# Robert Hebble

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

## 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. 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
** 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 (based on "Londonderry Air")

### 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