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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. Gustav Holst - Wikipedia

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    Gustav Holst, c. 1921 photograph by Herbert Lambert. 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

  4. Category:Suites by Gustav Holst - Wikipedia

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    The Planets (7 P) Pages in category "Suites by Gustav Holst" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... First Suite in E-flat for Military Band;

  5. 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.

  6. I Vow to Thee, My Country - Wikipedia

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    "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.

  7. Masque (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album) - Wikipedia

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    The album is subtitled Songs And Planets and features some parts of Gustav Holst's Planets Suite.It represents the completion of an original project started back in 1973, which planned to use Holst's work as a basis.

  8. Category:The Planets - Wikipedia

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  9. 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.