This is a list of compositions by Charles Villiers Stanford.

Operas

• The Veiled Prophet (1877, perf. 1881)
• Savonarola (1883, perf. 1884)
• The Canterbury Pilgrims (1883, perf. 1884)
• The Miner of Falun (1888 act 1 only; abandoned, unpub.)
• Lorenza, Op. 55 (1894, unperformed, unpub.)
• Shamus O'Brien, Op. 61 (1895, perf. 1896)
• Christopher Patch, the Barber of Bath, Op. 69 (1897, unperformed)
• Much Ado About Nothing or The Marriage of Hero, Op. 76a (1900, perf. 1901)
• The Critic, or An Opera Rehearsed, Op. 144 (1915, perf. 1916)
• The Travelling Companion, Op. 146 (1916, perf. posth. 1925)

Orchestral works

Symphonies

• No. 1 in B-flat major (1876)
• No. 2 in D minor, "Elegiac" (1882)
• No. 3 in F minor, "Irish", Op. 28 (1887)
• No. 4 in F major, Op. 31 (1888)^[1]
• No. 5 in D major, "L'Allegro ed il Pensieroso", Op. 56 (1894)
• No. 6 in E-flat major, "In Memoriam G. F. Watts", Op. 94 (1905)^[1]
• No. 7 in D minor, Op. 124 (1911)

Concertos

• Piano Concerto No. 0 in B-flat major, WoO (early – no. "0") (1874)^[2][3]
• Violin Concerto No. 0 in D major, WoO (early, 1875)^[2][3]
• Cello Concerto in D minor, WoO (1879/1880)^[2]
• Suite in D for violin and orchestra, Op. 32
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in G major, Op. 59
• Concert Variations upon an English Theme "Down Among the Dead Men" for piano and orchestra in C minor, Op. 71
• Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 74
• Clarinet Concerto in A minor, Op. 80 (1902)
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 126 (1911)
• Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op.162 (1918; unfinished, orchestrated by Jeremy Dibble)^[4]
• Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 171 (1919; unfinished, orchestrated by Geoffrey Bush)^[2]
• Variations for violin and orchestra, Op, 180 (1921)^[3]
• Concert Piece for organ and orchestra, Op. 181 (1921)^[3]

Irish Rhapsodies

• Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No. 1 in D minor, Op. 78
• Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No. 2 in F minor, Op. 84 ("The Lament for the Son of Ossian")
• Irish Rhapsody for cello and orchestra No. 3, Op. 137
• Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No. 4 in A minor, Op. 141 ("The Fisherman of Loch Neagh and what he saw")
• Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No. 5 in G minor, Op. 147
• Irish Rhapsody for violin and orchestra No. 6, Op. 191

Other orchestral works

• Funeral March 'The Martyrdom'
• Oedipus Rex, incidental music, Op. 29
• A Welcome March, Op. 87

Choral works

Anthems and motets

• Pater Noster (1874)
• And I saw another Angel (Op. 37, No. 1) (1885)
• If thou shalt confess (Op. 37, No. 2) (1885)
• Three Latin Motets (Op. 38, published 1905)
  • Beati quorum via
  • Coelos ascendit hodie
  • Justorum animae
• Bible Songs for Unison choir (Op 113) (1909)
• Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem (Op. 123, published 1911)
• Eternal Father (Op.135)
• For lo, I raise up (Op. 145)
• The Lord is my Shepherd (composed 1886)
• Why seek ye the living? (c. 1890)
• Engelberg (1904)
• 'How beauteous are their feet' (published 1923)

Services

• Morning, Evening, and Communion services:
  • B-flat major (Op. 10)
  • A-major (Op. 12)
  • F-major (Op. 36)
  • G-major (Op. 81)
  • C-major (Op. 115)
  • Festal Communion Service B-flat major (Op. 128) (1910/11)
  • D major for Unison Choir (1923)
• Magnificat and Nunc dimittis settings:
  • E-flat major (1873; publ. 1996)
  • F major (Queens' Service) (1872; edited Ralph Woodward and publ. 1995)
  • on the 2nd and 3rd Gregorian Modes (1907)
  • A major (Op. 12)
  • B-flat major (Op. 10)
  • C major (Op. 115)
  • G major (Op. 81)
• Magnificat in B-flat major for unaccompanied double choir, Op. 164 (September 1918): dedicated to the memory of Parry

