Herbert Howells
Born in
Lydney,
Gloucestershire
Born on 17th of October
1892
Died on 23rd of February
1983
Howells was a composer educated at the RCM, where in turn he taught as he later did at St Paul’s Girls’ School and for many years at London University. His works include a piano concerto and the celebrated Lambert’s Clavichord, but he is best-known for his Anglican church music, his choral works, especially Stabat Mater and Hymnus Paradisi frequently performed today.
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