HOLST, GUSTAV

hŏlst, 1874–1934, English composer, studied at the Royal College of Music. Grieg, Richard Strauss, and Ralph Vaughan Williams influenced his early work, but most of his music is highly original. Outstanding compositions are The Planets (1918), a suite for orchestra; The Hymn of Jesus (1920), for chorus and orchestra; The Perfect Fool (1923), an opera; and Egdon Heath (1928), an orchestral piece.

See biography (1938) and study (2d ed. 1968) by his daughter, Imogen Holst.

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The Vasa Trilogy: Master Olof, Gustav Vasa, Erik Xiv
Book by August Strindberg, Walter Johnson; University of Washington Press, 1959
Subjects: Erik--Xiv--King Of Sweden--1533-1577, Gustaf--I Vasa--King Of Sweden--1496-1560--Drama
...Johnson Queen Christina, Charles XII , Gustav III The Last of the Knights, The Regent, Earl Birger of Bjalbo Gustav Adolf The Vasa Trilogy: Master Olof, Gustav Vasa, Erik XIV The Saga of the...
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Bruckner and Mahler
Book by H. F. Redlich; J. M. Dent and Sons, 1955
Subjects: Bruckner, Anton--1824-1896, Mahler, Gustav--1860-1911
...intended for a future book of his own, Gustav Mahler and the Twentieth Century , as...permission to quote from the works of Gustav Mahler published by them. Finally I wish...the young and ardent, such Hugo Wolf, Gustav Mahler, Hans Rott and the brothers Schalk...
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The Modern Age, 1890-1960
Book by Martin Cooper; Oxford University Press, 1974
Subjects: Music--20th Century--History And Criticism
...507 Gustav Holst 513...1864-1949 but appears also in Gustav Mahler 1860-1911 --for instance...Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 and Gustav Holst 1874-1934 , 1 both pupils...
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Music and the Politics of Culture
Book by Christopher Norris; Lawrence & Wishart, 1989
Subjects: Music--History And Criticism, Music--Philosophy And Aesthetics, Music--Social Aspects
...repatriation of Frederick Delius 69 Paul Harrington Holst and Vaughan Williams: Radical Pastoral 106 Lionel Pike...terms. Thus Paul Harrington reminds us that composers like Holst and Vaughan Williams - the second generation of the so-called...
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Twentieth-Century Music: A History of Musical Style in Modern Europe and America
Book by Robert P. Morgan; Norton, 1991
Subjects: Music--20th Century--History And Criticism, Style, Musical
...England Vaughan Williams Holst Charles Ives...Photograph of Gustav Mahler, 1904, 19...Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst in 1921, 131...apartment house in 1890-91. Gustav Mahler lived in it from...
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Savitri: A Legend & a Symbol - Sri Aurobindo's Modern Epic, the Vision of Savitri - Sri Aurobindo's Greatest Odyssey of the Spirit
Journal article by Vasant V. Merchant; International Journal of Humanities and Peace, Vol. 16, 2000
Subjects: Cosmology--Religious aspects, Hindu literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Hinduism--Sacred books
...Manhattan British opera composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) first came upon the powerful...Satyavan, how love conquers death. Holst wanted to immortalize the narrative...elsewhere in Europe, highly acclaimed. Holst was well known for his composition...
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Unequal Temperament: The Somatic Acoustics of Racial Difference in the Symphonic Music of John Powell
Journal article by J. Lester Feder; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 28, 2008
Subjects: Composers--Criticism and interpretation, Composers--Works, Powell, John (American pianist)--Criticism and interpretation, Powell, John (American pianist)--Works, Race discrimination--History
...His combination of these ideas placed him in the company of other Anglophone musical thinkers such as Cecil Sharp, Gustav Holst, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Percy Grainger, whose compositional interests moved from modality to tuning systems, might...


