In the original version, the "central" section, which was a wordless chorus sung by women, ends the piece.
Eventually a wordless chorus enters, the mood becomes calmer, and the piece ends quietly with just the percussion playing.
His voice is also present in a wordless chorus.
The composer therefore used groups of singers for messengers and knights and an off-stage wordless chorus.
He appealed to his wife and sisters and the three women nodded like a wordless Greek chorus.
Flos Campi for viola, wordless chorus and small orchestra (1925)
They descend into the second, where the wordless chorus of the damned souls is heard.
The opera features three solo singers, a wordless female chorus, and a chamber orchestra of 12 musicians.
Finally, after the tubular bells enter, a wordless feminine chorus starts to sing.
Howells wrote Sine Nomine for wordless chorus, which was not given its second performance until his centenary year 70 years later, in 1992.