Motet for unaccompnied SSATB chorus composed c 1918 for Westminster Cathedral, and first performed there at Compline on Easter Day, 1918 (Westminster Cathedral Chronicle, 1918). Score in the hand of an unidentified Westminster Cathedral copyist, active there between at least 1915 and 1927. Published from this manuscript, Croydon, 1992.
Dates
- Creation: [1918]
Extent
6 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Mus. c. 436].
Shelfmark:
MS. Mus. c. 436
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 16706
Abstract
Herbert Norman Howells: 'Haec dies', motet for SSATB, [1918].
Biographical / Historical
Herbert Norman Howells (1892-1983) was a composer. See Grove Music Online for further details.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Blackwell's (who acquired it in a batch of printed music from May & May), 1991.
Dimensions
Folio
Subject
- Title
- 'Haec dies', motet for SSATB by Herbert Norman Howells
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Hannah Jordan and Margaret Czepiel
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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