Gustav Holst

Gustav Theodore Holst ( pronunciation: [ həʊlst ]; born September 21, 1874 in Cheltenham, † May 25 1934 in London), born Gustavus Theodore von Holst, was an English composer.

Life

Holst came from a paternal German Baltic and Latvian- Swedish family. Mother's family was predominantly UK - far too Spanish - origin. He first sought a career as a pianist; at the age of seventeen, he had to abandon those plans due to an inflammation of the nerves of the arm. Holst studied composition (with Charles Villiers Stanford ) and trombone at the Royal College of Music in London. He then worked 1898-1903 in various orchestras as a trombonist. Holst was busy at some institutions as a music teacher and eventually became musical director at St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith.

Between 1919 and 1923, Holst taught composition at the Royal College of Music and the University of Reading. He was a friend of the composer and conductor Ralph Vaughan Williams since 1896. His daughter Imogen Holst (1907-1984) was also a composer and conductor.

Reception

Gustav Holst, who is attributed as the composer of the late Romantic period, gained great popularity especially through its siebensätzige orchestral suite The Planets ( The planets, 1914-1916 ). From this, the phrase on the god of war, Mars has even grown to become a hit. This music became a treasure trove of many American film composers such as Danny Elfman, Elliot Goldenthal, Shirley Walker, Hans Zimmer and John Williams. Other orchestral works - such as oriented to the music of the Baroque St. Paul's Suite - have not achieved similar notoriety.

Holst's music had a profound influence on the younger generation of British composers.

Works (selection)

Opera / Stage Works

  • The Idea (ca. 1896)
  • Savitri (1916 )
  • The Perfect Fool ( 1918-1922/1923 )
  • The Tale of the Wandering Scholar (1929 )

Vocal works

  • Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (1908-1912)
  • The Hymn of Jesus for chorus and orchestra (1917 )
  • Choral ballet The Golden Goose (1926 )
  • Choral ballet The Morning of the Year (1927 )

Orchestral works

  • The Mystic Trumpeter, Op 18 (1904 )
  • A Somerset Rhapsody ( 1907)
  • Fugal Concerto for Flute, Oboe and String Orchestra, Op 40/2 (1923 )
  • Choral symphony op 41 for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1923 /24)
  • Double Concerto for 2 Violins and Orchestra, Op 49 (1929 )
  • St. Paul 's Suite (1913, with the finale as a new arrangement of the 4th movement of the Second Suite ): Jig
  • Ostinato
  • Intermezzo
  • Finale (The Dargason )
  • Mars, the Bringer of War
  • Venus, the Bringer of Peace
  • Mercury, the Winged Messenger
  • Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
  • Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
  • Uranus, the Magician
  • Neptune, the Mystic

For concert band / military band

  • Three Folk Tunes ( March on Three Folk Tunes ), H106A (1905 )
  • First Suite for Military Band in Eb, Op 28/1 (1909 ) Chaconne
  • Intermezzo
  • March
  • March: Morris dance, Swansea Town, Claudy Banks
  • Song Without Words " I'll Love my Love"
  • Song of the Blacksmith
  • Fantasia on the " Dargason "
  • Scherzo
  • Nocturne
  • March
  • Prelude
  • Scherzo.
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