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Herbert Howells

Index Herbert Howells

Herbert Norman Howells (17 October 1892 – 23 February 1983) was an English composer, organist, and teacher, most famous for his large output of Anglican church music. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 88 relations: Adrian Boult, All My Hope on God is Founded, Anglican church music, Arthur Benjamin, Arthur Bliss, Baptists, Bath, Somerset, Benedictus (canticle), Canticle, Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, Charles Villiers Stanford, Charles Wood (composer), Chosen Hill, Gloucestershire, Church of England, Clavichord, Clive Barda, Collegium Regale, Coronation of Elizabeth II, Daily Office (Anglican), Edward Elgar, Elliott & Fry, Eric Milner-White, Evensong, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Francis Purcell Warren, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester Service, Gordon Jacob, Gramophone (magazine), Graves' disease, Herbert Brewer, Herbert Lambert, Herbert Sumsion, Hubert Parry, Hymn tune, Hymnus Paradisi, Imogen Holst, Introit, Ivor Gurney, Ivor Novello, James Bernard (composer), Julian Lloyd Webber, King's College, Cambridge, Leonard Boden, Lydney, Madeleine Dring, Magnificat, Meningitis, National Portrait Gallery, London, ... Expand index (38 more) »

  2. 20th-century hymnwriters
  3. Church of England hymnwriters
  4. Masters of the Worshipful Company of Musicians
  5. Music in Gloucestershire
  6. Musicians from Gloucestershire
  7. People from Lydney
  8. Pupils of Charles Villiers Stanford

Adrian Boult

Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH (8 April 1889 – 22 February 1983) was a British conductor. Herbert Howells and Adrian Boult are members of the Order of the Companions of Honour and Presidents of the Independent Society of Musicians.

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All My Hope on God is Founded

"All My Hope on God is Founded" is a well-known hymn, originally German, which was translated into English in 1899 and which established itself in the latter part of the twentieth century.

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Anglican church music

Anglican church music is music that is written for Christian worship in Anglican religious services, forming part of the liturgy.

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Arthur Benjamin

Arthur Leslie Benjamin (18 September 1893 in Sydney – 10 April 1960 in London) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. Herbert Howells and Arthur Benjamin are Alumni of the Royal College of Music and Pupils of Charles Villiers Stanford.

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Arthur Bliss

Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (2 August 189127 March 1975) was an English composer and conductor. Herbert Howells and Arthur Bliss are 20th-century English male musicians, Alumni of the Royal College of Music, Brass band composers, English classical composers, English male classical composers, members of the Order of the Companions of Honour and Pupils of Charles Villiers Stanford.

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Baptists

Baptists form a major branch of evangelicalism distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion.

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Bath, Somerset

Bath (RP) is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, in England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths.

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Benedictus (canticle)

The Benedictus (also Song of Zechariah or Canticle of Zachary), given in Gospel of, is one of the three canticles in the first two chapters of this Gospel, the other two being the "Magnificat" and the "Nunc dimittis".

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Canticle

In the context of Christian liturgy, a canticle (from the Latin canticulum, a diminutive of canticum, "song") is a psalm-like song with biblical lyrics taken from elsewhere than the Book of Psalms, but included in psalters and books such as the breviary.

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Carnegie United Kingdom Trust

The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust is an independent, endowed charitable trust based in Scotland that operates throughout Great Britain and Ireland.

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Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe

Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, (21 September 1867 – 3 July 1958) was a British Conservative politician and colonial governor.

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Charles Villiers Stanford

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic era. Herbert Howells and Charles Villiers Stanford are composers for pipe organ.

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Charles Wood (composer)

Charles Wood (15 June 1866 – 12 July 1926) was an Irish composer and teacher; his students included Ralph Vaughan Williams at Cambridge and Herbert Howells at the Royal College of Music. Herbert Howells and Charles Wood (composer) are Alumni of the Royal College of Music and Pupils of Charles Villiers Stanford.

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Chosen Hill, Gloucestershire

Chosen Hill (or Churchdown Hill) rises above Churchdown'Nature Reserve Guide – discover the wild Gloucestershire on your doorstep' – 50th Anniversary, January 2011, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust in Gloucestershire, England, and is the site of a nature reserve.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.

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Clavichord

The clavichord is a stringed rectangular keyboard instrument that was used largely in the Late Middle Ages, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras.

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Clive Barda

Clive Blackmore Barda OBE, FRSA (born 14 January 1945) is a London-based, British freelance photographer best known for capturing the performances of classical musicians and artists of the stage (opera, ballet and theatre).

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Collegium Regale

Collegium Regale is a collection of choral settings by the English composer Herbert Howells of the canticles for the Anglican services of Mattins, Holy Communion and Evening Prayer.

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Coronation of Elizabeth II

The coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London.

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Daily Office (Anglican)

The Daily Office is a term used primarily by members of the Episcopal Church.

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Edward Elgar

Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Herbert Howells and Edward Elgar are 20th-century English male musicians, 20th-century English musicians, Brass band composers, composers for pipe organ, English classical composers and English male classical composers.

