Gustav Holst

SB, SATB, Keyboard or Orchestra or Brass Quintet, Percussion and Keyboard. The element of mysticism can be seen in most of Holst's music, but nowhere is it achieved with such economy of means as it i...

SB, SATB, Keyboard or Orchestra or Brass Quintet, Percussion and Keyboard. The element of mysticism can be seen in most of Holst's music, but nowhere is it achieved with such economy of means as it i...

Holst's legendary arrangement of the melody from 'the old 124th Psalm' from the 'Genevan Psalter. '

One of Holst's most under-appreciated works, Ode To Death (Op. 38) was written in 1919 in response to the First World War, and mourned his friends who had died in that conflict. Scored for SATB Chorus...

Orchestration Piccolo*, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Cor anglais*, 3 Clarinets in Bb, Bass clarinet*, 2 Bassoons 2 Horns in F, 4 Trumpets in Bb (4th*), 3 Trombones, Tenor tuba*, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion (2 pla...

Holst composed this, one of his better-known chamber works, on a visit to a festival in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1923. The first movement has been described as a dialogue between the two solo instrumen...

Instrumentation: 2(I=picc).1.ca.2.2 - 2321 - timp - perc(2):SD/tgl/glsp/BD/susp.cym - pno - strings or 1(=picc).1.ca.1.bcl.2 - 2321 - perc(2):timp/BD/(mar)/glsp/susp.cym/SD/tgl/(t.bells) - pno(=cel) -...

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Gustav Holst wrote the libretto and music for his opera The Perfect Fool over the years 1918 to 1922. It had its premiere at in London the next year, but mystified audiences and has been rarely perfor...