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 2 of 4

Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
All My Hope On God Is Founded	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis (Gloucester)	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Requiem Aeternam 1	See work details	bass Tenor Choir 2 more instruments Alto A Cappella Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nunc Dimittis	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Galliard, from 'A Little Book of Dances'"	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Gavotte, from 'A Little Book of Dances'"	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Jig, from 'A Little Book of Dances'"	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Kings and Queens, from 'Country Pageant'"	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Merry Andrew's Procession, from 'Country Pageant'"	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Minuet, from 'A Little Book of Dances'"	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Pavane, from 'A Little Book of Dances'"	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
"Rigadoon, from 'A Little Book of Dances'"	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
"The Mummers' Dance, from 'Country Pageant'"	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Master Tallis's Testament	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Paean	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis For The New College Oxford	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis For Salisbury Cathedral	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis For The Cathedral Church Of Holy Trinity	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Country Tune	See work details	Piano violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Croon	See work details	Piano violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Hills Of The North	See work details	Organ Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Maid Peerless,	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
In Youth Is Pleasure	See work details	Tenor Alto Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis In B Minor (Westminster)	Key in title B minor	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Penguinski	See work details	Orchestra Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Levavi 0culos Meos (Aubade For A Wedding)	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto No.1 In C Minor Op.4	Catalogue / opus Op.4 Key in title C minor	Piano Orchestra Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dalby's Fancy	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dalby's Toccata	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sine Nomine Op.37	Catalogue / opus Op.37	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Long, Long Ago	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto For String Orchestra	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sequence For St. Michael	See work details	Tenor Alto Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
King Of Glory	See work details	Tenor Alto Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
God Is Gone Up With A Merry Noise	See work details	Tenor Alto Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Missa Sabrinensis	See work details	Tenor Alto Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Polka For Two Pianos	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
String Quartet No.3 (Howells)	See work details	String Quartet Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Summer Is Coming	See work details	Tenor Alto Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Walking In The Snow	See work details	Tenor Alto Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lord By Whose Breath All Souls And Seeds Are Living	See work details	Alto Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
God Is Love	See work details	Tenor Alto Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Benedictus Es Domine	See work details	Tenor Alto Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Holy Spirit Ever	See work details	Tenor Alto Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Flourish For A Bidding	See work details	Organ Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details

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.