grandfather of the writer Elizabeth Jane Howard. He was knighted in 1929. Compositions Operettas The Enchanted Prince Princess Zara; Knave of Hearts (Novello) Golden Straw (Curwen) Thomas the Rhymer Orchestral works Thalassa Symphony in D minor (1912) (Boosey) Helen of Kirconnel (Novello) In Arcady (Suite for small orchestra) (Donajowski) Concertante works Normandy, symphonic variations for piano and orchestra (Augener, 1911) Concertstuck for violin and orchestra (Augener, 1913) Highland concerto in A minor for piano and orchestra (1920) Violin Concerto (1930). Choral Mass Power of Sound The Charge of the Light Brigade Elegy (Chorus and orch.) (Novello) Song of Praise (chorus and orch.) (Metzler) To the Vanguard; Passion of Christ (chorus and orch.) (Boosey) Mass in D minor (Ricordi). Chamber music Quintet for clarinet and strings Suites, studies and pieces for violin and piano (Augener, Weekes, Williams and Ashdown) Variations for 2 pianos (Augener) Songs Six songs by Robert Burns (1885–86) Maud Cycle (1898) Four songs of Innocence (1899) Singing Time, songs for small children (1899) Love in Springtime Cycle (1901). (Boosey) A Shropshire Lad Cycle (1904) James Lee's Wife Cycle (1908) A Broken Arc Cycle (1923) Windflowers, Cycle for vocal quartet (Boosey). Musicological and Musical Education works Rhythmic Gradus for pianoforte (Bosworth) Exercises in sight-reading, etc. (Curwen) School of Melody, 10 Progressive Tunes for viola and piano (1919): (Augener) Sight-reading, 6 vols (Swan) Sight-reading exercises (Augener) Charts of the rules of Harmony and Counterpoint (Clarendon press) The "Thalassa" Symphony in D minor (The Sea Symphony), received its world premiere recording in 2011 for Cameo Classics, nearly 100 years after its composition. Written in 1912, the second movement, 'Elegy', commemorates Robert Falcon Scott's death in the Antarctic that year. The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by its Musical Director, Michael Laus. The Piano Concerto and Normandy were recorded for Hyperion Records in 2013, with Martin Roscoe playing with the BBC Concert Orchestra under Martin Yates. References Sources A. Eaglefield-Hull (Ed.), A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians (Dent, London 1924). T. Holt, Parry to Finzi: Twenty English Song-Composers (Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2002), 87-101. K. Shenton, 'Sir Arthur Somervell', in British Music Society Journal 9 (1987), 45-54. External links 1863 births 1937 deaths English Romantic composers English classical composers Knights Bachelor Composers awarded knighthoods People from Windermere, Cumbria Pupils of Charles Villiers Stanford Alumni of King's College, Cambridge English male classical composers 20th-century British male musicians 19th-century British male musicians