Country Dance
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Product ID: GM1 CL215
By Gustav Holst
Publisher:
Goodmusic
Arranger:
Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, Cornet (or Trumpet in Bb)Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)
Series:
Goodmusic Concert Classics
Genre:
Romantic era,
Line Up:
Symphony Orchestra
Duration:
3:30
Level: 2-3
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About this item
The young Holst became acquainted with opera in a big way in July 1892, when he took a train to London to hear Wagner's Gotterdammerung at Covent Garden, conducted by Gustav Mahler. On a rather humbler scale, his own main composition of 1892 was a two-act operetta entitled Lansdown Castle (or The Sorcerer of Tewkesbury), for which a local Cheltenham resident (Major A.C. Cunningham) wrote the libretto. The local newspaper described the plot as 'a slender stringing together, in a whimsical way, of various incidents, more or less improbable'. On 22 December 1892 some selections from the work were performed at a Grand Orchestral Concert at the Assembly Rooms in Cheltenham, conducted by the composer, in which this Country Dance is likely to have appeared. The first (and possibly only) complete performance of the operetta took place the following February at the Cheltenham Corn Exchange with piano accompaniment only, played by Holst himself.
Instrumentation
Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, Cornet (or Trumpet in Bb)
Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)
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Composer
Gustav Holst (1847-1934)
Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst, 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets.
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 combined influence of Ravel, Hindu spiritualism and English folk tunes enabled Holst to free himself of the influence of Wagner and Strauss and to forge his own style. Holst's music is well known for unconventional use of metre and haunting melodies.
Holst composed almost 200 works, including operas, ballets, choral hymns and songs. An enthusiastic educator, Holst became music master at St Paul's Girls' School in 1905 and director of music at Morley College in 1907, continuing in both posts until retirement.
He was the brother of Hollywood actor Ernest Cossart and father of the composer and conductor Imogen Holst, who wrote a biography of him in 1938.
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