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| | Gustav Holst - Classical music composer |
 | | The Music of Gustav Holst, and Holst's Music Reconsidered | | | Gustav Holst was born into a very musical family; as a child, he was taught the piano, organ and trombone. | | | Find more recordings for Gustav Holst at Amazon.com |
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http://www.classical-composers.org/cgi-bin/ccd.cgi?comp=holst
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| | Gustav Holst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Holst's compositions for the wind band, though relatively small in number, guaranteed him a position as the medium's cornerstone, as seen in innumerable present-day programmes featuring his two Suites for Military Band. | | | Holst and wife Isobel bought a cottage in Essex, and surrounded by medieval buildings and ample rambling opportunities, he started work on the suite that would become his best known work, the orchestral suite The Planets. | | | His music was influenced by Indian spiritualism and English folk tunes, and is well known for unconventional use of meter and haunting melodies. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Holst
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| | Gustav Holst |
| | Gustav Holst was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in western England, to a musical family. | | | Holst's First Suite for Military Band is composed of three movments: a Chaconne (a 3/4 piece based on variations of chords or ground bass), an Intermezzo (here, a lively piece with trumpet and oboe solos), and a concert March in finale. | | | Holst's Moorside Suite was written for brass band, contrarily. |
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| | Gustav Holst's Military Suites and THE PLANETS |
| | Holst’s own experience as a band musician playing trombone allowed him to write band music as band music, not like other composers who would first write orchestral music and the try their hand at writing Band music. | | | Holst was optimistic that the Concert Band would be a more popular artform in the years to follow; however, this did not ring true. | | | Cd Covor of “Holst - Hammersmith (A Moorside Suite, Suite in Eb, Suite #2 in F Major.)” Performed by the Dallas Wind Symphony Conducted by Howard Dunn, Recorded June 20-22, 1990 by REFERENCE RECORDINGS, Copyright 1991. |
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| | Gustav Holst |
| | After the songs the concert ended with the Schubert Quintet in C. The warmth of this music prompted the beginnings of Holst's thaw but it was a long and painful process. | | | Quoting Imogen Holst: "As he listened to it, he realized what he had lost not only in his music but in his life. | | | The other composition which occupied Holst in 1928 was The Moorside Suite for brass band. |
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http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/Biographies/gustav_holst.htm
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| | Holst, Gustav(us Theodore von) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Holst, Gustav(us Theodore von) |
| | His musical style, although tonal and drawing on folk song, tends to be severe. | | | Side by side with the influence of English folk music was that of Indian literature (Sávitri is the story from the Mahābhārata), and a number of choral hymns and songs are set to texts from the Rig-Veda, translated by Holst from the Sanskrit. | | | The Choral Fantasia was first heard in 1931 and the Brook Green Suite in 1933. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Holst,+Gustav(us+Theodore+von)
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| | GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934): British Composer - Biography by David Trippett: |
| | Holst changed the modality and rhythmic placing of the original chords; offbeat accentuation was used to disorientate the listener while the ostinato alteration of two unresolved chords portray the inevitable passage of time. | | | Holst tried through the work with the young composer, the Head Mistress, and a student and was so impressed that he agreed to include it in the forthcoming Morley concert. | | | Although first written for piano duet, Holst conceded that it only worked on the piano if the scoring for orchestra was taken into account, and even then some of the sustained orchestral effects were not at all suited to the piano. |
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http://www.musicweb-international.com/holst/Page4.html
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| | Gustav Holst |
| | Gustav also studied the violin and the trombone. | | | Gustav began working seriously in music while still a teenager. | | | Finally, Holst started a second career in music education. |
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http://www.sbgmusic.com/html/teacher/reference/composers/holst.html
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| | Gustav Holst |
| | GUSTAV HOLST was a quiet, shy man who was deeply immersed in the world of music. | | | Holst drew musical inspiration from both the traditions of English folk music and the innovations of contemporary composers like Stravinsky or Ravel. | | | His innovative blending of the traditional folk music and the cutting edge of his time make "The Planets" a great piece of music, and the influence of his style can be felt even today in the soundtracks and symphonies of modern composers. |
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http://www.bigfella.com/archives.dir/gsholst.html
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| | BBC - h2g2 - 'The Planets' by Gustav Holst - A592977 |
| | Holst's music must be considered the forerunner of the 'Hollywood Space Movie' style of composing. | | | Written around 1915 by the English composer, Gustav Holst, it includes a piece of music for each of the seven planets that were known at the time, excluding the Earth itself. | | | Matthews' work is very similar in style to Holst's and you will hear echoes of many of the other planets in this six-minute piece. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A592977
