Gustav holst born september 21, 1874 cheltenham, gloucestershire, uk died may 25. Its first public performance took place in 1920, and it was an instant success. Pauls suit by ambrosian chorus ladies royal philharmonic orchestra vernon handley emusic. He is most famous for his orchestral suite the planets. Sharp and to the point containing holsts signature all over it. Take this playlist with you and enjoy the full soundcloud experience with our free app. The planets revisited gustav holst evokes the astrological character of the planets in his popular symphonic suite. His father was a pianist and his mother who died when he was 8 was a singer clara holst adolf holst.
Click on the button to go to the page where you can download the music. Deceptive cadence the english composers supernova hit continues to obscure his jaunty, folk inflected st. Classical holst royalty free music library stock music downloads. Gustav holst was a british composer best known for his orchestral suite the planets. Each movement is named after a planet on the solar system, and its corresponding astrological character. Holsts the planets learning edinburgh international. For example 602 m128 means that this performer offers a mp3 file of 128kbps that takes 6 minutes and two seconds. Sir adrian boult was among the greatest interpreters of holsts suite the planets. Mars, the bringer of war in 5 time 5 beats in a bar throughout with three epic climaxes. This then, was the background to the planets suite which holst completed in 1916. Does anyone happen to know who the conductor, symphony, and year of recording was. This score incorporates two versions of the vocal score. Interest in holsts music continues to grow, and in particular in more outoftheway material. The concept of the work is astrological rather than astronomical which is why earth is not included.
Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the solar system and its corresponding astrological character as defined by holst from its premiere to the present day, the suite has been enduringly popular, influential, widely performed and frequently recorded. Jupiter, performed by royal scottish national orchestra. When gustav holst composed his celebrated suite the planets during the first world war, the solar system was bounded by the orbit of neptune the mystic in holsts astrological subtitlewhich holst naturally placed at the end of his masterpiece. He decided the order of the movements on musical criteria rather than astrological factors so they do not move in orbit outwards from the sun. At the end of each line you find more information about the music of that specific performer. Holst, gustav gustav holst 21 september 1874 25 may 1934 alternative namestransliterations.
For example 602 m128 means that this performer offers a mp3 file of 128kbps that takes 6. This is a music guided listening unit over the planets by gustav holst. The planets became one of the most popular and widely recognized musical works of the twentieth century. The planets orchestral suite from 1918 describes seven planets in music but looks at their moods or characters rather than their scientific properties. Pauls suite royal philharmonic orchestra, vernon handley, ambro. The planets the complete suite mars, venus, mercury, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune by bbc symphony orchestra. Venus was the second of the seven to be composed and has an unmistakable air of calm contrasts with the first movement, which is very loud and thunderous.
Indra is an accomplished tone poem revealing holsts interest in the legends of india, whilst the glittering and evocative japanese suite was written in response to a request from a japanese dancer appearing in london. A great deal of holst s personality is captured in the planets, with the extrovert in jupiter, his sense of humour in uranus, and his relaxed manner in the lyrical second movement of the work, venus. It was not until fifteen years later that american astronomer clyde tombaugh, trying to find the reason for peculiarities in neptunes orbit. This is a really outstanding recording of the suite. In his illustrious career, boult has recorded holsts masterpiece five times. These have little to do with astronomy and even less with the roman deities whose names they carry. Holst is most famous for his orchestral suite the planets. Jupiter from the planets gustav holst download uranus from the planets gustav holst download first suite in eb for military band gustav holst download. Gustav holst midi files download for free midiworld. Gustav holst 1874 1934 gustav holst was born in cheltenham, england on the 21st september 1874 statue of holst in his home town. Gustav holst the planets performed as a send off for holst, who was going to mainland europe to help with the demobilization of british ww i troops. Holst jupiter from the planets theme midi file for. John eliot gardiner tops the list of conductors who have recorded holsts. As he suffered from neuritis an inflammation of the nerves in his right arm holst found it painful.
His distinctive compositional style was the product of many influences, richard wagner and richard strauss being. It is best suited for grades 5 and up, but can easily be modified and enjoyed by the younger grades as well. The main attraction of this package is the presentatio. In some countries this may not be legally possible. Holst was kept busy working as a teacher and it took him two years to write the planets between 1914 and 1916. In the shadow of the planets lies gustav holsts sweet little suite. With the exception of earth, all planets known during the works composition are present. Gustav holst the planets project creative classrooms. Each movement is named after a planet on the solar system, and its corresponding astrological.
Holst was rather inspired by astrology and the suite actually concerns human character as influenced by the planets. Ten pieces mars from the planets by gustav holst bbc. Gustav holst born september 21, 1874 cheltenham, gloucestershire, uk died may 25, 1934 was an english composer and a music teacher for over 20 years. Welcome to the daily download, a handpicked, free, downloadable piece of classical music available every weekday. Musopen grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. Regarded as a masterful interpretation since its appearance in 1987, charles dutoits awardwinning recording of gustav holsts the planets deserves all the praise it has received from fans and critics alike. Gustav holst composer 18741934 play or download midi files from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. This site uses features found in ie5 and netscape 6 and higher. His early works show the influence of grieg, wagner, richard strauss and fellow student ralph vaughan williams, and later, through vaughan williams, the music of ravel. The work has long been a staple of the international orchestral repertoire.
Best known for his orchestral suite the planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. This is a public domain recording of the planets, op. Close for 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music without asking you anything in exchange. In 1916 gustav holst completed another set of musical character sketches his suite the planets, in seven movements. This work has been released into the public domain by its author, musopen. In the shadow of the planets lies gustav holsts sweet. Stream gustav holst the planets suite complete by jaqob jackson from desktop or your mobile device. Of the various movements, mars and jupiter are the most frequently heard.
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