Part songs

• 4 Part-Songs for SATB, Op. 47 (1892)
  • Soft, soft wind
  • Sing heigh ho
  • Airly Beacon
  • The Knight's tomb
• 4 Part-Songs, for Male Voices TTBB, Op. 106
  • Autumn Leaves
  • Love's Folly
  • To his flocks
  • Fair Phyllis
• 4 Part-Songs, for SATB (also for SSAA) Op. 110
  • Valentine's Day
  • Dirge
  • The Fairies
  • Heraclitus
• 3 Part-Songs, for SATB Op. 111
  • A Lover's Ditty
  • The Praise of Spring
  • The Patient Lover
• 8 Part-Songs for SATB, Op. 119 (to poems by Mary Coleridge)
  • The Witch
  • Farewell, my joy
  • The Blue Bird
  • The Train
  • The Inkbottle
  • The Swallow
  • Chillingham
  • My heart in thine
• 8 Part-Songs for SATB, Op. 127 (to poems by Mary Coleridge)
  • Plighted
  • Veneta
  • When Mary thro' the garden went
  • The Haven
  • The Guest
  • Larghetto
  • Wilderspin
  • To a Tree

Miscellaneous

• On Time, Choral Song for unaccompanied double choir, Op. 142 Poem by John Milton
• Six Elizabethan Pastorals for SATB, Op. 49
  • To his flocks
  • Corydon, Arise!
  • Diaphenia
  • Sweet love for me
  • Damon's Passion
  • Phoebe
• Six Elizabethan Pastorals for SATB (Second set), Op. 53
  • On a hill there grows a flower
  • Like Desert Woods
  • Praised be Diana
  • Cupid and Rosalind
  • O shady vales
  • The Shepherd Doron's jig
• Six Elizabethan Pastorals for SATB (Third set), Op. 67
  • A carol for Christmas
  • The Shepherd's anthem
  • Shall we go dance?
  • Love in prayers
  • Of disdainful Daphne
  • Love's fire
• Six Irish Folksongs for SATB, Op. 78
  • Oh! breathe not his name
  • What the bee is to the flow'ret
  • At the mid hour of night
  • The Sword of Erin
  • It is not the tear
  • Oh the sight entrancing

Works for choir and orchestra

• The Resurrection, for tenor, choir and orchestra (1875) (Words by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock)
• Elegiac Ode, Op. 21 (1884), words from When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd by Walt Whitman
• The Revenge, a ballad of the fleet, Op. 24 (1886) Words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
• Mass in G major, Op. 46
• Missa 'Via Victrix 1914–1918' for solo soprano, contralto, tenor, bass, chorus, organ and orchestra, Op. 173 (1919)
• Requiem, Op. 63 (1896)^[1]
• Te Deum, Op. 66 (1898; written for the Leeds Festival)
• Songs of the Sea for solo baritone, choir (mixed or men's voices) ad lib. and orchestra, Op. 91 (words by Henry Newbolt)
• Stabat Mater, "Symphonic Cantata" for solo soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, choir and orchestra, Op. 96 (1906)
• Song to the Soul, for choir and orchestra, Op. 97b (1913) (words by Walt Whitman)
• Songs of the Fleet for solo baritone, SATB and orchestra, Op. 117 (words by Henry Newbolt)
• At the Abbey Gate, cantata for solo baritone, SATB and orchestra, Op. 177 (1921)

Songs for solo voice(s) and piano

• Six Songs, Op. 4 (Heinrich Heine), 1874
• Six Songs, Op. 7 (Heinrich Heine), c.1877
• La Belle dame sans merci (poem by John Keats), 1877
• Six Songs, Op. 19 (various), 1882
• A Child's Garland of Songs, Op. 30 (Robert Louis Stephenson), 1892
• Three Songs, Op. 43 (Robert Bridges), 1893
• The Clown's Songs from 'Twelfth Night' (Shakespeare), Op. 65, 1896
• An Irish Idyll in Six Miniatures, Op. 77 (Moira O'Neill), 1901
• Songs of Faith, Op. 97, set 1 (Tennyson) (Nos. 1–3); set 2 (Walt Whitman) (Nos. 4–6), 1906
• A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, Op. 140 (Winifred Mary Letts), 1913