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| | Gustav Holst The Planets and 2nd Band Suite |
| | The son of a successful pianist and organist, young Gustav suffered from asthma and neuritis and did not have the stamina to become a concert pianist himself. | | | Holst begins unconventionally with a March (usually reserved for the end), incorporating the tunes "Swansea Town," "Cloudy Banks," featuring a euphonium solo and brass choir, and an old morris dance with lilting triplets. | | | Gustav Holst The Planets and 2nd Band Suite |
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http://www.barbwired.com/barbweb/programs/holst_planets.html
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| | Gustav Holst (1874–1934) |
| | Holst was a composer of many choral part-songs, song cycles, operas and orchestral pieces. | | | Read a new review of a recording of neglected choral pieces by Holst. | | | I am striving to provide many different types of resources on this web site, whether it is sound clips of Holst's music for study purposes, out-of-print journal articles, cd reviews, other web links, or concert information. |
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http://www.gustavholst.info
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| | HistoryMole: Gustav Holst (1874-1934) |
| | Gustav Holst began teaching music at Morley College. | | | Gustav Holst began teaching music at St Paul's School in Hammersmith. | | | Gustav Holst emerged as a major composer with the seven-movement suite (1914-1916) 'The Planets'. |
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http://www.historymole.com/cgi-bin/main/results.pl?type=theme&theme=GHolst
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| | Amazon.ca: Planets/Pluto: Music |
| | Holst: Lyric Movement For Violin And Small Orchestra | | | Gustav Holst (Composer), Colin Mathews (Composer), Mark Elder (Conductor) | | | Sensibly, Hyperion assigns "Neptune" a separate track at the end of the disc so that the listener can easily programme Holst's original scheme, and there's also a rapt performance of the 1933 Lyric Movement for viola and small orchestra, a late work of rarefied beauty. |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005JJ3M
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| | Dr. Dick's Blog: Up Close and Kind of Personal with Gustav Holst's "The Planets" |
| | One of many striking sound effects in the suite is the conclusion of “Neptune the Mystic.” Holst calls for a wordless six-part women’s chorus, off-stage and unseen, their voices fading away into nothingness. | | | For instance, people born under the sign of Mars tend to be “headstrong, forceful, assertive,” qualities one hears in the steady onslaught of this opening music, it’s snarling, slowly uncoiling phrases, full of dissonances that stubbornly refuse to resolve the way you expect them. | | | Most people think the piece is a musical depiction of a trip through the solar system. |
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http://witf.blogspot.com/2005/02/up-close-and-kind-of-personal-with.html
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| | Letters from Gustav Holst to Whittaker |
| | Holst and Whittaker were both busy and enthusiastic teachers as well as being composers. | | | To the average concert goer Holst is probably best known as the composer of the suite The Planets. | | | Best known nowadays as the composer of the Planets Suite, Holst was a prolific composer as well as a dedicated and enthusiastic teacher. |
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http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/sep2004.html
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| | Notes, Gustav Holst, Katherine Hoover, Leonarda CD #325 |
| | Even Holst himself was not quite sure whether it was real music or not; he had to listen to it several times before he could make up his mind about it. | | | In 1945 it was warmly welcomed by listeners in the depths of the country who had not yet been faced with the necessity of learning their key signatures." The Terzetto has also been arranged for flute, oboe and clarinet; The Huntingdon Trio has adapted the work for their own instruments. | | | With the exception of some early student efforts, Gustav Holst's Terzetto for flute, oboe, and viola stands as the only chamber music Holst composed. |
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http://www.leonarda.com/program-notes/note325.html
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| | Program Notes |
| | For the 1920 premiere, Holst provided this note: “These pieces were suggested by the astrological significance of the planets; there is no programme music, neither have they any connection with the deities of classical mythology bearing the same names. | | | In 1921 Holst took the big tune in the middle and set to it as a unison song with orchestra the words, “I vow to thee, my country.” | | | Other fine recordings are those by Sir Adrian Boult and the London Philharmonic (EMI Great Recordings of the Century), Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony (Penguin Classics), André Previn and the Royal Philharmonic (Telarc), and William Steinberg and the Boston Symphony (Deutsche Grammophon Originals). |
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http://www.sfsymphony.org/templates/pgmnote.asp?nodeid=3205&callid=117
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| | Holst's "The Planets Suite" |
| | Any die-hard Holst fan realizes that The Planets is, in fact, uncharacteristic of Holst, yet it is still wonderful, and a tribute to the composer. | | | The Planets Suite was, by far, Holst's largest orchestral work--a suite of seven unique movements, lasting upwards of 50 minutes when performed. | | | The suite's success was unrivalled, and has remained so to this day. |
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http://isisweb.8m.com/holst/planets.htm
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| | “Gustav Holst’s Three Folk Tunes: A Source for the Second Suite in F,” JBR XIX/1 (Fall, 1983), 1-4. | | | “Early Performances of the Holst Suites for Military Band,” JBR, XVII/2 (Spring, 1982), 39-50. | | | 18-26 [contributed seating charts and commentary regarding Holst and Persichetti]. |
