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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 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 pieces, gentle, pastoral and refined, are beginning to find a wider audience.

References: ''"The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music"''|''"English Choral Music - Howells"'' Naxos CD 8.554859. ''"An Anthology of English Song - Janet Baker/Martin Isepp SAGA LP XID 5213 (1963)''.  

References: ''"The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music"''|''"English Choral Music - Howells"'' Naxos CD 8.554859. ''"An Anthology of English Song - Janet Baker/Martin Isepp SAGA LP XID 5213 (1963)''.