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==Life==
==Life==
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'''Biography'''
'''Biography'''
{{WikipediaLink}}
{{WikipediaLink}}


==List of choral works==
==List of choral works==
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===Anthems===
===Anthems===
*{{NoCo|All glory, laud and honor}} &nbsp; ( [http://choirworks.com/index.php/home/2008/10/30/allglorylaudandhonor {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|All glory, laud and honor}}
*{{NoCo|Ave Maria}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Ave_maria.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Ave_maria.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Ave_maria.sib}} Sibelius 7.5] )
*{{NoCo|All people that on earth do dwell}}
*{{NoCo|Ave Maria}}
*''Eternal Father (1927)
*''Eternal Father (1927)
*''Gird on thy Sword (1927)
*''Gird on thy Sword (1927)
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#''Sing me the men  
#''Sing me the men  
*''Two Psalms (1912)
*''Two Psalms (1912)
#{{NoCo|Psalm 86}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|hols-p86.pdf|hols-p86.mid|hols-p86.sib|Sibelius 2}}
#{{NoCo|Psalm 86}}
#{{NoCo|Psalm 148}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|hols-148.pdf|hols-148.mid|hols-148.sib|Sibelius 2}}
#{{NoCo|Psalm 148}}
*{{NoCo|Short Festival Te Deum}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|hols-ted.pdf|hols-ted.mid|hols-ted.sib|Sibelius 3}}
*{{NoCo|Short Festival Te Deum}}
*''Three Festival Choruses Op36A (1916)
*''Three Festival Choruses Op36A (1916)
#{{NoCo|Let all mortal flesh keep silence}} {{LLink|Let_mortal_flesh.pdf|Let_mortal_flesh.mid|Let_mortal_flesh_v2.sib|Sibelius 6}}
#{{NoCo|Let all mortal flesh keep silence}}  
#{{NoCo|Turn back O Man}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|hols-tur.pdf|hols-tur.mid|hols-tur.sib|Sibelius 2}}
#{{NoCo|Turn back O Man}}
#''A Festival Chime
#''A Festival Chime


===Carols===
===Carols===
 
*{{NoCo|Come, ye lofty}}
*{{NoCo|Come, ye lofty}} &nbsp; ( [{{website|xmassongbook}} {{net}}] )
*{{NoCo|Christmas Day}}
*{{NoCo|Christmas Day}} &nbsp; {{LLink|GHXmasday.pdf}}
*''Four Carols, Op. 34''
*''Four Carols, Op. 34''
#{{NoCo|This Have I Done for My True Love}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|hols-thi.pdf|hols-thi.mid|hols-thi.sib|Sibelius 2}}
#{{NoCo|This have I done for my true love}}
#{{NoCo|Lullay My Liking}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|hols-001.pdf|hols-001.mid|hols-001.zip|Finale 1998}}
#{{NoCo|Lullay my liking}}
#''Of one that is so fair  
