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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' | ||
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+ | ===== Death ===== | ||
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+ | Gustav Holst died on May 25, 1934, at the age of 59, of heart failure caused by an ulcer procedure. His ashes were placed at Chichester Cathedral in Sussex, beside the grave to his favorite Tudor composer, Thomas Weelkes.[([[https:// |