The music of Gustav Holst ; and, Holst's music reconsidered / Imogen Holst.

Author/creator Holst, Imogen
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1986, ©1985.
Descriptionix, 178 pages, 47 unnumbered pages of plates : facsimiles, music ; 23 cm
Subjects
Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934--Criticism and interpretation.

Uniform titleMusic of Gustav Holst
Contents Background to the 'early horrors' (1893-1900) -- Chromaticism and the mystic trumpter (1900-5) -- The folk-song revival (1905-7) -- The sanskrit works (1906-12) -- School music and experiments in orchestration (1908-14) -- The Planets (1914-17) -- Music for thaxted (1916-17) -- The Hymn of Jesus and the Ode to Death (1917-19) -- The Perfect Fool (1918-22) -- Neo-classicism and the Choral Symphony (1922-4) -- At the Boar's Head (1924) -- The Terzetto and the Bridges part-songs (1924-6) -- Festival music for amateurs (1925-8) -- Egdon Heath (1927) -- The twelve songs and the double concerto (1929) -- The tale of the wandering scholar (1929-30) -- The choral fantasia and Hammersmith (1930) -- Welsh folk-songs and the male-voice choruses (1930-2) -- The lyric movement and the unfinished symphony (1932-4) -- The end of the struggle -- The need for thinking again -- The influence of Cheltenham -- Following where Wagner led -- 'The musical idiom of the English language' -- Results of a holiday in Algeria -- Some problems of performance in 'The Planets' -- Searching for the notation for rhythm -- Advantages and disadvantages of having to write what was wanted -- Editing Holst's music.
Abstract A leading figure of English music in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Gustav Holst is best known for his orchestral tour de force, The Planets. He composed music of startling originality in many forms, drawing inspiration from sources as varied as English folk-song, oriental melody, the Apocrypha, and Sanskrit literatures, as well as from such writers as Keats, Hardy, and Whitman.
General noteThe 1st work is a 3rd revised edition.
General noteIncludes indexes.
Bibliography noteList of the composer's published works in print: pages 165-168.
Bibliography note"Bibliography, revised and upgraded by Lowinger Maddison": pages 169-171.
Other titleHolst's music reconsidered.
LCCN 84011304
ISBN0193154587 :
ISBN0193154579 (pbk.) :

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Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML410.H748 H64 1986 ✔ Available Place Hold