Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Bio
Gustavus Theodore von Holst was born in Gloucestershire. He came from a long line of musicians and learned piano and violin at a young age. He began composing as a teenager and applied for a scholarship to the Royal College of Music but was beaten out by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. He played Trombone professionally to pay his way through college. He met Ralph Vaughn Williams and the two of them became life-long friends and each other's fiercest critics. He named Wagner and Strauss his early influences and was named by Britten, Vaughn Williams, and others as an influence on their style.
Music
The Planets
I Vow to Thee My Country
Hammersmith
Symphony in F major "The Cotswolds"
The Cloud Messenger
A Moorside Suite for String Orchestra
Second Suite in F for Military Band
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