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Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. His distinctive compositional style was the product of many influences, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss being most crucial early in his development. The subsequent inspiration of the English folksong revival of the early 20th century, and the example of such rising modern composers as Maurice Ravel, led Holst to develop and refine an individual style.
There were professional musicians in the previous three generations of Holst's family and it was clear from his early years that he would follow the same calling. He hoped to become a pianist, but was prevented by neuritis in his right arm. Despite his father's reservations, he pursued a career as a composer, studying at the Royal College of Music under Charles Villiers Stanford. Unable to support himself by his compositions, he played the trombone professionally and later became a teacher—a great one, according to his colleague Ralph Vaughan Williams. Among other teaching activities he built up a strong tradition of performance at Morley College, where he served as musical director from 1907 until 1924, and pioneered music education for women at St Paul's Girls' School, where he taught from 1905 until his death in 1934. He was the founder of a series of Whitsun music festivals, which ran from 1916 for the remainder of his life.
Holst's works were played frequently in the early years of the 20th century, but it was not until the international success of The Planets in the years immediately after the First World War that he became a well-known figure. A shy man, he did not welcome this fame, and preferred to be left in peace to compose and teach. In his later years his uncompromising, personal style of composition struck many music lovers as too austere, and his brief popularity declined. Nevertheless, he was an important influence on a number of younger English composers, including Edmund Rubbra, Michael Tippett and Benjamin Britten. Apart from The Planets and a handful of other works, his music was generally neglected until the 1980s, when recordings of much of his output became available.
Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for...
Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer GustavHolst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is...
compositions by GustavHolst. The works are categorized by genre, H. catalogue number (A Thematic Catalogue of GustavHolst's Music by Imogen Holst, London,...
musicologist, and festival administrator. The only child of the composer GustavHolst, she is particularly known for her educational work at Dartington Hall...
Prince's Progress and Other Poems (Macmillan, 1875). In 1906, the composer GustavHolst composed a setting of Rossetti's words (titled "Cranham") in The English...
February 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016. "The Music of GustavHolst (1930) Hammersmith Op. 52". GustavHolst.info. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017...
carols well known in Britain: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by GustavHolst, Katherine Kennicott Davis, and Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at...
influence of the composer, GustavHolst, and Conrad Noel, the vicar of Thaxted. In 1913, while on a walking holiday, Holst discovered the town and remained...
Winter Words (1953) Cantata Hodie (1954) "GustavHolst (Vocal Texts and Translations for Composer GustavHolst)". LiederNet Archive. Archived from the original...
of the composer GustavHolst, and was instrumental in the organisation and management of various of the music festivals which Holst sponsored. Many of...
ODNB life of GustavHolst, his relative, denies the family's entitlement to the ennobling von. ODNB. Media related to Theodor von Holst at Wikimedia Commons...
Girls), and the private prep school Berkhampstead School. GustavHolst's father, Adolph von Holst was organist at All Saints' Church, Pittville. Joseph Pitt...
Johann Sebastian Bach – Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air GustavHolst – The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Claude Debussy...
"Mars" is based on the equivalent movement from the suite The Planets, by GustavHolst. Credited. "Romeo & Juliet" from the Romeo and Juliet suite by Sergei...
1969. Other Cheltenham-born musicians of international renown include GustavHolst, for whom there is a dedicated museum and a monument in the town, and...
on December 23, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020. "John Williams vs GustavHolst or Star Wars Vs The Planets – YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original...
the Bringer of Jollity", a movement from GustavHolst's The Planets, and was originally adapted by Holst for its use in the British/Anglican patriotic...
The Hymn of Jesus, H. 140, Op. 37, is a sacred work by GustavHolst scored for two choruses, semi-chorus, and full orchestra. It was written in 1917–1919...