Herbert Howells

Herbert Howells' Salve Regina is set for SSATBB O Salutaris Hostia for SATB a cappella. These Latin pieces have been edited by Patrick Russill.

Howells' elegiac setting of words by John Buxton muses on Christ's nativity and his prophesied mission in the world. Ideal for mixed choirs in schools and parish churches. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

Herbert Howell’s Requiem written for unaccompanied SATB chorus and soli. Although written in 1936 Requiem was not released for performance until 1980 held back by Howells following the death of his son in 1935. It is a harmonious and deeply Romantic composition but restrained and it is at these moments we realise how affected he was by his loss. It was the composer's intention that Requiem should be performed a cappella however he provided a limited organ part for rehearsal purposes only which is included here.

A wonderful setting of the Evening Canticles in B Minor for SATB choir and Organ.

Herbert Howells's Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis for the Gloucester service is one of his most popular choral settings. This sheet music is arranged for SATB Choir and Organ.   Herbert Howells  was a renowned English composer of church music in the Anglican evensong tradition best known for his 'Hymnus Paradisi' and as a teacher at the Royal College of Music. His lesser-known evening canticles include this piece: with its famoustreble duet opening the work it calmly progresses to an affirmation of the glory of heaven through distinctive Lydian harmony and soaring highs. Each individual voice has its own part to play in this piece with melodies that rise to uplifting highs and fall to booming lows the combination of voices blends and binds to create a gliding and soaring unity of harmony.    This Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis sheet music is the most accurate transcription available of an awe-inspiring piece that is acclaimed by fans of choral music for its beautiful composition and wondrous voicing.     

Gloucester Hereford Worcester-Three of the finest of all settings of the English language canticles. Over the past quarter of a century Howells has emerged as among the greatest and certainly most widely performed composers of choral liturgical works of the last hundred years.At last his most important Services appear in a series of four handsome collections that link geographically the cathedral choirs for which they were written newly edited with interpretative notes by David Hill.

For SATB Choir and Organ. Written for the Church of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol.

Herbert Howells's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis for the Gloucester service is one of his most popular choral settings. This sheet music is arranged for SATB Choir and Organ.Herbert Howells was a renowned English composer of church music in the Anglican evensong tradition, best known for his 'Hymnus Paradisi' and as a teacher at the Royal College of Music. His lesser-known evening canticles include this piece: with its famous treble duet opening the work, it calmly progresses to an affirmation of the glory of heaven through distinctive Lydian harmony and soaring highs. Each individual voice has its own part to play in this piece, with melodies that rise to uplifting highs and fall to booming lows, the combination of voices blends and binds to create a gliding and soaring unity of harmony. This Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis sheet music is the most accurate transcription available of an awe-inspiring piece that is acclaimed by fans of choral music for its beautiful composition and wondrous voicing. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Orgue

For SATB unaccompanied chorus edited by Patrick Russill.'This seventeen-bar miniature was according to the owner of the autograph ‘written by Dr Howells in some spare minutes before the end of a theory lesson at the Royal College of Music in June 1966’. We shall never know whether the composer himself would have wanted to see it in print but now that it is many choirs will surely rejoice and welcome it into their repertoires. Though it looks on paper barely more taxing to sing than a hymn-tune the harmonies require singers who can pitch dissonant notes with confidence and who have fairly wide ranges. The irregular metre gives the music an expressiveflexibility but this too presents challenges. It is in the final phrase that the hand of a master is revealed with an exquisite darkening of the harmony at ‘God be at mine end . . .’ and a final cadence that is quintessential Howells.'     - RSCM Reviews