Anglo-Irish composer seen in Californian university (8)

I believe the answer is:

stanford

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'university' is the definition.
(I know that Stanford is a university)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for stanford that I've seen before include "American university" , "Northern California university" , "Charles Villiers --, Irish composer" , "church composer" , "Charles Villiers -; Ir. composer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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