Herbert Norman Howells (1892-1983)
Composer
Herbert Howells was an English composer, born in Lydney in Gloucestershire. He gained his musical background in the traditions of the Church of England, as both a chorister and an organist, and it is in this vein that the majority of his works were written. He studied under Herbert Brewer at Gloucester Cathedral and was deeply influenced by the writing of Vaughan Williams and the much earlier Tudor school of composition. Much of his music draws on this Renaissance heritage, reworking it in new and original ways.
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Popular Works: Howells
- A Hymn for St Cecilia (15)
- A Sequence for St Michael (9)
- A Spotless Rose (94)
- All my hope on God is founded (17)
- Behold, O God our defender (7)
- Collegium Regale: Te Deum (9)
- Come Sing and Dance (7)
- Concerto for string orchestra (7)
- Elegy For Viola, String Quartet And String Orchestra (7)
- Haec dies (6)
- Here is the Little Door (42)
- Hymnus Paradisi (8)
- King David (13)
- Like as the Hart (37)
- Long, Long Ago (17)
- Magnificat (Gloucester, 1946) (6)
- Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale, 1945) (9)
- Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense, 1957) (6)
- Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (Gloucester, 1946) (9)
- Magnificat & Nunc dimittis (St Paul's, 1951) (11)
- Magnificat & Nunc dimittis in G (6)
- Nunc dimittis (12)
- O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem (9)
- Paean (7)
- Pieces (6): Master Tallis's Testament (17)
- Psalm 121 (7)
- Psalm-Preludes Set 1, Op. 32 Nos. 1-3 (14)
- Psalm-Preludes Set 1, Op. 32: No. 1 (6)
- Psalm-Preludes Set 1, Op. 32: No. 3 (7)
- Regina caeli (7)
- Requiem (22)
- Rhapsody for Organ No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 17 No. 1 (14)
- Rhapsody for Organ No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 17 No. 3 (22)
- Salve Regina (18)
- Sing Lullaby (30)
- Stabat Mater (6)
- Take him, earth, for cherishing (29)
- Te Deum (6)
- Te Deum & Jubilate 'Collegium Regale' (16)
- The House of the Mind (6)
