Organ (ORGAN) SKU: HL.14015534
Composed by Herbert Howells. Music Sales America. Classical. Book [Softcover]. 44 pages. Music Sales #NOV010136. Published by Music Sales (HL.14015534). 12.0x8.25x0.427 inches.
The Partita, composed in 1971, is inscribed “For the Rt Hon. Edward Heath, M.P., Prime Ministerâ€. Its five movements enjoy the almost improvisatory freedom that is characteristic for Howells' writing, yet they are bound together by a kind of cyclic feeling engendered by a fairly consistent use of an original mode: it descends from C to C as follows: C, B, B flat, G, F sharp, E, E flat, C. The Partita exploits both the melodic and harmonic implications of the mode.
