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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 many other works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success.
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.
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.
The Terzetto for flute, oboe and viola (H158), written by Gustav Holst in 1925 and first performed the following year, comprises two movements marked Allegretto and Un poco vivace. Each of the three parts is written in a different key throughout, though Holst was careful to minimise dissonance.
The Fugal Concerto was composed while Holst was convalescing from a serious fall in which he had struck his head, and from a subsequent nervous breakdown. Having previously committed himself to conduct his own works at the University of Michigan, he embarked for America on the RMS Aquitania in April 1923, two months after the accident, and began a draft of what he called "The World's Shortest ...
[I. Holst, no. 105.] The original title of the suite was simply "Suite in E ♭ for Military Band by Gustav von Holst". Holst's birthname had actually been Gustavus Theodore von Holst (he had German, Russian, Latvian and Swedish forebears, although his great-great-grandfather had emigrated to the UK in 1802).
The Second Suite in F for Military Band (Op. 28, No. 2) is Gustav Holst's second of his two suites for concert band.Although performed less frequently than the First Suite in E ♭, it is still a staple of the band repertoire.
Gustav Holst, circa 1921 " This Have I Done for My True Love ", or " Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day ", Op. 34, no. 1 [H128], [ 1 ] is a motet [ 2 ] or part song [ 3 ] composed in 1916 by Gustav Holst .