Herbert Howells

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choral composer composer human organist

Herbert Howells was a 20th-century English composer and organist renowned for his choral and sacred music, particularly within the Anglican tradition.

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instanceOf choral composer →
composer →
human →
organist →
associatedWith Anglican Church →
Gloucester Cathedral →
awardReceived Companion of Honour →
burialPlace Westminster Abbey (ashes interred) →
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth 1892-10-17 →
dateOfDeath 1983-02-23 →
educatedAt Royal College of Music →
employer Royal College of Music →
University of London →
familyName Howells →
fullName Herbert Norman Howells →
gender male →
genre Anglican church music →
chamber music →
choral music →
orchestral music →
organ music →
sacred music →
givenName Herbert →
honorificTitle CH →
influenced Anglican choral tradition of the 20th century →
influencedBy Charles Villiers Stanford →
Ralph Vaughan Williams →
knownFor Anglican choral and sacred music →
settings of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis →
movement English Musical Renaissance →
name Herbert Howells →
nationality English →
notableWork Clarinet Sonata →
Collegium Regale (Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in D) →
Gloucester Service →
Hymn Tune Prelude on ‘Song 13’ →
Hymnus Paradisi →
Missa Aedis Christi →
Piano Quartet in A minor →
Requiem →
Salisbury Service →
St Paul’s Service →
occupation composer →
music educator →
organist →
placeOfBirth Lydney, Gloucestershire, England →
placeOfDeath London, England →
positionHeld professor of composition at the Royal College of Music →
religion Anglicanism →
studiedUnder Charles Villiers Stanford →
Hubert Parry →
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coronation of Queen Elizabeth II →
musicBy
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St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys →
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