The Music of Herbert Howells - 9781843838791

The 15 essays in this volume examine the music of British composer Herbert Howells (1892-1983), focusing on individual works and specific aspects in several works. Musicologists, composers, and organists from the UK and US consider his personal voice, including the influence of his composition professor Charles Villiers Stanford, his use of counterpoint in Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing, and the style of Six Pieces for Organ; his church music and solo songs, with discussion of his Collegium regale and the Gloucester Service and his use of melisma; his instrumental music, namely In Gloucestershire and the oboe and clarinet sonatas; his contribution to the development of a modern voice for British music through his piano concertos, the phantasy genre, and his late style; and the impact of his son's death on his life and work, with discussion of In Modo Elegiaco, the Cello Concerto, and Hymnus Paradisi. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)