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Elliott & Fry

Elliott & Fry was a Victorian photography studio founded in 1863 by Joseph John Elliott and Clarence Edmund Fry.

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Eric Milner-White

Eric Milner Milner-White, (23 April 1884 – 15 June 1963) was a British Anglican priest, academic, and decorated military chaplain.

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Evensong

Evensong is a church service traditionally held near sunset focused on singing psalms and other biblical canticles.

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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, also known as the Tallis Fantasia, is a one-movement work for string orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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Francis Purcell Warren

Francis Purcell Warren (29 May 1895 – circa 3 July 1916) was a British violinist, violist and composer who was killed in World War One. Herbert Howells and Francis Purcell Warren are Alumni of the Royal College of Music, English classical composers and English male classical composers.

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Gloucester Cathedral

Gloucester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity and formerly St Peter's Abbey, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city near the River Severn.

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Gloucester Service

The Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for Gloucester Cathedral, also known as the Gloucester Service, is a setting by the English composer Herbert Howells of the italic and italic for the Anglican service of Evensong.

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Gordon Jacob

Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob CBE (5 July 18958 June 1984) was an English composer and teacher. Herbert Howells and Gordon Jacob are 20th-century English male musicians, Alumni of the Royal College of Music, Brass band composers, English classical composers, English male classical composers and Pupils of Charles Villiers Stanford.

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Gramophone (magazine)

Gramophone (known as The Gramophone prior to 1970) is a magazine published monthly in London, devoted to classical music, particularly to reviews of recordings.

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Graves' disease

Graves disease, also known as toxic diffuse goiter or Basedow’s disease, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid.

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Herbert Brewer

Sir Alfred Herbert Brewer (21 June 18651 March 1928) was an English composer and organist. Herbert Howells and Herbert Brewer are cathedral organists, English classical organists and Pupils of Charles Villiers Stanford.

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Herbert Lambert

Herbert Richard Lambert, FRPS, (1882 – 7 March 1936) was a British portrait photographer known for his portrayals of professional musicians and composers including Gustav Holst.

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Herbert Sumsion

Herbert Whitton Sumsion (14 January 1899 – 11 August 1995) was an English musician who was organist of Gloucester Cathedral from 1928 to 1967. Herbert Howells and Herbert Sumsion are 20th-century English male musicians, cathedral organists, English classical composers, English classical organists and English male classical composers.

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Hubert Parry

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet (27 February 1848 – 7 October 1918), was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. Herbert Howells and Hubert Parry are 20th-century British composers, English male classical composers and musicians from Gloucestershire.

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Hymn tune

A hymn tune is the melody of a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung.

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Hymnus Paradisi

Hymnus Paradisi is a choral work by Herbert Howells for soprano and tenor soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestra.

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Imogen Holst

Imogen Clare Holst (12 April 1907 – 9 March 1984) was a British composer, arranger, conductor, teacher, musicologist, and festival administrator. Herbert Howells and Imogen Holst are 20th-century English musicians, Alumni of the Royal College of Music and English classical composers.

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Introit

The Introit is part of the opening of the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist for many Christian denominations.

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Ivor Gurney

Ivor Bertie Gurney (28 August 1890 – 26 December 1937) was an English poet and composer, particularly of songs. Herbert Howells and Ivor Gurney are 20th-century English male musicians, Alumni of the Royal College of Music, English classical composers, English male classical composers and Pupils of Charles Villiers Stanford.

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Ivor Novello

Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.

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James Bernard (composer)

James Michael Bernard (20 September 1925 – 12 July 2001) was a British film composer, particularly associated with horror films produced by Hammer Film Productions. Herbert Howells and James Bernard (composer) are 20th-century English male musicians and Alumni of the Royal College of Music.

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Julian Lloyd Webber

Julian Lloyd Webber (born 14 April 1951) is a British solo cellist, conductor and broadcaster, a former principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the founder of the In Harmony music education programme. Herbert Howells and Julian Lloyd Webber are 20th-century English musicians and Alumni of the Royal College of Music.

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King's College, Cambridge

King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.

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Leonard Boden

Leonard Monro Boden (31 May 1911 – 15 November 1999) was a British portrait painter.

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Lydney

Lydney is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England.

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Madeleine Dring

Madeleine Winefride Isabelle Dring (7 September 1923 – 26 March 1977) was an English composer, pianist, singer and actress. Herbert Howells and Madeleine Dring are Alumni of the Royal College of Music and English classical composers.

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Magnificat

The Magnificat (Latin for " magnifies ") is a canticle, also known as the Song of Mary, the Canticle of Mary and, in the Byzantine tradition, the Ode of the Theotokos.

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Meningitis

Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges.

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National Portrait Gallery, London

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people.

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Nunc dimittis

The Nunc dimittis, also known as the Song of Simeon or the Canticle of Simeon, is a canticle taken from the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke, verses 29 through 32.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.

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Order of the Companions of Honour

The Order of the Companions of Honour is an order of the Commonwealth realms. Herbert Howells and order of the Companions of Honour are members of the Order of the Companions of Honour.

