Dorothy Howell

Composer Dorothy Howell wrote large-scale orchestral works in a late Romantic style and was dubbed the "English Richard Strauss" in the musical press. She was also an influential educator. Howell was born in Birmingham, England, on February 25, 1898, and grew up in nearby Handsworth. Her father, Charles Edward Howell, was an iron manufacturer, and her maternal grandfather was a music critic for the Birmingham Daily Post. She attended school at a convent. Howell's entire family was musical, and after showing obvious talent, she was signed up for composition lessons with Granvi...