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The Manse in Thaxted, where Gustav Holst lived from 1917 to 1925 "Thaxted" is a hymn tune by the English composer Gustav Holst, based on the stately theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of his orchestral suite The Planets and named after Thaxted, the English village where he lived much of his life.
"I Vow to Thee, My Country" is a British patriotic hymn, created in 1921 when music by Gustav Holst had a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice set to it. The music originated as a wordless melody, which Holst later named "Thaxted", taken from the "Jupiter" movement of Holst's 1917 suite The Planets.
Holst used the melody of the central section of "Jupiter" for a setting ("Thaxted") of the hymn "I Vow to Thee, My Country" in 1921. [ n 5 ] The Planets has been taken as an influence by various rock bands , and for film scores such as those for the Star Wars series.
The poem and hymn "I Vow to Thee, My Country" became known as a response to the human cost of World War I. The hymn was first performed in 1925 and quickly became a patriotic anthem. Imogen commented in 1968 that for more than half a century the hymn had been affecting the original Jupiter with "unwanted associations". [27]
Holst was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the elder of the two children of Adolph von Holst, a professional musician, and his wife, Clara Cox, née Lediard. She was of mostly British descent, [n 1] daughter of a respected Cirencester solicitor; [2] the Holst side of the family was of mixed Swedish, Latvian and German ancestry, with at least one professional musician in each of the ...
O Magnum Mysterium [edt. Holst] for mixed chorus a cappella: Choral: 1927: By Weary Stages: Hymn Choral: 1927: Gird on Thy Sword/Lift Up Your Arms: Hymn Choral: 167: 1928: Christ Hath a Garden: for female chorus and small orchestra: words by Robert Bridges after Isaac Watts: Choral: 168: 1927: Man Born to Toil: for mixed chorus, organ and bells ...
Thaxted is the name given to a hymn tune, a setting for "I Vow to Thee, My Country", which Holst composed, based on the theme of "Jupiter" in his orchestral Planets suite. [7] Holst wrote the Planets whilst living in a cottage in Monks Street outside Thaxted.
The opening track is a re-recording of Joybringer (from Jupiter), which had previously been a single hit in 1973, although the LP version omits the bridge (which is included on some alternative versions) and includes a different instrumental part than the 1973 recording. It also starts with a few bars of strummed guitar instead of opening cold ...