Composers

Alec Rowley

Organ
Piano
Violin
Voice
String ensemble
Orchestra
Cello
Viola
Piano four hands
Mixed chorus
Piece
Suite
Religious music
Chorale prelude
Sonata
Prelude
Étude
Dance
Song
Voluntaries
by popularity

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2 Album Leaves, Op.163 Pieces for Violin, Cello and Piano3 Quiet Preludes30 Melodic and Rhythmic Studies, Op.424 Contrasted Pieces4 Pieces4 Seasonal Improvisations5 Improvisations5 Miniature Preludes & Fugues5 Nocturnes6 Impromptus, Op.316 Poems6 Short Dance Impressions, Op.417 Preludes on All the Intervals9 Hymn-Tune Voluntaries

A

A Book of VoluntariesA Chinese Suite, Op.20A Christmas CarolA Cycle of Three Mystical SongsA Flower Suite, Op.10Adagio in E-flat majorAlbum of Organ PiecesAndante Religioso, Op.64

B

Benedictus

C

Choral Prelude on 'Belmont'Choral Prelude on 'St. Clements'Choral Prelude on 'St. George'Choral Prelude on 'St. Hugh'Choral Prelude on 'St. Mary'Choral Prelude on 'Surrey'Chorale Preludes Based on Famous Hymn TunesChristmas SuiteConcert Etude No.3ContemplationContemplation on 'Hawkhurst'Cotswold Love

E

Early English SonatinasElvesEnglish Dance SuiteEvening Mists

F

Fantasia on Veni EmmanuelFantasy Studies for the 2nd Year, Op.13Festal Prelude, Op.5Festival MarchFileuseFirst Rhapsody, Op.43

H

Heroic SuiteHow far is it to Bethlehem?

K

Keltic March

L

Leff PouishnoffLyric Sonata

M

MeditationMeditation on 'Conditor alme'Meditation on 'Melcombe'Miniature ConcertoMiniature SuiteMorris Dance

N

North Sea Fantasies, Op.15

O

Organ Sonata in A minorOrgan SonatinaOrgan Symphony No.1Organ Symphony No.2Outward Bound

P

Pastoral ElegyPavanPiano Concerto in D major, Op.49Piano Sonata No.1Piano Sonata No.2Piano SuitePicardyPlainsong PreludesPoetical Studies, Op.41Polka-BurlesquePolly PerkinsPostlude on 'Regent Square'Praise

R

Rhapsody No.2RigadoonRivuletRustic Suite

S

Second BenedictusSelected Progressive StudiesShepherds Loud Their Praises SingingSolemn AdagioSoliloquySong of CreationSuite for Organ

T

TambourinThe Festival of Pan, Op.33The Four WindsThe Midnight Hunter of DartmoorThe Sixty-Fifth PsalmToccata for OrganToccata for Piano No.2Toccata Two WorldsTriptychTriumph Song
Wikipedia
Alec Rowley (13 March 1892 – 12 January 1958) was an English composer, organist, pianist, lecturer and writer on music. He composed a large number of works, mainly on a small scale and often of an educational nature though with some larger-scale orchestral and choral works. He was a dedicated teacher, broadcaster and writer; after his death the Alec Rowley Memorial Prize was established at Trinity College of Music.
Rowley was born in London on 13 March 1892. He entered the Royal Academy of Music in 1908, where he studied under Frederick Corder, H.W. Richards and Edward Morton. He won several prizes, including the Mortimer and Prescott prizes for composition. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO) in 1914, and held a succession of church organist appointments: at St John's, Richmond, 1912–21, St Alban's, Teddington 1921–32 and, during the Second World War, at St Margaret's, Westminster. From 1920 he was a lecturer at Trinity College of Music, later a professor and Fellow of the college. He became well known as a broadcaster during the 1930s, through a series of piano duets with Edgar Moy. From 1939 to 1947 he served as a member of the Royal Philharmonic Society's management committee. He became a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (FRAM) in 1934.
As a composer, Rowley produced a large body of works, many of which were educational pieces or were designed for amateur performers. His larger-scale works include three piano concertos, an Oboe Concerto, a Rhapsody for viola and orchestra, and several keyboard pieces including two symphonies for organ. His Three Idylls for piano and orchestra, and Burlesque Quadrilles, were premiered at wartime Promenade concerts in the Royal Albert Hall, and his English Suite and Boyhood of Christ, both for strings, were performed by the Hallé Orchestra at the Cheltenham Festival in 1949 and 1954 respectively. Rowley wrote a large number of songs and choral pieces, both sacred and secular; these include a Nativity play On Bethlehem Hill (1958). In his compositions, Rowley generally avoided modernity, although on occasion he was not afraid to experiment with more modern harmonic forms. He wrote or contributed to a number of books, mainly of an educational nature, such as Four Hands, One Piano (1940); Practical Musicianship (1941); and Extemporisation: a Treatise for Organists (1955). Among his educational piano works is the short piece "The Rambling Sailor", which was chosen as one of ten test pieces for the Daily Express national piano playing competition in 1928, and recorded as a demonstration by William Murdoch. He also acted as musical adviser and reader to a number of publishing houses.
Rowley died at his home in Shepperton while playing tennis on 12 January 1958, aged sixty-five. A memorial service was held at St Sepulchre's Church, High Holborn, on 7 March 1958. After his death, Trinity College established the Alec Rowley Memorial Prize. In 1970 the Alec Rowley Pianoforte Recital Prize was established by Professor Alfred Kitchen.
Recordings are available of a few of Rowley's works: