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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.
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 ...
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.
Printable version; In other projects ... Gustav Holst - the planets, op. 32 - iv. jupiter, the bringer of jollity.ogg ... The restored version is at Battle Hymn of ...
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 ...
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
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 ...
Below is a sortable list of compositions by Gustav Holst. The works are categorized by genre, H. catalogue number ( A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav Holst's Music by Imogen Holst, London, Faber Music Ltd., 1974), opus number , date of composition and title.