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]