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  2. The Planets - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. The Planets discography - Wikipedia

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    This is a discography of commercial recordings of The Planets, Op. 32, an orchestral suite by Gustav Holst, composed between 1914 and 1916, and first performed by the Queen's Hall Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult on 29 September 1918. It includes the composer's own recordings made in 1922–1923 and 1926.

  4. Gustav Holst - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Santa Fe Symphony to take a trip around 'The Planets' - AOL

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    Oct. 9—The Santa Fe Symphony will bring audiences on a journey to "The Planets" on Sunday, Oct. 15, at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. The concert opens with Himari Yoshimura, the youngest ...

  6. The Planets (film) - Wikipedia

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    The Planets is a 1983 TV film directed by Ken Russell based on Gustav Holst's musical suite of the same name. It was made specially for The South Bank Show, the weekly arts programme of the ITV network in Britain. It is a wordless collage that matches stock footage to each of the seven movements of the Holst suite.

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  8. List of compositions by Gustav Holst - Wikipedia

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    also for female chorus and orchestra (or organ, or piano) Choral: 118a: 1911: Playground Song: for unison voices and piano: for St Paul's Girls' School: Choral: 119: 1913: The Swallow Leaves Her Nest: for female chorus a cappella: words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes: Choral: 120: 1913: The Homecoming: for male chorus a cappella: words by Thomas ...

  9. Cultural influence of Holst's The Planets - Wikipedia

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    Two planets are notably not included in The Planets: Earth and Pluto. Holst had not wanted to include the Earth in his suite because the suite was based on astrology, and Earth has no astrological significance. [57] Pluto was discovered in 1930, four years before Holst's death, and was hailed by astronomers as the ninth planet.