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Herbert Howells

English composer, organist, and teacher

Herbert Norman Howells (17 October 1892 – 23 February 1983) was an English composer, organist, and teacher, most famous for his large output of Anglican church music.

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Works

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  • A Grace for 10 Downing Street
  • A Kent Yeoman's Wooing Song
  • A Spotless Rose
  • Behold, O God, Our Defender
  • Blessed Are the Dead
  • By the Waters of Babylon
  • Chichester Service: Magnificat
  • Chichester Service: Nunc Dimittis
  • Clarinet Sonata
  • Clarinet Sonata: I. Con moto
  • Clarinet Sonata: II. Allegro, ritmico, con brio
  • Concerto for String Orchestra
  • Concerto for String Orchestra: I. Allegro, assai vivace
  • Concerto for String Orchestra: II. Quasi lento: teneramente
  • Concerto for String Orchestra: III. Allegro vivo: ritmico e giocoso
  • Concerto no. 1 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 4
  • Concerto no. 1 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 4: I. Allegro moderato
  • Concerto no. 1 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 4: II. Tranquillo, e quasi lento
  • Concerto no. 1 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, op. 4: III. Allegro moderato, e scherzando
  • Concerto no. 2 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, op. 39
  • Concerto no. 2 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, op. 39: I. Allegro
  • Concerto no. 2 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, op. 39: II. Poco lento, calmato - Allegro
  • Concerto no. 2 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, op. 39: III. Allegro assai - Giocoso - A tempo
  • Corydon's Dance
  • Elegy for Solo Viola, String Quartet and String Orchestra
  • Even Such Is Time
  • Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra
  • Four Anthems
  • Gloucester Service: Magnificat
  • God Is Gone Up
  • Haec dies
  • Howells' Clavichord
  • Hymnus paradisi
  • Hymnus paradisi: I. Preludio
  • Hymnus paradisi: II. Requiem aeternam
  • Hymnus paradisi: III. The Lord is my Shepherd (Psalm 23)
  • Hymnus paradisi: IV. Sanctus - I will lift up mine eyes
  • Hymnus paradisi: V. I heard a voice from Heaven
  • Hymnus paradisi: VI. Holy is the True Light
  • In Gloucestershire (String Quartet no. 3)
  • In Gloucestershire (String Quartet no. 3): I. With easy and flexible movement
  • In Green Ways, op. 43
  • In Green Ways, op. 43: I. Under the Greenwood Tree
  • In Green Ways, op. 43: II. The Goat Paths
  • In Green Ways, op. 43: III. Merry Margaret
  • In Green Ways, op. 43: IV. Wanderer's Night Song
  • In Green Ways, op. 43: V. On the Merry First of May
  • Inheritance
  • Jubilate (Collegium Regale)
  • King’s Herald
  • Lady Audrey's Suite, op. 19
  • Let God arise
  • Like as the Hart
  • Long long ago
  • Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale)
  • Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale): Magnificat
  • Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Collegium Regale): Nunc dimittis
  • Mally O!
  • Merry-Eye, op. 20 no. 2
  • O pray for the peace of Jerusalem
  • Office of Holy Communion (Collegium Regale)
  • Office of Holy Communion (Collegium Regale): I. Kyrie
  • Office of Holy Communion (Collegium Regale): II. Credo
  • Office of Holy Communion (Collegium Regale): III. Sanctus
  • Office of Holy Communion (Collegium Regale): IV. Benedictus
  • Office of Holy Communion (Collegium Regale): V. Agnus Dei
