The Triumphs of Oriana is a collection of 13 choral songs by 13 British composers issued on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Queen Victoria in 1899.

In 1897-1898 the Master of the Queen's Music Sir Walter Parratt proposed a volume of choral songs modelled on The Triumphs of Oriana

The Triumphs of Oriana

The Triumphs of Oriana is a book of English madrigals, compiled and published in 1601 by Thomas Morley, which first edition has 25 pieces by 23 composers . It was said to have been made in the honour of Queen Elizabeth I...

 (1601) as part of the planned 80th birthday celebrations. He recruited 13 British composers, and in 1899 a limited edition of only 100 copies was produced entitled The Triumphs of Oriana.

Contents

order	composer	poet	piece
1	Arthur M. Goodhart Arthur M. Goodhart Arthur Murray Goodhart was a British composer and organist.He was a pupil of Sir Joseph Barnby and Frank Bridge, then a housemaster at Eton College. He later lived in Brighton and he contributed to The Triumphs of Oriana ....	Edmund Gosse Edmund Gosse Sir Edmund William Gosse CB was an English poet, author and critic; the son of Philip Henry Gosse and Emily Bowes.-Early life:...	Lady on the Silver Throne
2	Arthur Somervell Arthur Somervell Sir Arthur Somervell was an English composer, and after Hubert Parry one of the most successful and influential writers of art song in the English music renaissance of the 1890s-1900s....	John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO, VD, PC , usually better known by the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne, by which he was known between 1847 and 1900, was a British nobleman and was the fourth Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883...	With still increasing blessings
3	Charles Harford Lloyd Charles Harford Lloyd Charles Harford Lloyd was an English composer and organist.While studying at Magdalen Hall Lloyd was founder, with his friend Hubert Parry, and first president of the Oxford University musical club...	Henry Newbolt Henry Newbolt Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH was an English poet. He is best remembered for Vitaï Lampada, a lyrical piece used for propaganda purposes during the First World War.-Background:...	A thousand years, by sea and land
4	Edward Elgar Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...	Frederic William Henry Myers Frederic William Henry Myers Frederic William Henry Myers was a classical scholar, poet, philosopher, and past president of the Society for Psychical Research.-Early life:...	To her beneath whose stedfast star
5	Sir Charles Villiers Stanford Charles Villiers Stanford Sir Charles Villiers Stanford was an Irish composer who was particularly notable for his choral music. He was professor at the Royal College of Music and University of Cambridge.- Life :...	A. C. Benson A. C. Benson Arthur Christopher Benson was an English essayist, poet, and author and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge....	Out in the windy West
6	Sir Frederick Bridge Frederick Bridge Sir John Frederick Bridge was an English organist, composer, teacher and writer.From a musical family, Bridge became a church organist before he was 20, and he achieved his ambition to become a cathedral organist by the age of 24, at Manchester Cathedral...	Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe KG, PC , known as The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British statesman and writer....	For all the wonder of thy regal day
7	Sir John Stainer John Stainer Sir John Stainer was an English composer and organist whose music, though not generally much performed today , was very popular during his lifetime...	John Frederick Stainer (1866–1939)	Flora’s Queen
8	Charles Wood Charles Wood (composer) Charles Wood was an Irish composer and teacher.Born in Armagh, Ireland, he was the fifth child and third son of Charles Wood Sr. and Jemima Wood. His father was a tenor in the choir of the nearby St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh , and later worked as the Diocesan Registrar of the church...	Arthur Coleridge James	A Century’s Penultimate
9	Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie	Alfred Austin Alfred Austin Alfred Austin was an English poet who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 upon the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson.-Life:...	With wisdom, goodness, grace
10	Sir Hubert Parry Hubert Parry Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet was an English composer, teacher and historian of music.Parry's first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for the choral song "Jerusalem", the coronation anthem "I was glad" and the hymn tune "Repton", which sets the words...	Austin Dobson (1840–1921)	Who can dwell with greatness!
11	Henry Walford Davies Henry Walford Davies Sir Henry Walford Davies KCVO OBE was a British composer, who held the title Master of the King's Musick from 1934 until 1941.-Early life and education:...	Robert Bridges Robert Bridges Robert Seymour Bridges, OM, was a British poet, and poet laureate from 1913 to 1930.-Personal and professional life:...	Hark! The world is full of thy praise
12	Sir George Martin George Clement Martin Sir George Clement Martin MVO was an English organist, who served at St Paul's Cathedral.-Background:He was born in Lambourn, Berkshire on 11 September 1844. Footman's "History of Lambourn Church" describes him as "the only famous man to come from Lambourne"...	John Davidson (poet) John Davidson (poet) John Davidson was a Scottish poet, playwright and novelist, best known for his ballads. He also did translations from French and German...	The seaboards are her mantle’s hem
13	Sir Walter Parratt Walter Parratt Sir Walter Parratt KCVO was an English organist and composer.-Biography:Born in Huddersfield, son of a parish organist, Parratt began to play the pipe organ from an early age, and held posts as an organist while still a child...	Sir Thomas Herbert Warren Thomas Herbert Warren Sir Thomas Herbert Warren was an English academic and administrator.Educated at Clifton College school, he entered Balliol College, Oxford in 1872, becoming a Fellow in 1877...	The Triumph of Victoria

Recordings

• Choral Songs in honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria Spiritus Chamber Choir dir. Aidan Oliver Toccata Classics
  Toccata Classics
  Toccata Classics is an independent British classic music label founded in 2005.The founder of Toccata Classics is Martin Anderson, a music journalist. The label was founded primarily to promote unrecorded works by lesser-known composers, including British composers...
  
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