Short Name: | Gustav Holst |
Full Name: | Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934 |
Birth Year: | 1874 |
Death Year: | 1934 |
Gustav Holst (b. Chelteham, Gloucestershire, England, September 21, 1874, d. London, England, May 25, 1934) was a renowned British composer and musician. Having studied at Cheltenham Grammar School, he soon obtained a professional position as an organist, and later as choirmaster. In 1892, Holst composed a two-act operetta, which so impressed his father that he borrowed the money to send Holst to the Royal College of Music. Severe neuritis in his right hand later caused him to give up the keyboard, and Holst turned to the trombone and composing. In 1895 Holst met Ralph Vaughan Williams, and the two became lifelong friends. Vaughan Williams helped Holst land his first job as a singing teacher. Holst became very interested in Indian and Hindu culture, and composed a number of operas translated from Sanksrit myths. These were not received well in England, however. Holst is best known for his composition, The Planets, as well as . The success of these two works garnered Holst the leisure to leave teaching and spend all his time composing. His later works were not met with such great success, however, and Holst’s later years were spent in much weariness, though he continued to write, composing a total of thirty operas. Holst died after an operation left his heart too weak.
Laura de Jong
Tunes by Gustav Holst (16) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[Once there was a soldier] | Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 (Composer) | 2 | |
STEPNEY | Gustav Holst (Composer) | 3 | 11234 51157 65157 |
[I saw a fair maiden] | Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 (Composer) | 2 | 11235 47654 4 |
PERSONENT HODIE | Gustav Theodore Holst (Arranger) | 39 | 11544 55516 75457 |
GENEVAN 77 | Gustav Holst (Harmonizer) | 1 | 11712 32111 71232 |
MONK STREET | Gustav Holst (Composer) | 2 | 12321 65125 3421 |
PICARDY | Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 (Arranger) | 1 | 12345 54555 567 |
BROOKEND | Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 (Composer) | 3 | 12512 36532 1236 |
VALIANT HEARTS | Gustav Holst (Composer) | 3 | 14253 43221 14251 |
PRINCE RUPERT | Gustav Holst (Arranger) | 4 | 15123 43211 71151 |
BOSSINEY | Gustav Holst (Composer) | 5 | 15614 32321 54332 |
CHILSWELL | Gustav Holst (Composer) | 1 | 15676 51221 34564 |
CRANHAM | Gustav Holst (Composer) | 72 | 34532 12326 23453 |
THAXTED (Holst) | Gustav Holst, 1874-1934 (Composer) | 83 | 35617 51217 67653 |
SHEEN | Gustav Theodore Holst (1874-1934) (Composer) | 14 | 56123 17514 32111 |
ESSEX (Holst) | G. T. Holst (Composer) | 2 | 56175 66653 53231 |