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The poem circulated privately for a few years until it was set to music by Holst, to a tune he adapted from his Jupiter to fit the poem's words. It was performed as a unison song with orchestra in the early 1920s, and it was finally published as a hymn in 1925/6 in the Songs of Praise hymnal (no. 188). [3] It was included in later hymnals ...
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.
Gustav Holst wrote Jupiter in 1914-16 with the first public performance in 1919 [1], then was commissioned to set "I Vow to Thee, My Country" to music and realised the words fitted part of Jupiter which he had recently penned, hence the 1921 date is the correct date for putting the words to music: the words of "I Vow to Thee, My Country" had ...
The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917.In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus.
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 ...
Westenra had not only recorded the song in English and Māori, as heard on this album, but also in French, Italian, and Japanese. [10] [11] [12] It got No. 1 album position on the Classical Compilation Albums Chart of Official Charts as well as the Classic FM chart after releasing in UK. [13] [14] The Official Album track listing
Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!
Three songs (words: Walter de la Mare) Treble voice, two violins and cello: Vocal: 1926: Two Four-part Rounds: Unaccompanied voices: Vocal: 1926 "Weathers" (song) (words: Thomas Hardy) Solo voice and piano: Instrumental: 1926: Theme and variations: Solo piano: Choral: 1927: Mass in A minor: SSATB choir: Instrumental: 1927: Suite in F: "Allegro ...