Substantially revised and expanded edition that sheds new light on Stanford's career as composer, conductor and teacher, as well as promoter of opera in English and arranger of Irish folk music.

I. Early Influences and Impressions, 1852-18701 Dublin, Family and Friends2 Childhood: Dublin in the 1850s and 1860sII. Formative Years, 1870-18873 Cambridge and the Wanderjahre (Leipzig and Berlin, 1870-1876)4 A Promising Future: The Cambridge University Musical Society, Opera and a Revolution in Church Music (1877-1882)5 The Royal College of Music (1883-1887): Disappointment and RevivalIII. Recognition, 1888-19016 The Cambridge Professorship: Reform and International Acclaim (1888-1892)7 Removal from Cambridge, the CUMS Jubilee and the Focus of London (1892-1895)8 Shamus O'Brien, the Requiem and the Leeds Philharmonic Society (1896-1900)IV. The New Generation, 1901-19149 The Leeds Festival, Knighthood and the New Generation (1901-1909)10 Resignation from Leeds, Patriotism and Political Isolation (1910-1914)V. War and Decline, 1914-192411 The War (1914-1918)12 The Last Years (1918-1924)