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Herbert Howells (17 Oct 1892 - 23 Feb 1983)

Male Person - United Kingdom composer

Relationships (20)

Students

  1. Derek Healey (1952 - 1956)
  2. Robert Turner
  3. Charles Wood
  4. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford
  5. Madeleine Dring
  6. Edwin Roxburgh
  7. Alan Lane
  8. Paul Spicer
  9. Derek Bourgeois
  10. Lance Dossor composition
  11. Robert Simpson
  12. Andrew Downes composition
  13. William Hayward
  14. Imogen Holst
  15. Hubert Parry
  16. Gordon Jacob
  17. James Bernard
  18. Alan Ridout
  19. Sir Herbert Brewer

Conductor For

  1. Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge (1941 - 1945) principal

Recordings by (97)

  1. Michael “All My Hope on God Is Founded” 3:18 (10 Oct 1991)
  2. Magnificat 5:18 (1991)
  3. Nunc Dimittis in G 3:14 (1991)
  4. All My Hope on God Is Founded 2:42 (1991)
  5. Services. 'Collegium Regale' - Canticles (1944) - Mattins: Te Deum 8:36 (01 Jan 1992)
  6. Services. 'Collegium Regale' - Canticles (1944) - Mattins: Jubilate 3:11 (01 Jan 1992)
  7. Services. 'Collegium Regale' - Canticles (1944) - Communion Service: Kyrie 1:27 (01 Jan 1992)
  8. Services. 'Collegium Regale' - Canticles (1944) - Communion Service: Credo 6:43 (01 Jan 1992)
  9. Services. 'Collegium Regale' - Canticles (1944) - Communion Service: Sanctus 2:18 (01 Jan 1992)
  10. Services. 'Collegium Regale' - Canticles (1944) - Communion Service: Benedictus 1:49 (01 Jan 1992)
  11. Services. 'Collegium Regale' - Canticles (1944) - Communion Service: Agnus Dei 2:01 (01 Jan 1992)
  12. Services. 'Collegium Regale' - Canticles (1944) - Communion Service: Gloria 4:49 (01 Jan 1992)
  13. Psalm-Preludes, op. 32 - Set One (1915-16): Psalm 37 v11 5:42 (01 Jan 1992)
  14. Preces and Responses: O Lord, open Thou our lips 2:11 (01 Jan 1992)
  15. Psalm 121 2:23 (01 Jan 1992)
  16. Psalm 122 2:37 (01 Jan 1992)
  17. Services. 'Collegium Regale' - Canticles (1944) - Evensong: Magnificat 5:08 (01 Jan 1992)
  18. Services. 'Collegium Regale' - Canticles (1944) - Evensong: Nunc Dimittis 4:00 (01 Jan 1992)
  19. Preces and Responses: The Lord be with you 7:44 (01 Jan 1992)
  20. Take him, earth for cherishing (1963) (Motet on the death of President Kennedy) - English text: Helen Waddell 8:14 (01 Jan 1992)
  21. Three Rhapsodies, op. 17 (1915-18): No. 3 8:25 (01 Jan 1992)
  22. A Spotless Rose ?:?? (1993)
  23. Westminster Service: Magnificat 5:49 (1994)
  24. Westminster Service: Nunc Dimitis 3:20 (1994)
  25. A Dirge 3:23 (1995)
  26. Magnificat (St. Paul's Service) 6:37 (1996)
  27. Nunc Dimittis (St. Paul's Service) 5:10 (1996)
  28. Here Is the Little Door 3:23 (1999)
  29. Requiem Aeternam 2:53 (25 Mar 2002)
  30. Psalm-preludes set 2 no. 1 9:06 (2002)
  31. Rhapsody Op. 17 No. 3 7:53 (05 Feb 2003)
  32. Rhapsody In C sharp minor, Op. 17 No. 3 9:26 (2004)
  33. Rhapsody No. 4 8:10 (2004)
  34. Salvator Mundi ?:?? (15 Nov 2008)
  35. A Sequence for St Michael 10:09 (01 Mar 2010)
  36. By the Waters of Babylon 10:17 (01 Mar 2010)
  37. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Gloucester Service): I. Magnificat 6:55 (01 Mar 2010)
  38. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Gloucester Service): II. Nunc Dimittis 4:38 (01 Mar 2010)
  39. Psalm 142 4:18 (01 Mar 2010)
  40. A Grace for 10 Downing Street 2:35 (01 Mar 2010)
  41. One Thing Have I Desired 5:43 (01 Mar 2010)
  42. Like as the Hart 5:56 (01 Mar 2010)
  43. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense): I. Magnificat 4:28 (01 Mar 2010)
  44. Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense): II. Nunc Dimittis 3:08 (01 Mar 2010)
  45. Four Anthems to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Op. 9: IV. Salve Regina 4:49 (01 Mar 2010)
  46. Te Deum, “Collegium Regale” 9:03 (01 Mar 2010)
  47. The Summer Is Coming 7:18 (26 Apr 2010)
  48. Sweetest of Sweets 4:58 (26 Apr 2010)
  49. Sing Lullaby 3:17 (26 Apr 2010)
  50. Antiphon 4:20 (26 Apr 2010)
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Credited as (77)

