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Gustav began playing the trombone when he was 12 years old. He was appointed organist at a Gloucestershire church five years later.[([[https:// | Gustav began playing the trombone when he was 12 years old. He was appointed organist at a Gloucestershire church five years later.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Gilbert And Sullivan ===== | ||
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+ | Holst composed the music for an operetta in the manner of Gilbert and Sullivan in 1892. The composition was highly received when it was performed at Cheltenham' | ||
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+ | ===== Training ===== | ||
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+ | Sir Charles Villiers Stanford taught Holst composition at the Royal College of Music.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Influences ===== | ||
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+ | His primary inspirations included Mendelssohn, | ||
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+ | ===== Ralph Vaughan Williams ===== | ||
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+ | Holst met Ralph Vaughan Williams shortly after his 21st birthday, who became a lifetime friend and had a significant effect on Holst' | ||
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+ | ===== Isobel Holst ===== | ||
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+ | Holst met Isobel Harrison, a soprano, while leading the Hammersmith Socialist Choir. He fell in love with her; she was initially unimpressed, | ||
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+ | ===== Trombonist ===== | ||
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+ | Holst played the trombone professionally since he couldn' | ||
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+ | ===== Teacher ===== | ||
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+ | From 1905 until his death, Holst was the director of music at St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith, | ||
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+ | ===== Literature Inspiration ===== | ||
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+ | Literature was a frequent source of inspiration for Holst. He adapted Hardy and Whitman' | ||
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+ | ===== Beni Mora ===== | ||
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+ | On medical advice, he traveled to Algeria in 1908. The trip inspired his suite Beni Mora, which included music he heard on the streets of Algeria.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Purcell ===== | ||
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+ | Holst and his Morley College pupils performed Purcell' | ||
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+ | ===== Astrology ===== | ||
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+ | During a vacation in Spain, the writer Clifford Bax — the composer Arnold Bax's brother – introduced Holst to astrology, which inspired his suite The Planets. Holst spent the remainder of his life casting horoscopes for his pals and referred to astrology as his "pet vice" | ||
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+ | ===== The Planets ===== | ||
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+ | The Planets premiered on September 29, 1918, to an invited audience that included Sir Henry Wood and the majority of London' |