Chamber music

• String quartets
  • No. 1 in G major, Op. 44 (1891)
  • No. 2 in A minor, Op. 45 (1891)
  • No. 3 in D minor, Op. 64 (1897)
  • No. 4 in G minor, Op. 99 (1907)
  • No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 104 (1908)
  • No. 6 in A minor, Op. 122 (1910)
  • No. 7 in C minor, Op. 166 (1919)
  • No. 8 in E minor, Op. 167 (1919)
• Other works for string ensemble
  • String quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 85 for two violins, two violas & cello (1903)
  • String quintet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 86 (1903)
• Piano trios
  • No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 35 (1889)
  • No. 2 in G minor, Op. 73 (1899)
  • No. 3 in A "Per aspera ad astra", Op. 158 (1918)^[5]
• Works for violin and piano
  • Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 (1880)
  • Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 70 (1898)
  • Sonata No. 3, Op. 165 (1919)
  • Legend, WoO (1893)
  • Irish Fantasies, Op. 54 (1894)
  • Five Characteristic Pieces, Op. 93 (1905)
  • Six Irish Sketches, Op. 154 (1917)
  • Six Easy Pieces, Op. 155 (1917)
  • Five Bagatelles, Op. 183 (1921)
  • Six Irish Dances
• Other works for solo instrument and piano
  • Sonata No. 1 in A major for violoncello & piano, Op. 9 (1878)
  • Sonata No. 2 in D minor for violoncello & piano, Op. 39 (1893)
  • Three Intermezzi for clarinet & piano, Op. 13 (1880)
  • Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano, Op. 129 (1912)
• Other works for strings and piano
  • Piano quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 15 (1879)
  • Piano quartet No. 2, Op. 133 (1912)
  • Piano quintet in D minor, Op. 25 (1887)
• Serenade in F major for Nonet, Op. 95 (1906)
• Fantasy No. 1 in G minor for clarinet & string quartet, WoO (1921)
• Fantasy No. 2 in F major for clarinet & string quartet, WoO (1922)
• Phantasy for horn & string quartet in A minor, WoO (1922)

Piano music

• Piano Suite (4), Op. 2
• Toccata in C Major, Op. 3
• Old and New Dances (10), Op. 58
• Dante Rhapsodies (3), Op. 92
• Characteristic Pieces (6), Op. 132
• Capriccios (5), Op. 136
• Night Thoughts (6), Op. 148
• Scènes de ballet (6), Op. 150
• Preludes in all the keys (24), Set I, Op. 163
• Ballade, Op. 170
• Waltzes (3), Op. 178
• Preludes in all the keys (24), Set II, Op. 179
• A Toy Story (6)
• Elementary Sketches (6)
• Fancies (3)
• Novellettes (2)
• Primary Sketches (6)
• Song-Tunes (6)
• Waltzes (6) and Coda (1)

Organ music

• Chorale Preludes (8)
• Chorale Preludes, Op. 182
• Fantasia and Toccata, Op. 57 (1894, revised 1917)
• Fantasie on Intercessor, Op. 187
• Four Intermezzi
• Idyl and Fantasia, Op. 121
• Intermezzo on Londonderry Air, Op. 189
• Prelude and Fugue in E minor
• Quasi una Fantasia (1921)
• Six Occasional Preludes, 2 books
• Six Preludes, Op. 88
• Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Op. 101
• Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Op. 105
  • On a theme of Orlando Gibbons Song 34: The Angels' Song
  • On a theme of Orlando Gibbons Song 22:
  • Lento
  • On a theme of Orlando Gibbons Song 24:
  • Trio
  • Allegro
• Sonata No. 1, Op. 149 (1917)
• Sonata "Eroica" No. 2, Op. 151 (1917)
• Sonata "Britannica" No. 3, Op. 152 (1918)
• Sonata "Celtica" No. 4, Op. 153 (1920)
• Sonata "Quasi Una Fantasia" No. 5, Op. 159 (1921)
• Te Deum Laudamus Fantasy
• Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 193 (1923)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (1907)
• Fantasie and Fugue in D minor, Op. 103 (1907)

Miscellaneous

• 11-bell version of the Whittington chimes (1905)^[6]