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Robert Hebble, born in 1934, was an American composer, arranger, and organist. He worked as a voluntary assistant to the organist Virgil Fox. He died on February 17, 2020.




Life


The son of Christian and Elizabeth Hebble, Robert Hebble grew up in West Orange, New Jersey and was a graduate of West Orange High School, earned a bachelor of music degree from Yale University and a master's degree from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Vittorio Giannini and Roger Sessions. He has composed in various genres, and arranged many of the pieces recorded by Virgil Fox.




Works






= Organ music

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Original compositions

A Symphony of Light
Haec Dies Resurgam
Festival Fanfare (published by H.T. FitzSimons Company)
Rejoice ! 14 Improvisations on Hymn Melodies
Toccatino on Rico Tino (based on "Festal song")
Near the cross (published by Lorenz Publishing Company)
Ah, Holy Jesus
In the cross of Christ I glory (tune Herzliebster Jesu)
Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross (tune Near the cross)
My song is love unknown (tune Rhosymedre)
What Wondrous Love Is This (tune Wondrous Love)
When I survey the wondrous cross (tune Hamburg)
The Crystal Cathedral Organ Collection - 12 pieces for the Hazel Wright Organ
Celebration
Diptych (based on "Orientis Partibus")
Heraldings (dedicated to Dr. and Mrs. Robert Schuller)
Meditation on "My shepherd will supply my need"
Nave (based on "Divinum Mysterium")
Toccata on "Old Hundredth"
Pastel
Prelude on "I Wonder as I Wander"
Psalm prelude
Schematics (based on "Ton y botel" and "Ebenezer")
Seven palette sketches of Utrillo
I - Rue des Saints-Pères
II - Lapin agile sous la neige
III - L'église Saint-Séverin
IV - Paris, vu du Square Saint-Antoine
V - L'église Boissy-Saint-Antoine
VI - La chapelle de Beaulieu
VII - Crépuscule, Golfe du Morbihan
Soft Stillness and the Night
Cathedral of commerce (commissioned by the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ for the 2011 centenary of the organ in the Philadelphia department store.)



Arrangements

Amazing Grace
By arrangement only
Siciliano, from Sonata n°2 for flute, by J.S. Bach
Lament of Dido, from Dido & Aeneas, by H. Purcell
Dialogo per organo, from L'organo Suonarino, by A. Banchieri
Pavane, from Ma Mère l'Oye, by M. Ravel
Little litanies of Jesus, by G. Grouvlez
Sospiri, by E. Elgar
In the garden (based on the tune "Garden"), by C. Austin Miles
Christmas, Variations on "Adeste fidelis", by G. Dethier
Northern lights, by S. Karg-Elert
Vergin, tutto amor, by F. Durante
Liebestod, from Tristan & Isolde, by R. Wagner
Prayer, from Sea Shell, by C. Engel
Prelude to Act III, from Tristan & Isolde, by R. Wagner
Hear the angels sing, artistic carol settings for organ
We Three Kings Of Orient Are
Silent Night, Holy Night
O Jesu Sweet, O Jesu Mild
Away In A Manger
Joseph Dearest, Joseph Mine
Of the Father's Love Begotten
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Ted Alan Worth in concert
Symphonia No 29, by Johann Sebastian Bach
Romanza, by Edvard Grieg
Winter Night, by Frederick Delius
Homage to Fritz Kreisler (based on "Londonderry Air")




= Anthems

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= Hymns

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Hymnal Companion For Organ (free accompaniments and modulations with original hymns in organ score)
For the Masses (published by Sacred Music Press)
Sing of Mary
Hail, Holy Queen, Enthroned Above (Salve Regina Coelitum)
At the cross her station keeping (Stabat Mater Dolorosa)
Hail, Holy Queen, enthroned above (Salve Regina Coelitum)
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest
Favorite Hymns for Organ (published by Alfred Music)
Abide with Me
Fairest Lord Jesus
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Robert Hebble
• Hebble
• Wanamaker Organ
• West Orange, New Jersey
• West Orange High School (New Jersey)
• Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs
• Huddersfield Broad Canal
• Robert Whitworth (canal engineer)
• Bernard Hepton
• John Smeaton