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Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:

Howells dedicated his three sets of Clavichord Pieces to his musical friends, and in particular to harpsichord maker Herbert Lambert. They are written in recognition of the style of English Tudor musicians who had influenced Howells' writing, not as pastiches of the compositional styles of his composer friends. The first book was written in 1927, the second in 1941, the third in 1961.

For the first book "Lambert's Clavichord", Lambert's Fireside was written at Lambert's Fireside in Somerset, Fellowes's Delight for Edmund Fellowes, Hughes's Ballet for Herbert Hughes, Wortham's Grounde for H E Wortham, Sargent's Fantastic Sprite for Sir Malcolm Sargent, Foss's Dump for H.J. Foss, My Lord Sandwich's Dreame for George Montagu, 9th Earl of Sandwich, Samuel's Air for Harold Samuel, De La Mare's Pavane for poet Walter de la Mare, Sir Hughes's Galliard for conductor Hugh Allen, H H His Fancy for himself, and Sir Richard's Toye for Sir Richard Terry.

Sir Hughes's Galliard:
[YouTube Video]

The 2nd and 3rd sets were written after Thomas Goff had taken over from Herbert Lambert as instrument maker. Many of their dedicatees can be identified from the titles, with full details in the notes written by producer Paul Spicer.