Bøger af Howard Goodall

The writing of a Requiem is a special challenge. The great Requiems of the past by composers such as Mozart, Verdiand Berlioz interpret the Requiem text, offering prayers of salvation for the departed. This title intends to provide solace to the grieving, reflecting on the words of the Latin Mass by juxtaposing them with poems in English.

The Lord is My Shepherd is best known as the theme tune to the award-winning BBC TV series The Vicar of Dibley. Warm and melodious, Goodall's setting of Psalm 23 is deservedly well loved by choirs and congregations everywhere.

Every Purpose under the Heaven is a musical tribute to the 1611 King James Bible. Written in celebration of the Bible's 400- year anniversary, Goodall has brought together ten of the most expressive passages, from Genesis to Revelation, to create an oratorio suitable for choirs of all abilities. It may be accompanied by piano or chamber orchestra.

Accompanies BBC2's TV series and The Story of Music in 50 Pieces on Radio 3. The author leads us through the story of music as it happened, idea by idea, so that each musical innovation - harmony, notation, sung theatre, the orchestra, dance music, recording, broadcasting - strikes us with its original force.

A novel set in Cumberland between 1889 and the 1920s and telling the story of one man's struggle to break free from the status of a 'hired man'. The first part of the CUMBRIAN TRILOGY.

The dramatic story of five key turning points in a thousand years of Western music - discoveries that changed the course of history.