Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 Maret 1924) adalah seorang komponis, guru musik dan konduktor asal Irlandia. Lahir dalam keluarga musik di Dublin, Stanford belajar di Universitas Cambridge sebelum belajar musik di Leipzig dan Berlin.
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