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http://www.faculty.umb.edu/jon_mitchell/Holst.htm
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| | classical music - andante - web directory |
| | Devoted to Holst's most famous and best-loved composition, together with a collection of midi renderings of the music. | | | Offers a short biography and description of Holst's music. | | | Currently featuring a listing of over 12,000 classical music Web sites. |
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http://www.andante.com/Directories/Web/index.cfm?iTopID=8232
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| | Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - Holst |
| | A frail child whose first recollections were musical, Holst was taught to play the piano and violin, and began to compose when he was about twelve. | | | In those days of no royalties or performing fees, Holst found it impossible to earn a living as a composer, so he took a post as a singing teacher. | | | Holst met Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1895 while they were students at the Royal College of Music, and the two remained lifelong friends, depending on one another for support and assistance although there is little similarity in their music. |
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http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/holst.html
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| | Gustav Holst MP3 Downloads - Gustav Holst Music Downloads - Gustav Holst Music Videos |
| | Gustav Holst was among those few classical composers to exert a major influence on rock music and popular music in the mid- to late- 20th century -- which is all rather ironic, since he passed away in 1934. | | | Gustav Holst MP3 Downloads - Gustav Holst Music Downloads - Gustav Holst Music Videos | | | Holst was part of the early- 20th century school of English composers... |
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http://www.mp3.com/gustav-holst/artists/924/summary.html
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| | Gustav Holst- Composer |
| | Gustav Holst was born into a very musical family. | | | Holst and Vaughan Williams were known to spend many hours having deep conversations about music and life- but their music composition styles were very different. | | | Throughout his life, Holst continued to compose orchestral music, wind ensemble music, operas, chamber music, and vocal music of many different styles, and had a great interest in various kinds of literature, poetry and astrology. |
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http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?PageID=510
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| | CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Biography of Gustav Holst |
| | Find the music of Gustav Holst in the Archives. | | | These works gave promise of a new, richer, and more lyrical phase, as did the Brook Green Suite and Lyric Movement of 1933. | | | At this time he went to live in Thaxted, Essex, where in 1916 he organized a Whitsuntide Fest., singing and performing mus. |
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http://www.classicalarchives.com/bios/codm/holst.html
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| | Gustav Holst: The Planets Suite |
| | Gustav Holst (1874--1934) was well-acquainted with astrology and mythology, as well as the Greek idea of the Music of the Spheres, and he drew heavily on this knowledge in his composition of the Planets Suite. | | | There is no piece for Pluto because this planet was not discovered until 1930, whereas Holst was busy composing this suite almost twenty years before. | | | New and improved versions of many of these midi offerings are welcome. |
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http://www.aquarianage.org/lore/holst.html
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| | Holst, Gustav (1874 - 1934) |
| | As a choral conductor, Holst wrote a considerable amount of choral music, accompanied and unaccompanied, including arrangements of folk-songs, and a smaller number of solo songs. | | | For string orchestra he wrote the St. Paul's Suite, completed in 1913, and in 1933 the Brook Green Suite. | | | Gustav Holst, of Scandinavian ancestry on his father's side, was born in the English spa town of Cheltenham in 1874 and studied music at the Royal College in London, using his second study, the trombone, to provide an income. |
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http://www.naxos.com/composer/holst.htm
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| | Lectures |
| | British Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, 1998: “Gustav Holst’s Country Song” | | | , 1990: “Early Recordings of the Holst and | | | , 1994: “Was This Holst’s First Band Work?” |
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http://www.faculty.umb.edu/jon_mitchell/Lectures.html
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| | Gustav Holst |
| | The folk song collecting of Vaughan Williams and Cecil Sharp also excited Holst; in 1906 to 1907 he wrote A Somerset Rhapsody, based on traditional tunes. | | | Hardy's description of the heath as 'like man, slighted and enduring; and withal singularly colossal and mysterious in its swarthy monotony' accords well with the quiet power and lean textures of this restrained and hypnotic music. | | | He was born in Cheltenham to musical parents of Scandinavian and Ger- man extraction, and studied at the Royal College of Music in London. |
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http://hem.passagen.se/alkerstj/worldofclassicalmusic/early20th/gustav_holst.html
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| | Credits for The Nine Planets |
| | "The Planets" opus 32 by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) performed by André Previn and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Telarc CD-80133 |
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| | Holst Birthplace Museum |
