Howells, Herbert - Country Pageant & A Little Book of Dances

These two sets of pieces display all the characteristics of the music of this fine English composer - modal inflections, the influence of 16th-century English composers, quirky fast movements, and, in the piece 'There was a most beautiful lady', elegiac melodies of great beauty.

CONTENTS

• Galliard, from 'A Little Book of Dances' [Herbert Howells]
• Gavotte, from 'A Little Book of Dances' [Herbert Howells]
• Jig, from 'A Little Book of Dances' [Herbert Howells]
• Kings and Queens, from 'Country Pageant' [Herbert Howells]
• Merry Andrew's Procession, from 'Country Pageant' [Herbert Howells]
• Minuet, from 'A Little Book of Dances' [Herbert Howells]
• Pavane, from 'A Little Book of Dances' [Herbert Howells]
• Rigadoon, from 'A Little Book of Dances' [Herbert Howells]
• The Mummers' Dance, from 'Country Pageant' [Herbert Howells]
• There was a most beautiful Lady, from 'Country Pageant' [Herbert Howells]