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For all this, he rejected the Christian faith.
 
For all this, he rejected the Christian faith.
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His music is well known in America. He was commissioned to write for thce Memorial Service for [[John F. Kennedy]]. The motet, ''“Take him earth, for cherishing”'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGiA0DuoZCc], a setting of a translation by Helen Waddell  of ''“Hymnus circa exsequias defunct”'' by the fourth century Christian [[poet]], Aurelius Prudentius Clemens was performed as part of the Service in Washington Cathedral, the year after Kennedy’s death.
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His music is well known in America. He was commissioned to write for the Memorial Service for [[John F. Kennedy]]. The motet, ''“Take him earth, for cherishing”'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGiA0DuoZCc], a setting of a translation by Helen Waddell  of ''“Hymnus circa exsequias defunct”'' by the fourth century Christian [[poet]], Aurelius Prudentius Clemens was performed as part of the Service in Washington Cathedral, the year after Kennedy’s death.
    
His music is well crafted, delicate yet often [[rhapsody|rhapsodic]] and approachable though firmly rooted in the twentieth century. These days it is well served on CD and his chamber piece, gentle, pastoral and refined, are beginning to find a wider audience..
 
His music is well crafted, delicate yet often [[rhapsody|rhapsodic]] and approachable though firmly rooted in the twentieth century. These days it is well served on CD and his chamber piece, gentle, pastoral and refined, are beginning to find a wider audience..
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