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Herbert Howells

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A Garland for de la Mere (2)
A Grace for 10 Downing Street (2)
A Hymn for St Cecilia (8)
A Kent yeoman's wooing song (1)
A Little Book of Dances (1)
A Maid Peerless (1)
A Mersey Tune (1)
A Sailor Tune (1)
A Sequence for St Michael (4)
A Spotless Rose (25)
All my hope on God is founded (5)
An English Mass (2)
Anthems (4) to the Blessed Virgin Mary, op.9 (4)
Antiphon (2)
Before me careless lying (1)
Behold, O God our Defender (6)
By the Waters of Babylon (2)
Carol-Anthems (3) (3)
Cello Concerto (1)
Chichester Service (2)
Clarinet Sonata (4)
Collegium Regale (12)
Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense Service (1)
Come Sing and Dance (1)
Comme le cerf soupire... (1)
Concerto for String Orchestra (2)
Country Pageant (1)
Country Tune (1)
Cradle Song (1)
Dances (3), op.7 (1)
» no.2
De La Mare's Pavane (1)
Elegy, op.15 (1)
Elegy for Viola, String Quartet and String Orchestra (2)
Et nunc, et semper (Quasi Menuetto) (1)
Even Such is Time (2)
Fanfare for Schools (1)
Fantasia (1)
Finzi: His Rest (1)
Flood (2)
Flourish for a Bidding (1)
Full Moon (2)
Gadabout (1)
Gavotte (2)
Gloucester Service (7)
God be in my head (2)
Goddess of night (2)
Goff's Fireside (1)
Haec dies (3)
Harlequin Dreaming (1)
Here is the little door (10)
Hills of the North (1)
Howells' Clavichord (excerpts) (1)
Hymnus Paradisi (4)
I heard a voice from Heaven (1)
I love all beauteous things (3)
In Green Ways, op.43 (2)
In youth is pleasure (1)
Jacob's Brawl (1)
King's Herald (2)
King David (12)
King of Glory (1)
Lady Audrey's Suite, op.19 (1)
Lambert's Clavichord (1)
Legend (1)
Lento, assai espressivo (1)
Levavi oculos eos (1)
Like as the Hart (12)
Long, Long Ago (11)
Lost Love (1)
Magnificat (Dallas Canticles) (1)
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (New College Oxford) (2)
Magnificat in G major (1)
Mass in the Dorian Mode (1)
Master Tallis's Testament (5)
Melody (1)
Michael 'A Fanfare Setting' (arr. C Palmer and D Hill) (1)
Minuet: Grace for a Fresh Egg (2)
Minuet for Ursula (1)
Missa Aedis Christi (2)
Missa Sabrinensis (2)
Mrs MacQueen (1)
My Lord Harewood's Galliard (1)
My eyes for beauty pine (1)
New College Service (2)
Nunc Dimittis (Dallas Canticles) (1)
Nunc Dimittis in G major (1)
Nunc Dimittis (2)
O Holy City, seen of John (1)
O Mortal Man (2)
O Salutaris Hostia (1)
Oboe Sonata (orch. Benjamin Wallfisch) (1)
Oboe Sonata (2)
Office of Holy Communion (Collegium Regale) (2)
O my deir hert (Cradle Song) (1)
One Thing have I Desired (2)
O pray for the peace of Jerusalem (3)
Paean for organ (5)
Pageantry (1)
Paradise Rondel, op.40 (1)
Pastoral Rhapsody (1)
Pavane and Galliard (1)
Peacock Pie, op.33 (1)
Petrus Suite (1)
Phantasy String Quartet, op.25 (3)
Phantasy (1)
Piano Quartet in A minor, op.21 (4)
Pieces (3), op.14 (2)
Pieces (3), op.28 (2)
Pieces (6) for organ (2)
Preces and Responses (1)
Prelude (no.1) for harp (2)
Preludio 'Sine nomine' (1)
Procession, op.36 (4)
Promenade for Boys (1)
Promenade for Girls (1)
Psalm 33 (Finzi) (1)
Psalm 121 (1)
Psalm 122 (1)
Psalm 142 (1)
Psalm Preludes (3), Set 1, op.32 (4)
» no.2
» no.3
Psalm Preludes (3), Set 2, op.32 (3)
» no.1
» no.2
» no.3
Regina caeli (3)
Requiem (12)
Rhapsodic Quintet for clarinet and string quartet, op.31 (3)
Rhapsodies (3), op.17 (11)
Romance (1)
Salvator mundi (1)
Salve Regina (6)
Serenade for Strings (1)
Service in D major (transposed to E flat) (1)
Short Pieces for Organ (6) (1)
Siciliana (1)
Siciliano for a High Ceremony (1)
Sine nomine (2)
Sing Lullaby (14)
Sir Patrick Spens, op.23 (1)
Slow Air (1)
Sonata no.1 in E major, op.18 (1)
Sonata no.2 in E flat major, op.26 (1)
Sonata no.3 in E minor, op.38 (1)
Sonatina for piano (3)
Songs (4), op.22 (1)
Songs (5) for low voice, op.2 (1)
St George's Windsor Service (1)
St Louis comes to Clifton (1)
St Paul's Service (4)
Stabat Mater (2)
String Quartet no.3 'In Gloucestershire' (1)
Suite for String Orchestra (1)
Summer Idyls (1)
Sweetest of Sweets (2)
Take him, earth, for cherishing (18)
Te Deum and Jubilate Deo 'Collegium Regale' (1)
Te Deum laudamus (1)
Te Deum (1)
The Arab's Song (1)
The B's, op.13 (1)
The Chosen Tune (2)
The House of the Mind (5)
The Little Boy Lost (2)
The Mugger's Song (1)
The Summer is Coming (2)
The Widow Bird (2)
Thee Will I Love (1)
The fear of the Lord (1)
This World, my God, is held within your hand (1)
Threnody (arr. Christopher Palmer) (1)
To a Wild Flower (1)
Tunes (3) (1)
Violin Sonata in B minor (1)
Violin Sonata no.1 in E major, op.18 (1)
Violin Sonata no.2 in E flat major, op.26 (1)
Violin Sonata no.3 in E minor, op.38 (1)
Voluntary - Psalm Prelude in D (1)
Walking in the Snow (2)
Walton's Toye (1)
Westminster Service (1)
When first thine eies unveil (1)
When the Dew is Falling (1)
Where wast thou? (1)