  • Office of Holy Communion (Collegium Regale): VI. Gloria in Excelsis
  • One Thing Have I Desired
  • Pageantry
  • Pageantry: I. King’s Herald
  • Pageantry: II. Cortege
  • Pageantry: III. Jousts
  • Paradise Rondel
  • Pastoral Rhapsody
  • Penguinski
  • Piano Quartet in A minor, op. 21
  • Procession
  • Psalm 121
  • Psalm 122
  • Psalm 142 “I cried unto the Lord with my voice”
  • Puck's Minuet, op. 20 no. 1
  • Regina Caeli, op. 9 no. 4
  • Requiem
  • Requiem: VI. I heard a voice from heaven
  • Rhapsodic Quintet, op. 31
  • Salve regina
  • Scherzo in Arden
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Siciliano for a High Ceremony
  • Sine nomine, op. 37
  • Sir Patrick Spens, op. 23
  • Six Pieces for Organ
  • Six Pieces for Organ, no. 1: Preludio “Sine Nomine”
  • Six Pieces for Organ, no. 2: Saraband (For the morning of Easter)
  • Six Pieces for Organ, no. 3: Master Tallis’s Testament
  • Six Pieces for Organ, no. 4: Fugue, Chorale and Epilogue
  • Six Pieces for Organ, no. 5: Saraband (In modo elegiaco)
  • Six Pieces for Organ, no. 6: Paean
  • Sonata for Oboe and Piano
  • Sonata for Oboe and Piano: I. Placido, teneramente, ma con moto
  • Sonata for Oboe and Piano: II. Lento, assai espressivo e tranquillo
  • Sonata for Oboe and Piano: III. Allegro mosso, scherzando
  • Sonata for Oboe and Piano: IV. Epilogue: Tranquillo, mesto, ma con moto
  • St. Augustine's Service
  • St. Augustine's Service: Magnificat
  • St. Augustine's Service: Nunc dimittis
  • St. Paul's Service: Magnificat
  • St. Paul's Service: Nunc dimittis
  • Stabat mater
  • Stabat mater: Christe, cum sit hinc exire
  • Stabat mater: Cujus animam gementem
  • Stabat mater: Eia, Mater
  • Stabat mater: Fac ut portem -
  • Stabat mater: Quis est homo?
  • Stabat mater: Sancta Mater -
  • Stabat mater: Stabat mater dolorosa
  • Suite for Orchestra "The B's", op. 13
  • Suite for Orchestra "The B's": I. Overture: Bublum
  • Suite for Orchestra "The B's": II. Lament: Bartholomew
  • Suite for Orchestra "The B's": III. Scherzo: Blissy
  • Suite for Orchestra "The B's": IV. Mazurka alias Minuet: Bunny
  • Suite for Orchestra "The B's": V. March: Benjee
  • Suite for String Orchestra
  • Suite for String Orchestra: I. Allegro deciso
  • Suite for String Orchestra: II. Siciliano Elegiaco. Con moto, ma tenerezza
  • Suite for String Orchestra: III. Alla Menuetto. Allegro moderato
  • Suite for String Orchestra: IV. Rondo. Allegro assai: brioso
  • Take him, earth, for cherishing
  • Te Deum
  • Te Deum (Collegium Regale)
  • Te Deum and Jubilate (Collegium Regale)
  • The Scribe
  • The Summer Is Coming
  • Thee Will I Love
  • Three Dances for Violin and Orchestra
  • Three Dances for Violin and Orchestra: I. Giocoso molto
  • Three Dances for Violin and Orchestra: II. Quasi lento, quieto
  • Three Dances for Violin and Orchestra: III. Molto allegro
  • Three Psalm-Preludes, Set 1, op. 32
  • Three Psalm-Preludes, Set 1, op. 32: No. 1. Psalm 34, Verse 6
  • Three Psalm-Preludes, Set 1, op. 32: No. 2. Psalm 37, Verse 11
  • Three Psalm-Preludes, Set 1, op. 32: No. 3. Psalm 23, Verse 4
  • Three Psalm-Preludes, Set 2
  • Three Psalm-Preludes, Set 2: No. 1. Psalm 130 "Out of the deep have I called to you, Lord"
  • Three Psalm-Preludes, Set 2: No. 2. Psalm 139 "Yea the darkness is no darkness with thee"
  • Three Psalm-Preludes, Set 2: No. 3. Psalm 33 "Sing unto him a new song"
  • Threnody for Cello and Orchestra
  • We have heard with our ears
  • Westminster Service: Magnificat
  • Westminster Service: Nunc dimittis