorossan, an opera, 1877
- Irish Symphony op. 28, 1887
- Shamus O’Brien, an opera, 1896
- Pages from an Unwritten Diary, 1914
- Musical Composition, 1911
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