William Henry Bell

For the New Zealand politician, see William Henry Dillon Bell.

William Henry Bell, known largely by his initials, W H Bell (20 August 1873 – 13 April 1946), was an English composer, conductor and lecturer.

Bell was born in St Albans and studied in London at the Royal Academy of Music with Frederick Corder, and with Charles Villiers Stanford at the Royal College of Music. He mainly made his living as an organist and lecturer; he was Professor of Harmony at the Royal Academy of Music[1], where he taught from 1903 to 1912.

In 1912, Bell went to South Africa to direct the South African College of Music in Cape Town. He was Principal until 1935 and is credited with a significant expansion of the school. In 1920, Bell became Professor of Music at the University of Cape Town, where he held classes for degree courses. The South African College of Music was incorporated into the University in 1923 and Professor Bell became Dean of the Faculty of Music. Bell founded the Little Theater, a training center for opera, and occasionally directed the Cape Town Music Society. He died in Gordon's Bay near Somerset West, South Africa.

The W H Bell Music Library at the University of Cape Town is named in honor of William Henry Bell.

Contents

Selected works

Opera
Music for Japanese Noh plays
Incidental music
Orchestral
Concertante
Chamber music
Piano
Organ
Choral
  1. The Maiden That Is Makeless
  2. Mater ora filium
  3. The Flower of Jesse
  4. At Domys Day
  5. May in the Greenwood
  6. Twelve Oxen
Vocal
  1. Summum Bonum
  2. Nay, but You, Who Do Not Love Her
  1. Say Over Again
  2. If Thou Must Love Me
  3. I Lift My Heavy Heart
  1. Spring
  2. Summer
  3. Autumn
  4. Winter
  5. To the Evening
  6. To Morning
  7. My Pretty Rose Tree
  8. The Fairy
  9. In a Myrtle Shade
  10. The Birds
  11. My Spectre around Me
  12. I Heard an Angel Singing

Notable students

References

This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
  1. ^ Foreman, Lewis (2008). Album notes for Bate • Bell • Viola Concertos etc, p. 5 [CD booklet]. Dutton Epoch (CDLX 7216).

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