Alan Rees (composer)

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Abbot Alan William Rees (Morriston, near Swansea, on February 1, 1941 - October 2, 2005) was a Welsh Roman Catholic monk, organist and composer of choral and organ music. From 1986-1993 Rees was abbot of Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire.^[1]

Selected compositions

• English Mass^[2]
• Congress Mass, for the National Pastoral Congress in Liverpool, 1980
• Cardiff Mass, for Pope John Paul II's visit to Britain, 1982
• "A Winter Rose", carol

See also

References

1. Obituary
2. English Church Music 1968 - Page 63 " as in the English Masses by Guy Weitz (Chapman), Francis Duffy (John S. Burns) and Alan Rees (Chapman)."