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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. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its supposed astrological character.
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 ...
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".
Song of the Four Angels. Second Song of the Host of Heaven. First Song of the Kings. Second Song of the Kings. The Antiphonal. The Song of the Coming of Christ. for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, mixed chorus, trumpet, piano, organ and string orchestra ad libitum. Incidental music for a Mystery Play.
The Perfect Fool is an opera in one act with music and libretto by the English composer Gustav Holst. Holst composed the work over the period of 1918 to 1922. The opera received its premiere at the Covent Garden Theatre, London, on 14 May 1923. Holst had originally asked Clifford Bax to write the libretto, but Bax declined.
"The Planets" 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.
Contents. I Vow to Thee, My Country. " 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.
Thaxted (tune) " 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. He adapted the theme in 1921 to fit the patriotic poem " I Vow to Thee, My ...