St. Paul's Suite
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Product ID: GM2 CL134
By Gustav Holst
published: 1913
Publisher:
Goodmusic
Series:
Concert Classics
Genre:
Romantic Era
Line Up:
String Orchestra
Duration:
12:00
Level: 4
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About this item
This suite was composed during 1912-1913 for the string orchestra at St.Paul's Girls' School in London, where Holst was teaching music, partially to thank the school for having built a soundproof studio for him. There are four movements: a Jig, alternating between 6/8 and 9/8 time, a presto Ostinato, an Intermezzo and a Finale, arranged from the Fantasy on the Dargason from his second suite for military band.
Instrumentation
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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