Robert Hebble

Robert Hebble, born in 1934, was an American composer, arranger, and organist.^[1] He worked as a voluntary assistant to the organist Virgil Fox.^[2] He died on February 17, 2020.^[3]

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.^[4] He has composed in various genres, and arranged many of the pieces recorded by Virgil Fox.

Works

Organ music

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^[5]
  • 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^[6]
  • 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

Hymns

• 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

1. Richard Torrence; Marshall Yaeger; Ted Alan Worth; Virgil Fox Society (2001). Virgil Fox (the dish): an irreverent biography of the great American organist. Circles International. p. 34. ISBN 9780971297005.
2. Craig Whitney (15 September 2004). All the Stops: The Glorious Pipe Organ and Its American Masters. PublicAffairs. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-7867-4025-3.
3. "Robert Hebble Obituary - West Palm Beach, FL".
4. "Hebble at West Side", The Ridgewood News, February 16, 1978. Accessed August 25, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "A West Orange resident, Robert Hebble's career also includes reviewing choral music for Music magazine, arranging for the Uniroyal, glee club, coaching actors preparing for Broadway roles and teaching at Stevens.... Hebble graduated from West Orange High School and entered Yale, where he earned his bachelor of music degree. While still holding down the job as Fox's assistant, he got a master's degree at Juilllard."
5. "Hear The Angels Sing Sheet Music By Robert Hebble - Sheet Music Plus". www.sheetmusicplus.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
6. "Ted Alan Worth In Concert Sheet Music By Robert Hebble - Sheet Music Plus". www.sheetmusicplus.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09.