  1. Herbert Howells
  2. Herbert Howells, Sir George Dyson; Divertimenti
  3. Herbert Howells; Howard Shelley, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
  4. Herbert Howells; City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
  5. Herbert Howells; Moray Welsh, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
  6. Herbert Howells; London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Yvonne Kenny, Lydia Mordkovitch
  7. Herbert Howells, Ralph Vaughan Williams; Corydon Singers, Matthew Best
  8. Johann Sebastian Bach / Herbert Howells
  9. Herbert Howells; Claire Rutter, James Gilchrist, The Bach Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill
  10. Howells
  11. Herbert Howells; The Rodolfus Choir, Ralph Allwood
  12. Howells, Rubbra, Harty; Sarah Francis, Peter Dickinson
  13. Herbert Howells; The Bach Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill
  14. Trad. arr. Herbert Howells
  15. Herbert Howells, Frank Martin; Vasari, Jeremy Backhouse
  16. Howells / Chesterton
  17. Elgar, Stanford, Finzi, Howells, Purcell; Karina Gauvin, Matthew Larkin, Choir of St John's, Elora, Noel Edison
  18. Howells; The Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer
  19. H. Howells
  20. Herbert Howells; The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Christopher Robinson, Iain Farrington
  21. Lennox Berkeley, Herbert Howells, Gavin Bryars, John Jeffreys; Christopher D. Lewis
  22. Stanford, Howells; The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Wayne Marshall
  23. William Byrd, Charles Stanford, Herbert Howells; The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Wayne Marshall
  24. Duruflé, Howells; The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, John Scott
  25. Howells, Maconchy, Cooke, Frankel, Holbrooke; Thea King, Britten Quartet
  26. Cooke, Frankel, Holbrooke, Howells, Maconchy; Thea King, Britten Quartet
  27. Hindemith, Maxwell Davies, Elgar, Leighton, Bridge, Howells, Tippett, Britten; Simon Preston
  28. Howells; Wells Cathedral Choir, Malcolm Archer
  29. Howells; Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton
  30. Howells, Bliss, Reizenstein, Cooke; Thea King, Clifford Benson
  31. Howells; Winchester Cathedral Choir, Andrew Lumsden
  32. Herbert Howells; Julie Kennard, John Mark Ainsley, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
  33. Howells; Joan Rodgers, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Alan Opie, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Richard Hickox
  34. Vaughan Williams, Leighton, Howells, Rose, Harris, Harvey; The Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
  35. Herbert Howells, Eric Whitacre, Ildebrando Pizzetti; Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare
  36. Howells, Bax; Paul Spicer, The Finzi Singers
  37. Martin, Barber, Allegri, Howells; The Dale Warland Singers
  38. Walton, Poulenc, Howells; Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber, Annie Lydford, Nick Lee
  39. Herbert Howells, Gerald Finzi; New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, English Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Finzi
  40. Rubbra, Bowen, Britten, Howells; Marika Lombardi, Nathalie Dang
  41. Herbert Howells; Dante Quartet, Gould Piano Trio, David Adams
  42. [Herbert Howells]
  43. Bairstow, Britten, Howells, Ireland, Orr, Tippett, Vaughan Williams, Walton; Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, George Guest
  44. Herbert Howells; Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Guy Johnston, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Cleobury, Christopher Seaman
  45. Howells; Janice Watson, Della Jones, Martyn Hill, Donald Maxwell, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  46. Herbert Howells; Thea King, Bernard Roberts, Richards Ensemble
  47. Howells; Choir of Trinity College, Stephen Layton
  48. Britten, Howells; BBC Singers, Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral, BBC Concert Orchestra, Daniel Norman, Paul Brough, Andrew Carwood
  49. Britten, Rose, Jackson, Bennett, Vaughan Williams, MacMillan, Elgar, Bliss, Dyson, Gardner, Howells; The Choir of Royal Holloway, Felicity Lott, Rupert Gough
  50. Duruflé, Vaughan Williams, Howells, Tavener, Moore; The Choir of Westminster Abbey, Britten Sinfonia, James OʼDonnell
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Works (345)

