Herbert Howells: Minuet (Grace For A Fresh Egg) is currently unavailable

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Bassoon and Piano (Bassoon) SKU: HL.14021553 Composed by Herbert Howells. Music Sales America. Exam Material. Book [Softcover]. Music Sales #NOV120563. Published by Music Sales (HL.14021553). ISBN 9780853604754. UPC: 884088956059. 9.0x12.0x0.077 inches.Herbert Howells (1892-1983) was an English composer and teacher, who is perhaps best known for his choral music in the Anglican tradition, most famously his voluminous settings of the evening canticles.Minuet was composed in 1945 for solo Bassoon with Piano accompaniment. It was written for the birthday of Hugh Crosthwaite, an English academic and amateur bassoonist who was studying at that time at Cambridge, where Howells was working as an acting Organist for the duration of the war. It is subtitled Grace for a Fresh Egg; i.e., a thanksgiving for what was a rarity in wartime Britain. Priority Direct Import titles are specialty titles that are not generally offered for sale by US-based retailers. These items must be obtained from our overseas suppliers. When you order a Priority Direct Import title, our overseas warehouse will ship it to you directly at the time of order, typically within one business day. However, the shipment time will be slower than items shipped from our US warehouse. It may take up to 2-3 weeks to get to you. Orders containing these items may have limited shipping methods and incur an additional surcharge.