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Gustav Holst
Gustav Theodore Holst (21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets.
Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London, his early work was influenced by Grieg, Wagner, Richard Strauss and fellow student Ralph Vaughan Williams,...
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The Planets
The Planets, Op. 32 is a seven-movement, orchestral suite by the British composer: Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916. Its first complete public performance was by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates on 15 November 1920...
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- 1920
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In the Bleak Midwinter
"In the Bleak Midwinter" is a Christmas carol.
Although the lyrics were written as a poem by English poet Christina Rossetti before 1872, it was published posthumously in Rossetti's Poetic Works in 1904 and became a Christmas carol after it appeared...
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First Suite in Eb for Military Band
The "First Suite in E-flat major for Military Band" (Op. 28, No. 1) is a cornerstone in the concert band repertoire. This piece, along with its sister piece, "Second Suite in F for Military Band", was written by the prominent British composer Gustav...
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Second Suite in F for Military Band
The Second Suite in F for Military Band (Op. 28, No. 2) is Gustav Holst's second and last suite for band. Although performed less frequently than the First Suite in E-flat, it is still a staple of the band literature. The Second Suite, written in...
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Savitri
Sāvitri is a chamber opera in one act by Gustav Holst, his Opus 25, with the libretto by Holst himself. The story is based on the episode of Savitri and Satyavan from the Mahābhārata, which was also included in Specimens of Old Indian Poetry (Ralph...
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The Perfect Fool
The Perfect Fool is an opera in one act with music and libretto by the English composer Gustav Holst. Holst composed the work over the period of 1918 to 1922. The opera received its premiere at the Covent Garden Theatre, London on 14 May 1923. Holst...
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The Wandering Scholar
The Wandering Scholar, Op.50 is a chamber opera in one act by the English composer Gustav Holst. The libretto, by Clifford Bax, is based on the book The Wandering Scholars by Helen Waddell.
The opera received its premiere at the David Lewis Theatre,...
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At the Boar's Head
At the Boar's Head is an opera in one act by the English composer Gustav Holst, his op. 42. Holst himself described the work as "A Musical Interlude in One Act". The libretto, by the composer himself, is based on Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 and...
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First Choral Symphony
British composer Gustav Holst wrote his First Choral Symphony in 1923-24. It was premiered in Leeds Town Hall on October 7, 1925, conducted by Albert Coates and with Dorothy Silk as soloist. The same performers gave the work's second performance...
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- 1924
