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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.
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. (In 2006 it was redesignated as a dwarf planet.) Holst expressed no interest in ...
Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer based on William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2: Opera: 176: 50: 1929–30: The Wandering Scholar: Chamber Opera in 1 act; libretto by Clifford Bax founded on an incident in Helen Waddell's The Wandering Scholars. Ballet: 149: 1921: The Lure, or The Moth and the Flame: Ballet: 150: 39: 1918 ...
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Republican hardliners who normally are ardent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are resisting his push to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, sticking to their belief that government spending ...
"Numb" by Linkin Park was the first 2000s video predating YouTube to reach 1 billion views in November 2018. [59] "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen was the first 1970s video (and pre-1990s video) to reach 1 billion views in July 2019. [60] "Sweet Child o' Mine" by Guns N' Roses was the first 1980s video to reach 1 billion views in October 2019. [61]
Cambridge Dictionary has put it out to the universe, naming “manifest” as its word of the year for 2024.. Popularized by celebrities such as singer Dua Lipa, “manifest” refers to the ...
"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.