#{{NoCo|Of one that is so fair and bright}}
#{{NoCo|Bring us in good ale}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Bring_us_in_good_ale.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Bring_us_in_good_ale.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:Bring_us_in_good_ale.sib}} Sibelius 6] {{sib}} )
#{{NoCo|Bring us in good ale}}
*{{NoCo|Four Old English Carols}} &nbsp; ({{LLinkW|hol-4oec.pdf}}
*{{NoCo|Four Old English Carols}}
**{{NoCo|A babe is born}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|hol-oec1.pdf|hol-oec1.mid|hol-oec1.sib|Sibelius 2}}
**{{NoCo|A babe is born}}
**{{NoCo|Now Let Us Sing}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|hol-oec2.pdf|hol-oec2.mid|hol-oec2.sib|Sibelius 2}}
**{{NoCo|Now Let Us Sing}}
**{{NoCo|Jesu, Thou the Virgin Born}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|hol-oec3.pdf|hol-oec3.mid|hol-oec3.sib|Sibelius 2}}
**{{NoCo|Jesu, Thou the Virgin Born}}
**{{NoCo|The Saviour of the world is born}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|hol-oec4.pdf|hol-oec4.mid|hol-oec4.sib|Sibelius 2}}
**{{NoCo|The Saviour of the world is born}}
*[[Good Christian men, rejoice (Traditional)|''Good Christian men, rejoice'']] &nbsp; ( [{{website|mather}}/cd/index.shtml?65.txt {{net}}] )
*[[Good Christian men, rejoice (Traditional)|''Good Christian men, rejoice'']]
*{{NoCo|In the Bleak Midwinter}} &nbsp; {{editions|3}}
*{{NoCo|In the Bleak Midwinter}}
*{{NoCo|Personent hodie}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|hols-per.pdf|hols-per.mid|hols-per.mus|Finale}}
*{{NoCo|Personent hodie}}
*''Three Carols (1916-17)
*''Three Carols (1916-17)
#''Christmas Song: On this Day
#''Christmas Song: On this Day
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*''Holy Ghost, Come Down Upon Thy Children (1905)
*''Holy Ghost, Come Down Upon Thy Children (1905)
*''I Sought Thee Round About, O Thou My God (1925)
*''I Sought Thee Round About, O Thou My God (1925)
*{{NoCo|I Vow to Thee, My Country}} &nbsp; {{LLink|I_Vow_To_Thee_My_Country2.pdf|Holst-I_Vow_To_Thee_My_Country2.mid|Holst-I_Vow_To_Thee_My_Country2.enc|Encore}}
*{{NoCo|I vow to thee, my country}}
*''In This World, the Isle of Dreams (1925)
*''In This World, the Isle of Dreams (1925)
*''O God, Beyond all Praising'' &nbsp; (not available - text still under copyright)
*''O God, Beyond all Praising'' (not available - text still under copyright)
*''O Valiant Hearts (1925)
*''O Valiant Hearts (1925)
*''Onward, Christian Soldiers (1925)
*''Onward, Christian Soldiers (1925)
*{{NoCo|Sing to the Lord}} &nbsp; {{LLink|1921Holst.pdf|1921Holst.mid}}
*{{NoCo|Sing to the Lord}}


