NUI MAYNOOTH 01 Iscei I ûâ hÉ ïje ann Uà N uaé Charles Villiers Stanford’s Preludes for Piano op.163 and op.179: A Musicological Retrospective (3 Volumes) Volume 2 Adèle Commins Thesis Submitted to the National University of Ireland, Maynooth for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Music National University of Ireland, Maynooth Maynooth Co. Kildare 2012 Head of Department: Professor Fiona M. Palmer Supervisors: Dr Lorraine Byrne Bodley & Dr Patrick F. Devine Table of Contents Table of Contents List of Figures............................................................................................................... iv List of Tables..................................................................................................................v List of Music Examples...............................................................................................vi Chapter 4 Preludes op.163........................................................................................1 4.1 Prelude no. 1 ................................................................................................................................. 1 4.2 Prelude no.2 ............................................................................................................................... 10 4.3 Prelude no.3 ...............................................................................................................................21 4.4 Prelude no.4 ...............................................................................................................................32 4.5 Prelude no.5 ...............................................................................................................................40 4.6 Prelude no.6 ...............................................................................................................................46 4.7 Prelude no.7 .................................:.......................................................................................... 55 4.8 Prelude no.8 .......................................................................................................................... 65 4.9 Prelude no.9 ...............................................................................................................................72 4.10 Prelude no.1 0 .............................................................................................................................83 4.11 Preludeno.il...........................................................................................................................88 4.12 Prelude no. 12 ............................................................................................................................ 96 4.13 Prelude no. 13 ...........................................................................................................................104 4.14 Prelude no.14 .........................................................................................................................115 4.15 Prelude no. 15 ...........................................................................................................................119 4.16 Prelude no. 1 6 ...........................................................................................................................125 4.17 Prelude no.17 ...........................................................................................................................133 4.18 Prelude no. 1 8 ...........................................................................................................................140 4.19 Prelude no.19 ...........................................................................................................................148 4.20 Prelude no.20 ...........................................................................................................................154 4.21 Prelude no.21 ...........................................................................................................................159 4.22 Prelude no.22 ...........................................................................................................................165 4.23 Prelude no.23 ...........................................................................................................................173 4.24 Prelude no.24 ...........................................................................................................................185 Chapter 5 Preludes op.179....................................................................................190 5.1 Prelude no.2 5 ......................................................................................................................... 190 5.2 Prelude no.26 ...........................................................................................................................194 5.3 Prelude no.27 ...........................................................................................................................198 5.4 Prelude no.28 .......................................................................................................................... 202 5.5 Prelude no.29 .......................................................................................................................... 206 5.6 Prelude no.30 .......................................................................................................................... 211 5.7 Prelude no.31 .......................................................................................................................... 215 5.8 Prelude no.32 .......................................................................................................................... 219 5.9 Prelude no.33 .......................................................................................................................... 224 5.10 Prelude no.34 .......................................................................................................................... 230 5.11 Prelude no.35 .......................................................................................................................... 234 Table of Contents 5.12 Prelude no.36 ..........................................................................................................................238 5.13 Prelude no.37 ..........................................................................................................................245 5.14 Prelude no.38 ..........................................................................................................................250 5.15 Prelude no.39 ..........................................................................................................................254 5.16 Prelude no.40 ..........................................................................................................................259 5.17 Prelude no.41 ..........................................................................................................................265 5.18 Prelude no.42 ..........................................................................................................................270 5.19 Prelude no.43 ..........................................................................................................................278 5.20 Prelude no.44 ..........................................................................................................................282 5.21 Prelude no.45 ..........................................................................................................................288 5.22 Prelude no.46 ..........................................................................................................................292 5.23 Prelude no.47 ..........................................................................................................................298 5.24 Prelude no.48 ..........................................................................................................................305 Chapter 6 Aspects of Stanford’s Style as Exemplified in the Preludes... 311 6.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................311 6.2 Conventions and Characteristics in Stanford’s Collection............................................313 6.3 Intentions and Function of Stanford’s Preludes.............................................................. 314 6.3.1 A Dual Pedagogical Function?....................................................................................315 6.3.2 Stanford’s Preludes’ Suitability for Salon Entertainment......................................317 6.4 Stanford’s Classical Persona as Characterized through the Preludes........................ 318 6.4.1 References to a Native Tradition................................................................................ 318 6.5 Aspects of a Stanfordian Style............................................................................................ 319 6.5.1 Typical Harmonic Devices...........................................................................................320 6.5.2 Structural Devices......................................................................................................... 325 6.5.3 Rhythm ........................................................................................................................... 328 6.6 Nineteenth-Century Organicism: Towards