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Henry Walford Davies
1869 - 1941
Great Britain, Wales
| H.W. Davies |
Henry Walford Davies (06/09/1869 - 11/03/1941), an English/Welsh organist, composer and educationist (from Oswestry).
| Source: | Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians |
Davies is known to Englishmen of an earlier generation as an effective popularizer of classical music through radio talks and, though he wrote several piano quintets, a symphony and two string quartets, besides a piece for organ and cello and several others of which one should mention the Memorial Melody, written for the death of King George VI (Davies was Master of the King's Music).
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Psalm 121 and Requiem aeternam
| Period: | Expressionism |
| Musical form: | psalm & mass fragment |
| Text/libretto: | English and Latin |
| Duration: | 4'18'' |
| Label(s): | Collegium Records CSACD 902 |
Psalm 121 and Requiem aeternam is scored for unaccompanied mixed choir.
| Source: | booklet of cd Collegium Records CSACD 902 |
A short requiem
| Period: | Expressionism |
| Composed in: | 1915 |
| Musical form: | free |
| Text/libretto: | Latin texts |
| In memory of: | the fallen of World War I |
| Label(s): | CD of The Princeton Singers |
This requiem contains:
I. Salvator Mundi
II. De profundis clamavi
III. Requiem aeternam (1)
IV. Levavi oculos
V. Requiem aeternam (2)
VI. Audivi vocem
VII. Hymn: Mors ui tra non erit
VIII. Gloria Patri
I. Salvator Mundi
II. De profundis clamavi
III. Requiem aeternam (1)
IV. Levavi oculos
V. Requiem aeternam (2)
VI. Audivi vocem
VII. Hymn: Mors ui tra non erit
VIII. Gloria Patri