===Large Works===
===Large Works===
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##''Hymn of the Travellers
##''Hymn of the Travellers
#''Fourth Group, Op. 26 No. 4 (1912)
#''Fourth Group, Op. 26 No. 4 (1912)
##''Hymn to Agni
##{{NoCo|Hymn to Agni}}
##''Hymn to Soma
##{{NoCo|Hymn to Soma}}
##''Hymn to Manas
##{{NoCo|Hymn to Manas}}
##''Hymn to Indra
##{{NoCo|Hymn to Indra}}
*''The Cloud Messenger Op. 30 (1909-10)
*''The Cloud Messenger Op. 30 (1909-10)
*''First Choral Symphony Op. 41 (1923-24)
*''First Choral Symphony Op. 41 (1923-24)
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*''The Hymn of Jesus Op. 37 (1917)
*''The Hymn of Jesus Op. 37 (1917)
*''King Estmere Op. 17 (1903)
*''King Estmere Op. 17 (1903)
*''Ode to Death Op. 38 (1919)


===Opera===
===Opera===
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===Folk Songs===
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===Partsongs===
===Partsongs===
*''A Dirge for Two Veterans (1914)
*''A Dirge for Two Veterans (1914)
*''Clear and Cool Op. 5 (1897)
*''Clear and Cool Op. 5 (1897)
*''Come live with me (1933)
*''Come live with me (1933)
*''Dirge and Hymeneal (1915)
*{{NoCo|Dirge and Hymeneal}} (1915)
*''Diverus and Lazarus (1916)
*''Diverus and Lazarus (1916)
*''Eight canons (1932)
*''Eight canons (1932)
#''If You Love Songs
#''If You Love Songs
#''Lovely Venus
#{{NoCo|Lovely Venus}}
#''The Fields of Sorrow
#''The Fields of Sorrow
#''David's Lament for Jonathan
#{{NoCo|David's Lament for Jonathan}}
#''O Strong of Heart
#''O Strong of Heart
#''Truth of All Truth
#''Truth of All Truth
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#''If it were the Time of Lilies
#''If it were the Time of Lilies
*''Five Part-Songs Op. 9A (1897-1900)
*''Five Part-Songs Op. 9A (1897-1900)
#''Love is Enough
#{{NoCo|Love is enough}}
#''To Sylvia
#''To Sylvia
#''Autumn
#''Autumn
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#''A Love Song
#''A Love Song
*''Five Part-Songs Op. 12 (1902-3)
*''Five Part-Songs Op. 12 (1902-3)
#''Dream Tryst
#{{NoCo|Dream Tryst}}
#''Ye Little Birds
#{{NoCo|Ye little birds}}
#''Her Eyes The Glow-Worm Lend Thee
#{{NoCo|Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee}}
#''Now is the Month of Maying
#{{NoCo|Now is the Month of Maying}}
#''Come To Me
#{{NoCo|Come to me}}
*''Four Part-songs'' ed. Imogen Holst (no CPDL edition)
*''Four Part-songs'' ed. Imogen Holst (no CPDL edition)
#''O Lady, leave that silken thread'' (SSATBB)
#''O Lady, leave that silken thread'' (SSATBB)
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#''The Autumn is old'' (SATB)
#''The Autumn is old'' (SATB)
#''Winter and the birds'' (SATB)
#''Winter and the birds'' (SATB)
*{{NoCo|The Hawthorn Tree}} &nbsp; ( [http://www.tykroll.com/dargason.pdf {{extpdf}}] [http://www.tykroll.com/dargason.MID {{extmid}}] )
*{{NoCo|The Hawthorn Tree}}
*''Hecuba's Lament Op. 31 No. 1 (1911)
*''Hecuba's Lament Op. 31 No. 1 (1911)
*''Home they brought her warrior dead (1905)
*''Home they brought her warrior dead (1905)
*''Hymn to Dionysus Op. 31 No. 2 (1913)
*''Hymn to Dionysus Op. 31 No. 2 (1913)
*{{NoCo|In youth is pleasure}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:In_Youth_Is_Pleasure.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:In_Youth_Is_Pleasure.ly}} {{ly}}] ) (1908)
*{{NoCo|In youth is pleasure}} (1908)
*''Light leaves whisper (1896)
*{{NoCo|Light leaves whisper}} (1896)
*{{NoCo|O Swallow, Swallow}} &nbsp; {{LLinkW|hols-osw.pdf|hols-osw.mid|hols-osw.sib|Sibelius 2}}
*''Ode to Death Op. 38 (1919)
*''Seven Part-Songs Op. 44 (1925-26)
*''Seven Part-Songs Op. 44 (1925-26)
#''Say, Who Is This?
#''Say, Who Is This?
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#''Love on My Heart from Heaven Fell
#''Love on My Heart from Heaven Fell
#''Assemble, All Ye Maidens
#''Assemble, All Ye Maidens
*''Six Choral Folk Songs Op. 36B (1916)
 
