Composers Studied in the Parents’ Union School

Composers Studied in the Parents’ Union School

(1908-1953)

Key:
Blue: composer still living during first term studied.
Green: included in both multiple and single/dual composer studies.
Years Since Death: Number of years between composer’s death and current term (first term studied).

Great Composers

Composer Years Studied Music Programme Authors Frequency (terms) Years Since Death English
Bach, J. S.
1685-1750		 1908, 1912, 1916, 1921, 1925, 1929, 1934, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1950 E. Glover, Cruse, Parker, C. Glover, Limbert 12.5 158
Beethoven
1770-1827		 1909, 1913, 1918, 1921, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952 E. Glover, Cruse, Harris Amey, C. Glover, Limbert 12.8 82
Brahms
1833-1897		 1911, 1915, 1922, 1927, 1932, 1938, 1946 E. Glover, Parker, C. Glover, Limbert 17.3 14
Chopin
1810-1849		 1911, 1915, 1918, 1927, 1931, 1937, 1943, 1951 E. Glover, Parker, Harris Amey, Limbert 17 62
Handel
1685-1759		 1908, 1912, 1917, 1920, 1924, 1929, 1933, 1937, 1945, 1953 E. Glover, Cruse, Parker, Harris Amey, C. Glover, Limbert 15 149 yes
Mendelssohn
1809-1847		 1910, 1914, 1919, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1941, 1949 E. Glover, Henderson, Cruse, Harris Amey, Limbert 16.4 63
Mozart
1756-1791		 1909, 1913, 1917, 1921, 1926, 1931, 1935, 1939, 1943, 1947, 1951 E. Glover, Cruse, Harris Amey, C. Glover, Limbert 12.6 118
Schubert
1797-1828		 1910, 1914, 1918, 1923, 1927, 1934, 1940, 1947 E. Glover, Henderson, Harris Amey, C. Glover, Limbert 16.1 82
Schumann
1810-1856		 1910, 1914, 1919, 1922, 1926, 1931, 1936, 1941, 1950 E. Glover, Henderson, C. Glover, Limbert 14.6 54

 

Lesser Composers

Composer Years Studied Music Programme Authors Frequency (terms) Years Since Death English
Borodin
1833-1887		 1924 C. Glover n/a 37
Debussy
1862-1918		 1923, 1928, 1934, 1942, 1950 C. Glover, Limbert 20.6 5
Delius
1862-1934		 1946 Limbert n/a 12 yes
Dvořák
1841-1904		 1924, 1932, 1939, 1947 C. Glover, Limbert 22.3 20
Elgar
1857-1934		 1933, 1938, 1943, 1952 Limbert 19 0 yes
Franck, César
1822-1890		 1930, 1936, 1945, 1953 Limbert 22.3 40
Greig
1843-1907		 1922, 1926, 1937, 1944 C. Glover, Limbert 21.7 15
Haydn
1732-1809		 1909, 1912, 1917, 1927, 1932, 1936, 1945, 1953 E. Glover, Cruse, Harris Amey, Limbert, Watson 19 100
Holst
1874-1934		 1946 Limbert n/a 12 yes
Mussorgsky
1839-1881		 1924 C. Glover n/a 43
Purcell, Henry
1659-1695		 1928, 1933, 1941, 1949 Limbert 22 233 yes
Sibelius
1865-1957		 1939, 1947 Limbert 24 0
Spohr
1784-1859		 1913 Cruse n/a 54
Tchaikovsky
1840-1893		 1929, 1944, 1952 Limbert 34 36
Vaughan Williams
1872-1958		 1951 n/a 0 yes
Wagner
1813-1883		 1911, 1923, 1928, 1941, 1949 E. Glover, C. Glover, Limbert 28.3 28
Weber
1786-1826		 1910, 1913 E. Glover, Cruse 11 84

 

Multiple Composers Studied Together

Composer Years Studied Music Programme Authors Frequency (terms) Years Since Death English Themes
Agostini, Paolo
1583-1629		 1916 Parker n/a 287 Some Music Before 1625
Arensky, Anton
1861-1906		 1915 Parker n/a 9 Modern Music
Arne, Thomas
1710-1778		 1920 Harris Amey n/a 141 yes Purcell and His Contemporaries
Blow, John
1649-1708		 1916, 1920 Parker, Harris Amey n/a 208 yes Stuarts/Early Hanoverians

Purcell and His Contemporaries
Borodin
1833-1887		 1940, 1948 Limbert 24 53 Some Russian Composers
Bull, John
1562-1628		 1916 Parker n/a 288 yes Some Music Before 1625
Byrd, William
1542-1623		 1916 Parker n/a 293 yes Some Music Before 1625
Carey, Henry
1687-1743		 1920 Harris Amey n/a 176 yes Purcell and His Contemporaries
Corelli, Arcangelo
1653-1713		 1911, 1916 Cruse, Parker n/a 198 Five Old Masters 1653-1753

