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Charles Wood

Charles Wood (15 June 1866 – 12 July 1926) was an Irish composer and teacher; his students included Ralph Vaughan Williams at Cambridge and Herbert Howells at the Royal College of Music. He is primarily remembered and performed as an Anglican church music composer, but he also wrote songs and chamber music, particularly for string quartet.

Birth and Death Data: Born Armagh (county town of County Armagh in Northern Ireland), Died July 12, 1926 (Cambridge (city in Cambridgeshire, England) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-98828 10-in. 1/10/1936 Shoot false love London Madrigal Singers Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wood, Charles," accessed December 30, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102511.

Wood, Charles. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 30, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102511.

"Wood, Charles." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 30 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102511

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Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Wood, Charles, 1866-1926 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79101532

Wikidata: Charles Wood - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q246913

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/7575789

MusicBrainz: Charles Wood - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/24f26980-b7c3-4971-8c97-6a1134066db3

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/42136 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/42136

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