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HG Wells and Gustav Holst Lived Here, Shaw Visited: Everyone Who Was Anyone in Early English Socialism Came. the TUC, Though, Turned It Down
Magazine article by Paul Barker; New Statesman, Vol. 126, October 3, 1997
Subjects: Aristocracy--Conduct of life, Great Easton, England--Social aspects, Warwick, Daisy--Conduct of life
HG Wells and Gustav Holst lived here, Shaw visited: everyone who was anyone in early English...visited. So did everyone who was anyone in early English socialism. Gustav Holst was another of her tenants; he wrote Christian Socialist music for...
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Daniel Pelzig: New Kid in Town
Magazine article by Iris M. Fanger; Dance Magazine, Vol. 70, October 1996
Subjects: Ballet companies--Officials and employees, Boston Ballet--Officials and employees, Choreographers--Practice, Pelzig, Daniel--Practice
...stories by Hans Christian Andersen, was the hit of last seasons opening series. The nearly forty-five-minute work, set to Gustav Holst, was a fractured fairy tale for twenty-three dancers; Pelzigs characters included a flat-footed princess, a nerdy prince...
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Directory of New Music and Instructional Materials
Magazine article; American Music Teacher, Vol. 56, August 2006
Subjects: Instructional materials industry--Directories
...Intermediate. 21 mins. $16.50. Suite #2, Op. 28/2, by Gustav Holst. Arranged for organ, this is vibrant, festive concert...Symphonies No. 7-10 (Adagio), Das Lied von der Erde--Gustav Mahler, edited by Michael Sachs. As a trumpet player...
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The World of Compact Discs
Magazine article by Anthony Paterson; Contemporary Review, Vol. 273, August 1998
Subjects: Compact discs--Appreciation, Sound recordings--Appreciation
...much to the pioneering work of an extraordinary Dutch musician, Gustav Leonhardt. TELDEC are bringing out an edition of some two dozen recordings of his performances in their Gustav Leonhardt Edition. Here we only have room to point to two of the...
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The Week
Magazine article; National Review, Vol. 58, September 25, 2006
Subjects: Bush, George W.--Speeches, lectures and essays, Ethnic associations--Demonstrations and protests, Iraq War, 2003---Speeches, lectures and essays, Romney, Mitt--Family, Romney, Mitt--Media coverage, Survivor (Television program)--Planning
...is therefore reduced to eight. Down here in the human world, the winners from this decision include fans of composer Gustav Holst, whose Planets, first performed in 1918, left out Pluto, on the very sensible grounds that Pluto had not yet been discovered...
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Bishop Opposes Hymn Ban Move; CLERGY SPLIT OVER 'DANGEROUS EXAMPLE OF ENGLISH NATIONALISM'
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), August 14, 2004
Subjects: Holst, Gustav
...stirring music of classical composer Gustav Holst. He said the hymn expressed...near Leamington, is a huge fan of Gustav Holst and counts the hymn as one of his...paths are peace". Ironically Holst did not approve of the jingoistic...
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Stellar Night for Musical Tour
Newspaper article by David W. Jones; The Washington Times, July 22, 1997
Subjects: Holst, Gustav
...evening built around an NSO performance of Gustav Holsts haunting work "The Planets." The mood...didnt spoil her enjoyment. "I just love Holst - he is one of my favorites," she enthused. When Holst composed his seven-part opus between 1914...
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Sign of Times for Brum's Musical Past
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 19, 2007
Subjects: Elgar, Edward
...Edward Elgar, Jean Sibelius and Gustav Holst. "It reads like a Whos Who of leading...Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Sir Eugene Goosens, Sir Granville...Festival. "Vaughan Williams and Holst were from Cirencester and Cheltenham...
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What's Going On: Review; ST JOHN PASSION Liverpool Cathedral
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), April 10, 2006
...masterpieces are not set in stone. Scholarship continues to progress. Famously, Pluto was not discovered until 13 years after Gustav Holst wrote his Planets Suite. So what does last weeks revelation of the so-called Judas Gospel do for J. S. Bachs revered...
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Taking Note of Young Talent
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 22, 2005
...Westminster. Im listening to one of the most perfect renderings Ive ever heard of an oftplayed suite for strings by Gustav Holst. But none of the players is over 21, and some are only 12. Id sat in on part of the rehearsals in the summer and sensed...
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Holst, Gustav
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HOLST, GUSTAV holst, 1874 1934, English composer, studied at the Royal College of Music. Grieg...See biography (1938) and study (2d ed. 1968) by his daughter, Imogen Holst. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used...
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Bliss, Sir Arthur
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...SIR ARTHUR 1891 1975, English composer. Blisss teachers included Charles Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Gustav Holst. He was made Master of the Queens Musick in 1953. His early works, including pieces for wordless voices, were considered...
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Carter, Elliott Cook, Jr
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...by many to be the most important contemporary American composer. He studied with Walter Piston , E. B. Hill, and Gustav Holst at Harvard and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris (1932 35). Carters complex mature music is organized into highly intellectualized...


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