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Paul Spicer (musician)

Paul Spicer (born 6 June 1952) is an English composer, conductor, and organist. Herbert Howells and Paul Spicer (musician) are Alumni of the Royal College of Music and English male organists.

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Polio

Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.

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Psalm 100

Psalm 100 is the 100th psalm in the Book of Psalms in the Tanakh.

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Public domain music

Public domain music is music to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply.

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Putney

Putney is an affluent district of south-west London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, southwest of Charing Cross.

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Radium

Radium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ra and atomic number 88.

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Ralph Vaughan Williams

Ralph Vaughan Williams (12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. Herbert Howells and Ralph Vaughan Williams are 20th-century English male musicians, 20th-century English musicians, Alumni of the Royal College of Music, Brass band composers, Burials at Westminster Abbey, English classical composers, music in Gloucestershire, musicians from Gloucestershire and Pupils of Charles Villiers Stanford.

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Requiem (Howells)

The Requiem by Herbert Howells was written in 1932, but first published almost fifty years later in 1981.

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Richard Terry (musicologist)

Sir Richard Runciman Terry (3 January 1864 – 18 April 1938) was an English organist, choir director, composer and musicologist. Herbert Howells and Richard Terry (musicologist) are cathedral organists, English classical organists and English male classical composers.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren), at long, is the longest river in Great Britain.

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Robert Bridges

Robert Seymour Bridges (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) was a British poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930.

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Robert Simpson (composer)

Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson (2 March 1921 – 21 November 1997) was an English composer, as well as a long-serving BBC producer and broadcaster. Herbert Howells and Robert Simpson (composer) are 20th-century English male musicians, Brass band composers, English classical composers and English male classical composers.

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Robin Orr

Robert Kemsley (Robin) Orr (2 June 1909 – 9 April 2006) was a Scottish organist and composer. Herbert Howells and Robin Orr are Alumni of the Royal College of Music and English classical organists.

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Royal College of Music

The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK.

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Salisbury Cathedral

Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Salisbury, England.

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Service (music)

In Anglican church music, a service is a musical setting of certain parts of the liturgy, generally for choir with or without organ accompaniment.

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St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort.

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St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London.

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St Paul's Girls' School

St Paul's Girls' School is a private day school for girls, aged 11 to 18, located in Brook Green, Hammersmith, in West London, England.

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St Paul's Service

The italic and italic for St Paul's Cathedral, also known as the St Paul's Service, is a setting by the English composer Herbert Howells of the italic and italic for the Anglican service of Evensong.

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St Thomas' Hospital

St Thomas' Hospital is a large NHS teaching hospital in Central London, England.

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St. George's Cathedral (Kingston, Ontario)

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Stabat Mater

The Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Christian hymn to the Virgin Mary that portrays her suffering as mother during the crucifixion of her son Jesus Christ.

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Te Deum

The italic (or,; from its incipit, Thee, God, we praise) is a Latin Christian hymn traditionally ascribed to AD 387 authorship, but with antecedents that place it much earlier.

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The Dream of Gerontius

The Dream of Gerontius, Op.

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Thomas Tallis

Thomas Tallis (23 November 1585; also Tallys or Talles) was an English composer of High Renaissance music. Herbert Howells and Thomas Tallis are English male classical composers.

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Three Choirs Festival

Worcester cathedral Gloucester cathedral The Three Choirs Festival is a music festival held annually at the end of July, rotating among the cathedrals of the Three Counties (Hereford, Gloucester, and Worcester) and originally featuring their three choirs, which remain central to the week-long programme.

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Twigworth

Twigworth is a small village near Gloucester in the Borough of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.

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Ursula Howells

Ursula Howells (17 September 1922 – 16 October 2005) was an English actress whose elegant presence kept her much in demand for roles in film and television.

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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.

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Westminster Cathedral

The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood, known as Westminster Cathedral, is the largest Roman Catholic church in England and Wales and the seat of the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.

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Worcester Cathedral

Worcester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and Blessed Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England cathedral in Worcester, England.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

20th-century hymnwriters

Church of England hymnwriters

Masters of the Worshipful Company of Musicians

Music in Gloucestershire

Musicians from Gloucestershire

People from Lydney

Pupils of Charles Villiers Stanford

References

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

Also known as Herbert Howels, Herbert Norman Howells, Herbert Norman Howells CH, Howells, Herbert Norman.

, Nunc dimittis, Order of the British Empire, Order of the Companions of Honour, Paul Spicer (musician), Polio, Psalm 100, Public domain music, Putney, Radium, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Requiem (Howells), Richard Terry (musicologist), River Severn, Robert Bridges, Robert Simpson (composer), Robin Orr, Royal College of Music, Salisbury Cathedral, Service (music), St John's College, Cambridge, St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Girls' School, St Paul's Service, St Thomas' Hospital, St. George's Cathedral (Kingston, Ontario), Stabat Mater, Te Deum, The Dream of Gerontius, Thomas Tallis, Three Choirs Festival, Twigworth, University of Cambridge, Ursula Howells, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Worcester Cathedral, World War I, World War II.