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William Dean Howells photograph
No full textThis is a portrait of journalist and author William Dean Howells, ca. 1900. Howells was born on March 1, 1837, in Martinsville (now Martins Ferry), Ohio, but later moved with his family to Hamilton, Dayton, Xenia, Columbus, Ashtabula and finally Jefferson. By his early 20s, Howells had become a newspaper reporter; he also began to write poetry and published his first collection in 1859. The Atlantic Monthly also began to publish his literary work, and Howells' reputation grew quickly. In 1860, the Republican Party selected him to write a biography of their presidential candidate, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln won the election of 1860 and rewarded Howells by appointing him the United States Consul to Venice. Howells remained in this position until 1865, when he returned to the United States and became an editor with The Atlantic Monthly, and later with Harper's and Cosmopolitan. Howells became a well-known novelist during the late 19th century, publishing his first novel, "Their Wedding Journey," in 1872. He authored 35 novels over the next fifty years, as well as numerous short stories, plays, and poems. Howells was the first president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on May 11, 1920
William Dean Howells and wife portrait
No full textThis is a portrait of journalist and author William Dean Howells, seen with his wife Elinor (Mead) Howells in Venice, Italy, where he served as U.S. Consul, ca. 1862-1865. Howells was born on March 1, 1837, in Martinsville (now Martins Ferry), Ohio. By his early 20s, Howells had become a newspaper reporter; he also began to write poetry and published his first collection in 1859. The Atlantic Monthly also began to publish his literary work, and Howells' reputation grew quickly. In 1860, the Republican Party selected him to write a biography of their presidential candidate, Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln won the election of 1860 and rewarded Howells by appointing him the United States Consul to Venice. Howells remained in this position until 1865, when he returned to the United States and became an editor with The Atlantic Monthly.
Howells became a well-known novelist during the late 19th century, publishing his first novel, "Their Wedding Journey," in 1872. He authored 35 novels over the next fifty years, as well as numerous short stories, plays, and poems. Howells was the first president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on May 11, 1920
I Remember piece on the 1964 World\u27s Fair in which the author, Harvey Howells,
No full textI Remember piece on the 1964 World\u27s Fair in which the author, Harvey Howells, put together the Maine booth-hall at the New England Pavilion with 3 million to the pavilion and a Massachusetts solon complained of his state taking a publicity licking from a bunch of hick towns in Maine
Letter From William Dean Howells to Mary Dean Howells
No full textabstract: Concerning a letter to the author's mother about his relief at having a book in good hands and his happiness that Mr. Douglas has written to her.Curator's Note: The book mentioned in Howell's letter could possibly be one of three of his works published around this time: The Coast of Bohemia (1893), My Year In a Log Cabin (1893), or A Traveler from Altruria (1894).
Provenance: Original manuscript is tipped in to a copy of the book "William Dean Howells: A Critical Study" by Delmar Gross Cooke Local Call Number SPEC- E-192. Bookplate inside the book reads "The Edward Bliss Hill and Clara Hood Hill Memorial Collection of Literature given to the Matthews Library Arizona State College at Tempe by their Daughter Gertrude Francis Hill
E.H. Howells, \u2734; Stacey Weisman
No full textAlumni Association Undergraduate Merit Award; E.H. Howells presents certificate to senior class vice president Stacey Weisma
Anglican Choral Music in a New Elizabethan Age: Herbert Howells and Distances
No full textFollowing the Second World War, new works for Anglican choral music (ACM) expressed a stylistic shift from the Victorian/Edwardian ceremonial style, which had been associated with imperialism and God-is-an-Englishman music, to an idiom that favored quiet introspection and invited associations with political and theological humility and uncertainty. Herbert Howells, the primary author of this turning point, shunned jingoism. In accord with other intellectuals of the period, Howells\u27s scope was national rather than the imperial/cosmopolitan. Spiritually, Howells, though agnostic, drew inspiration from the spiritual, artistic heritage of the Church of England. Naturally, then, he was influenced by the Tudor/Elizabethan golden age of church music, which he brought into dialogue with twentieth-century idioms, inaugurating a New Elizabethan era of ACM.
This presentation begins by playing passages from new works for Queen Elizabeth II\u27s 1953 coronation to illustrate the contrast between Howells\u27s idiom and those of his contemporaries. The focus then turns to an aspect of Howells\u27s oeuvre not yet developed in Howells scholarship: his telaesthetic sensibility. Not to be confused with telaesthesis in the paranormal sense, Howells\u27s telaesthesis nonetheless associated distant vistas with the spiritual. Howells and contemporary reviewers note the importance of distance in Howells\u27s oeuvre. These statements lead to a discussion of techniques Howells used to convey the telaesthetic, particularly in association with silence. What results is a better understanding of a post-war voice in ACM that has influenced such twenty-first-century composers as Jonathan Harvey, John Tavener, and James MacMillan
"Ever Devotedly Yours:" The Whitlock-Howells Correspondence
No full textW. D. Howells is known for his encouragement of other authors. This article, largely based upon fifteen manuscript letters in the Rutgers Library, tells us about the relationship between Howells and the American author, Brand Whitlock (1869-1937)
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Four Part-Songs by Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
No full textHerbert Howells (1892-1983), an English composer, was an influential teacher and composer. He wrote in many genres including orchestral works, string quartets, and sacred and secular choral works. As Howells matured into his final compositional period (1945-1983) his style coalesced. Modal inflections were more prevalent, dissonance was harsher with fewer releases of tension, and rhythmic language was increasingly more complex. The four part-songs, Walking in the Snow (1950), The Scribe (1952), Inheritance (1953), and The Summer is Coming (1964), represent Howells' compositional approach in his secular output from this time period, and, through study of the sacred motet Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing (1964), it is evident that the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic complexities found in his sacred works pervade the secular works as well. This document provides in-depth analysis of the four part-songs mentioned above, while paying special attention to specific melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic characteristics found in his sacred music from the same time period
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Herbert Howells' Mass in the Dorian Mode: A Guide for Analysis and Preparation
No full textEnglish composer Herbert Howells (1892-1983) was introduced to the Tudor music of both Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) and William Byrd (1538-1623) by Richard Runciman Terry (1865-1938). Howells was so well versed in Tudor music that he worked as a member of the Carnegie Trust’s Tudor Church Music Scheme.
Herbert Howells’ music can be traced back to Mass in the Dorian Mode (1912) because it is the first composition he wrote after being introduced to Tudor music. Therefore, knowing the musical characteristics of Mass in the Dorian Mode provides insight into the composer’s later musical phases.
This study will provide general Tudor musical styles informing the reason he chose the Dorian mode for this Mass. I will clarify the structure of each movement for the conductor by using Herford analysis. Also, I will compare Tudor musical styles with Howells’ use of these style features. Finally, this document will guide performance considerations from a conductor’s point of view
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