What is Herbert Howells?
{{unsourced|date=November 2013}} '''Herbert Howells''' [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]], was an [[English people|English]] [[composer]], [[pipe organ|organist]], and teacher. He was born in [[Lydney]], [[Gloucestershire]] on 17 October 1892 to Oliver and Elizabeth Howells. He died in [[London]] on 23 February 1983. He wrote a lot of [[church music]] for the [[Anglican Church]], including several [[Service (music)|Service]] settings of the [[Magnificat]] and [[Nunc dimittis]]. He taught for many years at the [[Royal College of Music]]. One of his best known works is the ''Hymnus Paradisi'', a large, sacred work for [[choir]]. His organ works include 2 sets of 3 ''Psalm-Preludes'' and a piece called ''Master Tallis’s Testament''. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Howells, Herbert}} [[Category:1892 births]] [[Category:1983 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century English composers]] [[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Companions of Honour]] [[Category:English organists]] [[Category:Musicians from Gloucestershire]]