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Conductor. Adrian Boult. 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.
A time signature (also known as meter signature, [ 1 ]metre signature, [ 2 ] and measure signature) [ 3 ] is an indication in music notation that specifies how many note values of a particular type are contained in each measure (bar). The time signature indicates the meter of a musical movement at the bar level.
During Holst's earlier years as a composer, he took interest (as did many composers at the time) in folk music, and wrote many pieces based on folk tunes. He provided piano accompaniments in 1909 to 16 songs collected by George Gardiner for publication in 'Folk Songs from Hampshire', a volume in Cecil Sharp's County Songs series. [1]
Piano duet (four hands) – an engraved copy of Holst's own piano duet arrangement was found by John York. [1] Two pianos (duo) – Holst had originally sketched the work for two pianos, due to a need to compensate for the neuritis in his right arm. His two friends, Nora Day and Vally Lasker, had agreed to play the two-piano arrangement for him ...
Simple quintuple meter can be written in 54 or 58 time, but may also be notated by using regularly alternating bars of triple and duple meters, for example 24 + 34. Compound quintuple meter, with each of its five beats divided into three parts, can similarly be notated using a time signature of 158, by writing triplets on each beat of a simple ...
Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...
The top number in the time signature will be 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 24, etc. Compound metres are written with a time signature that shows the number of divisions of beats in each bar as opposed to the number of beats. For example, compound duple (two beats, each divided into three) is written as a time signature with a numerator of six, for example ...
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.