Stuarts/Early Hanoverians
Couperin, François
1668-1733		 1916, 1919 Parker, Harris Amey n/a 183 Stuarts/Early Hanoverians

Early French Composers
Croft, William
1678-1727		 1920 Harris Amey n/a 192 yes Purcell and His Contemporaries
d’Indy, Vincent
1851-1931		 1915 Parker n/a 0 Modern Music
Debussy
1862-1918		 1915 Parker n/a 0 Modern Music
Desprez, Josquin
1440-1521		 1919 Harris Amey n/a 398 Early French Composers
Elgar
1857-1934		 1915 Parker n/a 0 yes Modern Music
Frescobaldi, Girolamo
1583-1643		 1916 Parker n/a 273 Stuarts/Early Hanoverians
Geminiani, Francesco
1687-1762		 1916 Parker n/a 154 Stuarts/Early Hanoverians
Genet (Carpentras)
1470-1548		 1919 Harris Amey n/a 371 Early French Composers
Gibbons, Orlando
1583-1625		 1916 Parker n/a 291 yes Some Music Before 1625
Glazunov, Alexander
1865-1936		 1940, 1948 Limbert 24 4 Some Russian Composers
Glinka, Mikhail
1804-1857		 1915 Parker n/a 58 Modern Music
Gluck, Christophe
1714-1787		 1919 Harris Amey n/a 132 Early French Composers
Gondimel, Claude
1510-1572		 1919 Harris Amey n/a 347 Early French Composers
Gounod, Charles-François
1818-1893		 1915 Parker n/a 22 Modern Music
Grétry, André
1741-1813		 1919 Harris Amey n/a 106 Early French Composers
Grovlez, Gabriel
1879-1944		 1915 Parker n/a 0 Modern Music
Holbrooke, Joseph
1878-1958		 1915 Parker n/a 0 yes Modern Music
Lassus, Roland de
1532-1594		 1916 Parker n/a 322 Some Music Before 1625
Lotti, Antonio
1667-1740		 1911, 1916 Cruse, Parker n/a 171 Five Old Masters 1653-1753

Stuarts/Early Hanoverians
Lully, Jean-Baptiste de
1632-1687		 1916, 1919 Parker, Harris Amey n/a 229 Stuarts/Early Hanoverians

Early French Composers
Lyadoff, Anatoly
1855-1914		 1915 Parker n/a 1 Modern Music
Méhul, Etienne
1763-1817		 1919 Harris Amey n/a 102 Early French Composers
Mussorgsky
1839-1881		 1915, 1940, 1948 Parker, Limbert 24, 49, 24 34 Modern Music

Some Russian Composers
Palestrina
1525-1594		 1916 Parker n/a 322 Some Music Before 1625

Stuarts/Early Hanoverians
Pasquini, Bernardo
1637-1710		 1916 Parker n/a 206 Stuarts/Early Hanoverians
Pergolesi, Giovanni
1710-1736		 1916 Parker n/a 180 Stuarts/Early Hanoverians
Purcell, Daniel
1664-1717		 1920 Harris Amey n/a 202 yes Purcell and His Contemporaries
Purcell, Henry
1659-1695		 1911, 1916, 1920 Cruse, Parker, Harris Amey n/a 216 yes Five Old Masters 1653-1753

Stuarts/Early Hanoverians

Purcell and His Contemporaries
Rameau, Jean-Philippe
1683-1764		 1911, 1916, 1919 Cruse, Parker, Harris Amey n/a 147 Five Old Masters 1653-1753

Stuarts/Early Hanoverians

Early French Composers
Rimsky-Korsakov
1844-1908		 1940, 1948 Limbert 24 32 Some Russian Composers
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
1712-1778		 1919 Harris Amey n/a 141 Early French Composers
Saint-Saëns, Camille
1835-1921		 1915 Parker n/a 0 Modern Music
Scarlatti, Alessandro
1660-1725		 1911, 1916 Cruse, Parker n/a 186 Five Old Masters 1653-1753

Stuarts/Early Hanoverians
Scarlatti, Domenico
1685-1757		 1911, 1916 Cruse, Parker n/a 154 Five Old Masters 1653-1753

Stuarts/Early Hanoverians
Scriabin, Alexander
1872-1915		 1915 Parker n/a 0 Modern Music
Sgambati, Giovanni
1841-1914		 1915 Parker n/a 1 Modern Music
Somervell, Arthur
1863-1937		 1915 Parker n/a 0 yes Modern Music
Stanford, Charles Villiers
1852-1924		 1915 Parker n/a 0 Modern Music
Stravinsky
1882-1971		 1940, 1948 Limbert 24 0 Some Russian Composers
Tallis, Thomas
1505-1585		 1916 Parker n/a 331 yes Some Music Before 1625
Thomas, Ambroise
1811-1896		 1915 Parker n/a 19 Modern Music
Victoria, Tomás Luis da
1548-1611		 1916 Parker n/a 305 Some Music Before 1625