| | Welcome to Cheltenham's musical gem - the Regency terrace house where Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets was born in 1874. | | | The story of the man and his music is told alongside a fascinating display of personal belongings including his piano. | | | The museum is also a fine period house showing the upstairs downstairs way of life in times past, including a working Victorian kitchen and laundry, elegant Regency drawing room and charming Edwardian nursery. |
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http://www.holstmuseum.org.uk
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| | Gustav Holst |
| | Around 1931, Holst was asked to compose music for a film. | | | The Heart of Me (2002) (song "In the Bleak Midwinter") (as Holst) | | | Find where Gustav Holst is credited alongside another name |
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http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0392304
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| | Gustav Holst -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | This was modeled on the French King Louis XIV's group of violins, a development of the practice of employing musicians at court and in noble households that was widespread throughout Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. | | | English composer and music teacher Gustav Holst is noted for the excellence of his orchestration and the international flavor of many of his works. | | | His music combines an international flavour based on the styles of Maurice Ravel, Igor Stravinsky, and others with a continuation of English Romanticism. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9040827
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| | Gustav Holst program notes (Feb'04) Chamber Orchestra of the Springs |
| | Yet, unlike the Lyric Movement for Viola and Small Orchestra composed at the same time and performed by the Chamber Orchestra during the 2000-01 season with violist Catherine Hanson, the Brook Green Suite is a playful work written for his beloved students at St. Paul's School. | | | Gustav Holst (1874-1934) - an Englishman with a Swedish name - was somewhat hampered by the period into which he was born, a time when there was little English musical tradition from which to draw and little audience for new English music. | | | In the early years of his career, Holst made little headway in the professional world of music. |
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http://www.chamberorchestraofthesprings.org/Holst_42.htm
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| | Holst |
| | He became music teacher at Dulwich Girls' School (1903-20), director of music at St Paul's Girls' School, Hammersmith (1905-34), music director at Morley College (1907-24) and in 1919 professor of music at University College, Reading. | | | The Holst Birthplace Trust aims to honour the life and promote the music of Gustav Holst and encourage the performance and understanding of his work. | | | A friend of William Morris in his youth, Holst believed passionately in the community spirit of music and that music should be accessible to everyone. |
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http://www.holstmuseum.org.uk/holst.html
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| | LU News. Gustav Holst's 1908 opera Savitri |
| | Members of the Lancaster University Music Department are performing Gustav Holst's 1908 opera Savitri on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th May, at 7.30pm in the Jack Hylton Room. | | | Holst wrote his own libretto, basing it on an episode from the Mahabharata. | | | Although the plot is simple - after Savitri's premonitions of her husband's death becomes reality, she manages to outwit Death and have her husband restored to life - the mythic quality of the opera touches on profoundly human concerns: those of life, death and love. |
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http://domino.lancs.ac.uk/info/lunews.nsf/E/F2A6FF0887263D2D80256FE800273D19
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| | Gustav Holst sheet music |
| | Holst: Northumbrian Folk Song 1 I Hae Seen the Roses Blaw | | | Chrissemas Day in the Morning is inspired by an old English folk song: O Dame get up and Bake your Pies, on Chrissemas Day in the Morning. | | | Theme from Jupiter, also known as: I Vow To Thee My Country. |
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http://www.music-scores.com/instrument/composer.php?instrument=Piano&name=Holst
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| | Composer Page - Gustav Holst |
| | The individual voices seem perfectly attuned to the special colouring of Holst's music' (Gramophone) | | | Holst: First Choral Symphony - Chorus 'God of the golden bow' [2'16] | | | This have I done for my true love |
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http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/composer_page.asp?name=holst&hidecovers=1
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| | Stainer & Bell: Gustav Holst |
| | Sacred Rounds and Canons (music by Boyce, Hayes, Webbe and others, edited Holst). | | | A good friend, Ralph Vaughan Williams, was an early influence on his writing, but Holst's music is highly original. | | | He studied composition under C.V. Stanford at the Royal College of Music in London (where he was also later to teach) and began his musical career as a professional trombonist. |
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http://www.stainer.co.uk/holst.html
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| | Christmas Songbook Wiki: Gustav Holst |
| | English Song Series Vol 7 - Gustav Holst | | | His bloated masterpiece The Planets is the inspiration for practically every science fiction film and TV soundtrack written. | | | century carols.' It's is believed to be named after a wood near the Holst's home. |
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| | Introduction to The Nine Planets |
| | GUSTAV HOLST: The Planets.aiff sound clips and info | | | The full tour continues with the Overview (or if you're in a hurry take the Express Tour). | | | short sound clips from Holst's The Planets (about 10 seconds or 180k each) for seven of the planets; |
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http://planets.astronomy.net/intro.html
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