Composer
Herbert Howells
English composer, organist, and teacher (1892–1983)
1892–1983
167 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1983
- Birthplace
- Gloucestershire
- Place of death
- Putney
- Citizenship / historical state
- United Kingdom
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
Herbert Howells — English composer, organist, and teacher. Herbert Howells was born in 1892 in Gloucestershire. The recorded year of death is 1983; place of death: Putney. The biographical record lists citizenship or historical state as United Kingdom.
Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; teacher; music teacher
- Education
- St John's College; Royal College of Music
- Teachers
- Charles Villiers Stanford; Charles Wood
- Instruments played
- organ
- Awards
- honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music; honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge; Companion of Honour; Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 59269800
- ISNI
- 000000012026671X
- GND ID
- 119339064
- Library of Congress ID
- n81131531
- MusicBrainz ID
- 17987101-f6c0-49e0-879e-fb3817fc8cbf
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Organ, Alto, Tenor, Choir
- Genres represented
- Classical, Christmas
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue page 1 of 4
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
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| Chichester Service: Magnificat | See work details |
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| Behold O God Our Defender | See work details |
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| Psalm-prelude 2 | See work details |
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| Girls' Song | See work details |
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| I Love All Beauteous Things | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Slow Air | See work details |
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| Inheritance | See work details |
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| Procession | See work details |
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| Te Deum And Jubilate (Collegium Regale) | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Hymn For St Cecilia | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Fugue, Chorale And Epilogue | See work details |
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| Saraband (For The Morning Of Easter) | See work details |
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| Now Abideth Hope, Faith And Charity | See work details |
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| Benedictus | See work details |
1 more instruments
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| Jubilate | See work details |
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| Regina caeli | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| A Hymn For St. Cecilia | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Psalm 121 | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Preludio 'Sine Nomine' | See work details |
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| Iii (Aria) | See work details |
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| IV | See work details |
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| V Chorale | See work details |
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| O Mortal Man (Sussex Mummer's Carol) | See work details |
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| I Would Be True | See work details |
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| Te Deum | See work details |
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| O salutaris hostia | See work details |
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| Salve Regina | See work details |
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| Blessed Are The Dead | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Chichester Service: Nunc Dimittis | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| I Heard A Voice From Heaven | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| "There was a most beautiful Lady, from 'Country Pageant'" | See work details |
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| Sonatina | See work details |
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| The Office Of Holy Communion | See work details |
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| Four Horses | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| A Spotless Rose | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Psalm 23 | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Psalm-prelude 1 | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Psalm-prelude 3, | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Vi | See work details |
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| The House Of The Mind | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Where Wast Thou? | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Concerto No.2 In C Major Op.39 |
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| View sheet music |
| Requiem Aeternam 2 | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Salvator mundi | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| I | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Thee Will I Love | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Goddess Of Night | See work details |
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| King David | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. This short biography is assembled from the recorded facts. Authority record: VIAF 59269800. Portrait: Spudgun67, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.