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

Howells was born in Lydney, Gloucestershire, the youngest of the six children of Oliver Howells, a plumber, painter, decorator and builder, and his wife Elizabeth. His father played the organ at the local Baptist church, and Herbert himself showed early musical promise, first deputising for his father, and then moving at the age of eleven to the local Church of England parish church as choirboy and unofficial deputy organist.

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Vaughan Williams - A Birthday Garland
Vaughan Williams - A Birthday Garland

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A Year at Newcastle
A Year at Newcastle

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(Regent Records)

Howells - Organ Music: Rhapsodies & Psalm-Preludes
Howells - Organ Music: Rhapsodies & Psalm-Preludes

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Venite, gaudete: Choral Music for Christmas
Venite, gaudete: Choral Music for Christmas

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Morning Star
Morning Star

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Calm Christmas (Vinyl LP)
Calm Christmas (Vinyl LP)

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Music on Christmas Morning: A Festive Mix of Fresh and Favourite Carols
Music on Christmas Morning: A Festive Mix of Fresh and Favourite Carols

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Anthems Vol.1
Anthems Vol.1

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Orchestral Anthems: Elgar, Finzi, Dyson, Howells
Orchestral Anthems: Elgar, Finzi, Dyson, Howells

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New College: Commissions & Premieres
New College: Commissions & Premieres

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Divine Music: An English Songbook
Divine Music: An English Songbook

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(Signum)

Rolling River: American Choral
Rolling River: American Choral

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English Art Song
English Art Song

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Magnificat 3
Magnificat 3

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Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius, Elgar - Music for Strings
Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius, Elgar - Music for Strings

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(Chandos)

Howells - Piano Music Vol.2
Howells - Piano Music Vol.2

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Venables - Requiem; Howells - Anthems for Choir & Orchestra
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British Music for Clarinet
British Music for Clarinet

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In Winter’s House: Christmas with Tenebrae
In Winter’s House: Christmas with Tenebrae

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Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs and other British Choral Anthems
Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs and other British Choral Anthems

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In London Town: British Organ Music
In London Town: British Organ Music

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The Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II: Music from the Official Recording
The Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II: Music from the Official Recording

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