Herbert Howells
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Herbert Norman Howells was an English composer, organist, and teacher, most famous for his large output of Anglican church music.
Herbert Howells
Birthplace of Herbert Howells on High Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire
St Paul's Girls' School, Brook Green, London
Royal College of Music, Kensington, London
Anglican church music
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Anglican church music is music that is written for Christian worship in Anglican religious services, forming part of the liturgy. It mostly consists of pieces written to be sung by a church choir, which may sing a cappella or accompanied by an organ.
A parish church choir at All Saints' Church, Northampton; singers wear traditional cassock, surplice and ruff and stand in facing rows of Decani and Cantoris in the choir stalls
A choir singing choral evensong in York Minster
A Village Choir, an 1847 painting by Thomas Webster, showing the musicians of a country parish church at that time.
The choir at Aberford, near Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the early 20th century.