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Oakeley, Sir Herbert Stanley, 1830-1903

Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley, b. Ealing, London 1830 d. Eastbourne 1903

Fifth Professor of the Theory of Music at the University of Edinburgh

English composer, organist and scholar

Nationality:
British, English

Works

"Glückliche stunden"
"O swallow, swallow, flying, flying south" from "The Princess," op. 24, no. 3
A festal march, "Edinburgh", op. 22
Ballad: "Edward Gray"
Canzonetta, "Ad amore" (Tyrant love)
Canzonetta: "Sempre piu t'amo"
Duet: "The evening star," op. 8, no. 3
Minuet with two trios from Sonata in A
Orchestral suite "In olden style," op. 27
Recitative: "Let some one sing to us" and Air: "Tears, idle tears"
Romance in F sharp, op. 21 no. 2 for solo pianoforte
Romance: "A qui pense-t'il?" op. 13, no. 2
Romance: "La fiancée du Marin,"
Song (or Valentine)
Song: "Happy Hours"
Song: "Abendlied"
Song: "Ask me no more," op. 24, no. 3
Song: "Blow, bugle, blow," op. 12, no. 2
Song: "Break, break break"
Song: "Farewell if ever fondest prayer," op. 15, no. 1
Song: "Flow down, cold rivulet, to the sea"
Song: "For ever and for ever"
Song: "Home they brought her warrior dead," op. 1 no. 2
Song: "Il Ritorno del Montanar"
Song: "Love's altar"
Song: "Morgenlied"
Song: "Nachtlied"
Song: "O du mein Mond in stille Nacht," op. 10, no. 1
Song: "Sehnsucht"
Song: "The Troubadour," op. 25, no. 1
Song: "Tis not alone that thou art fair"
Student's Song: 'Alma Mater'

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