ABSTRACT
In July 1916 signalled a low point for Charles Villiers Stanford from which he never fully recovered. The impact of war had grown steadily and was most forcefully felt during Guy's posting to the Somme. The Easter Uprising in Dublin had also caused much distress as Stanford saw parts of his home city implode due, in his view, to the mischievous activities of Nationalists and Home Rulers. Stanford wrote a long letter to Hubert Parry defending himself against the earlier charges of impropriety. Hitherto Stanford had been able to regard Parry as a colleague and equal with whom ideas could be debated and frank criticisms could be exchanged. Stanford continued to compose much as before although, inevitably, several works referred in some way to the war. In fact Stanford had long been aware of the disadvantages of a non-resident Professor but clear about the reasons for the situation.
