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Herbert Howells

Herbert Howells has been played on NTS shows including Le Jardin w/ Sarah Davachi, with Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis first played on 6 May 2019.

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

Howells was born pn the 17th October 1892 in Lydney, Gloucestershire, and was the youngest of six children. His father was an amateur organist, and Herbert showed early musical promise. He studied first with Herbert Brewer at Gloucester Cathedral, as an articled pupil alongside Ivor Novello and Ivor Gurney, the celebrated English songwriter and poet, with whom he…

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Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis
The Choir Of St John's College, Cambridge, George Guest, Bairstow, Britten, Howells, Ireland, Orr, Tippett, Vaughan Williams, Walton
Argo1963
Magnificat And Nunc Dimittis
The Choir Of St John's College, Cambridge, George Guest, Bairstow, Britten, Howells, Ireland, Orr, Tippett, Vaughan Williams, WaltonArgo1963
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Requiem
Herbert Howells
Hyperion1983
Requiem
Herbert HowellsHyperion1983
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A Spotless Rose
Britten, Howells, Joubert, Vaughan Williams, Warlock, Westminster Abbey Choir, Douglas Guest, Simon Preston
His Master's Voice1967
A Spotless Rose
Britten, Howells, Joubert, Vaughan Williams, Warlock, Westminster Abbey Choir, Douglas Guest, Simon PrestonHis Master's Voice1967
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