Composed

  1. Summer Idyls: V. Quiet Woods (1911)
  2. Summer Idyls: VI. Near Midnight (1911)
  3. Summer Idyls: VII. In the Morning (1911)
  4. Summer Idyls (1911)
  5. Summer Idyls: I. Meadow-Rest (1911)
  6. Summer Idyls: II. Summer-Song (1911)
  7. Summer Idyls: III. June-Haze (1911)
  8. Summer Idyls: IV. Down the Hills (1911)
  9. Mass in the Dorian Mode: III. Credo (1912)
  10. Mass in the Dorian Mode: II. Gloria (1912)
  11. Mass in the Dorian Mode: I. Kyrie (1912)
  12. Mass in the Dorian Mode: IV. Sanctus (1912)
  13. Mass in the Dorian Mode: VI. Osanna (1912)
  14. Mass in the Dorian Mode: VII. Agnus Dei (1912)
  15. Mass in the Dorian Mode: V. Benedictus (1912)
  16. Mass in the Dorian Mode (1912)
  17. Even Such Is Time (1913)
  18. Suite for Orchestra "The B's": I. Overture: Bublum (1914)
  19. Suite for Orchestra "The B's": IV. Mazurka alias Minuet: Bunny (1914)
  20. Suite for Orchestra "The B's": II. Lament: Bartholomew (1914)
  21. Suite for Orchestra "The B's": III. Scherzo: Blissy (1914)
  22. Suite for Orchestra "The B's": V. March: Benjee (1914)
  23. Suite for Orchestra "The B's", op. 13 (1914)
  24. Lady Audrey's Suite, op. 19: II. The Little Girl and the Old Shepherd (1915)
  25. Lady Audrey's Suite, op. 19: III. Prayer-Time (1915)
  26. Lady Audrey's Suite, op. 19: IV. The Old Shepherd's Tale (1915)
  27. Lady Audrey's Suite, op. 19 (1915)
  28. Lady Audrey's Suite, op. 19: I. The 4 Sleepy Golliwogs' Dance (1915)
  29. Prelude for Harp (1915)
  30. In Gloucestershire (String Quartet no. 3): I. With easy and flexible movement (1916 - 1920)
  31. In Gloucestershire (String Quartet no. 3): III. Slow in pace; with much feeling (1916 - 1920)
  32. In Gloucestershire (String Quartet no. 3): IV. Allegro vivace; assai ritmico (1916 - 1920)
  33. In Gloucestershire (String Quartet no. 3) (1916 - 1920)
  34. In Gloucestershire (String Quartet no. 3): II. Fairly quick, but always rhythmical (1916 - 1920)
  35. Piano Quartet in A minor, op. 21 (1916)
  36. Piano Quartet in A minor, op. 21: I. Allegro moderato - Tranquillo (1916)
  37. Piano Quartet in A minor, op. 21: II. Lento, molto tranquillo (1916)
  38. Piano Quartet in A minor, op. 21: III. Allegro molto - Energico (1916)
  39. Salve regina (1916)
  40. Sir Patrick Spens, op. 23 (1917)
  41. Phantasy (1917)
  42. Fantasy String Quartet, op. 25 (1917)
  43. Harlequin Dreaming (1918)
  44. Here Is the Little Door (1918)
  45. Rhapsodies for Organ, op. 17 (1919)
  46. Rhapsodies for Organ, op. 17: 1. Moderato, tranquillo (D-flat major) (1919)
  47. Rhapsodies for Organ, op. 17: 3. C-sharp minor (1919)
  48. Rhapsodies for Organ, op. 17: 2. E-flat major (1919)
  49. A Spotless Rose (1919)
  50. Sing Lullaby (1920)
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Events (1)

Conductor At

  1. The Proms 1929: Prom 47

Links (18)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81131531
  2. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1082405
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62n9pvw
  4. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4349980A
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81131531
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13895366s
  7. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119339064
  8. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103348

IMSLP

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Howells,_Herbert

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Howells

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/568547

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001210970

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/59269800

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q963107

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Artcj84fSLUN93JectewP

Biographies

  1. http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Howells-Herbert.htm
  2. http://www.naxos.com/person/Herbert_Howells/24513.htm

Fan Pages

  1. http://herberthowellssociety.weebly.com/