Robert Hebble


Robert Christian Hebble was an American composer, arranger, and organist. He worked as a voluntary assistant to the organist Virgil Fox.

Life

One of two children born to Christian and Elizabeth Hebble, Hebble grew up in West Orange, New Jersey and graduated West Orange High School. He 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.
Hebble 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
  • Rejoice ! 14 Improvisations on Hymn Melodies
  • * Toccatino on Rico Tino
  • Near the cross
  • * Ah, Holy Jesus
  • * In the cross of Christ I glory
  • * Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross
  • * My song is love unknown
  • * What Wondrous Love Is This
  • * When I survey the wondrous cross
  • The Crystal Cathedral Organ Collection - 12 pieces for the Hazel Wright Organ
  • * Celebration
  • * Diptych
  • * Heraldings
  • * Meditation on "My shepherd will supply my need"
  • * Nave
  • * Toccata on "Old Hundredth"
  • * Pastel
  • * Prelude on "I Wonder as I Wander"
  • * Psalm prelude
  • * Schematics
  • * 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''

    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, 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''

    Anthems

Hymns