Classical Composer: | Howells, Herbert |
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Work: | Rhapsody, Op. 17, No. 3 |
Year Composed: | 1918 |
Duration: | 00:07:00 |
Work Category: | Instrumental |
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It is towards the end of the Great War that Howells wrote his earliest work, the Rhapsody No.3 for Organ. Remarkably, it was written overnight in a single sitting during a noisy Zeppelin raid, which may explain the work's declamatory and tempestuous nature. The third of a set of Rhapsodies for Organ of 1918 which Howells described as "serious attempts at a more freely-expressed music for the instrument, " the Rhapsody No.3 is an electrifying piece which shows his skills as a composer for the instrument to best advantage. Howells was an outstanding organist from early on, with a natural gift for improvisation and a determination to use the sophistication of the twentieth century organ to the full, as his Paean shows to startling effect.
Writer: Barry James Holden
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