#''I Sowed the Seeds of Love
*{{NoCo|Six Choral Folksongs}} Op. 36B (1916)
#{{NoCo|There was a tree}} &nbsp; ( [http://johnkilpatrick.co.uk/music/misc/Holst-Therewasatree.pdf {{extpdf}}] [http://johnkilpatrick.co.uk/music/misc/Holst-Therewasatree.mid {{extmid}}] [http://johnkilpatrick.co.uk/music/misc Overture] )
#{{NoCo|I sowed the seeds of love}}
#{{NoCo|Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Matthew_mark_try_6.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Matthew_mark_try_6.ly}} LilyPond] )
#{{NoCo|There was a tree}}
#''The Song of the Blacksmith
#{{NoCo|Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John}}
#{{NoCo|I love my love}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:I_love_my_love_(no_piano).pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:I_love_my_love_(no_piano).mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:I_love_my_love_(no_piano).sib}} Sibelius 6] {{sib}} )
#{{NoCo|Song of the Blacksmith}}
#{{NoCo|Swansea Town}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:Swansea_town_WITH_COVERS.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Swansea_town_try_5_minimize_lyrics_and_finish_piano.ly}} LilyPond] )
#{{NoCo|I love my love}}
#{{NoCo|Swansea Town}}
*''Six Choruses Op. 53 (1931-32)
*''Six Choruses Op. 53 (1931-32)
#''Intercession
#''Intercession
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#''The Slendour Falls
#''The Slendour Falls
#''Tears, Idle Tears
#''Tears, Idle Tears
#''O Swallow, Swallow
#{{NoCo|O Swallow, Swallow}}
#''Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
#''Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
*''The Swallow leaves her nest (1913)
*''The Swallow leaves her nest (1913)
*''Twelve Humbert Wolfe songs, Op. 48 (1929)
#''Persephone''
#''Things Lovelier''
#''Now in These Fairylands''
#''A Little Music''
#''The Thought''
#''The Floral Bandit''
#''Envoi''
#''The Dream-City''
#''Journey's End''
#''In the Street of Lost Time''
#''Rhyme''
#''Betelgeuse''
*''Twelve Welsh Folk Songs (1930-31)
*''Twelve Welsh Folk Songs (1930-31)
#''Lisa Lan
# {{NoCo|Lisa Lân}}
#''Green Grass
#''Green Grass
#''The Dove
#''The Dove
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#''The First Love
#''The First Love
#''O 'twas on a Monday morning
#''O 'twas on a Monday morning
#''My Sweetheart's Like Venus - ''in progress''
# {{NoCo|Mae 'nghariadd i'n Fenws}} ''(My Sweetheart's Like Venus)''
#''White Summer Rose
#''White Summer Rose
#''The Lively Pair
#''The Lively Pair
#''The Lover's Complaint
#''The Lover's Complaint
*''Two Eastern Pictures (1911)
*''Two Eastern Pictures (1911)
# {{NoCo|The Spring}} &nbsp; ( [{{filepath:holst - two eastern pictures - 1.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Holst_-_two_eastern_pictures_-_1.mid}} {{mid}}] [{{filepath:holst - two eastern pictures - 1.mus}} Finale 2010] )
# {{NoCo|The Spring}}
#''The Summer
#''The Summer
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Revision as of 17:20, 24 August 2019

Gustav Holst

Life

Born: 21 September 1874

Died: 25 May 1934

Biography

View the Wikipedia article on Gustav Holst.

List of choral works

Anthems

  1. The Evening Watch
  2. Sing me the men
  • Two Psalms (1912)
  1. Psalm 86
  2. Psalm 148
  1. Let all mortal flesh keep silence
  2. Turn back O Man
  3. A Festival Chime

Carols

  1. This have I done for my true love
  2. Lullay my liking
  3. Of one that is so fair and bright
  4. Bring us in good ale
  1. Christmas Song: On this Day
  2. I Saw Three Ships
  3. Masters in This Hall
  • Two Carols (1916)
  1. Terly Terlow - in progress
  2. A Welcome Song
  • Wassail Song (1931)

Choral Ballet

  • The Golden Goose Op. 45 No. 1 (1926)
  • The Morning of the Year Op. 45 No. 2 (1926-27)

Hymns

  • Christ Hath a Garden
  • From Glory to Glory Advancing (1905)
  • Holy Ghost, Come Down Upon Thy Children (1905)
  • I Sought Thee Round About, O Thou My God (1925)
  • I vow to thee, my country
  • In This World, the Isle of Dreams (1925)
  • O God, Beyond all Praising (not available - text still under copyright)
  • O Valiant Hearts (1925)
  • Onward, Christian Soldiers (1925)
  • Sing to the Lord

Large Works

  • A Choral Fantasia Op. 51 (1930)
  • Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda
  1. First Group, Op. 26 No. 1 (1908-10)
    1. Battle Hymn
    2. To the Unknown God
    3. Funeral Hymn
  2. Second Group, Op. 26 No. 2 (1909)
    1. To Varuna
    2. To Agni
    3. Funeral Chant
  3. Third Group, Op. 26 No. 3 (1910)
    1. Hymn to the Dawn
    2. Hymn to the Waters
    3. Hymn to Vena
    4. Hymn of the Travellers
  4. Fourth Group, Op. 26 No. 4 (1912)
    1. Hymn to Agni
    2. Hymn to Soma
    3. Hymn to Manas
    4. Hymn to Indra
  • The Cloud Messenger Op. 30 (1909-10)
  • First Choral Symphony Op. 41 (1923-24)
  1. Prelude: Invocation to Pan
  2. Song and Bacchanal
  3. Ode on a Grecian Urn
  4. Scherzo: Fancy
  5. Folly's Song
  6. Finale
  • The Hymn of Jesus Op. 37 (1917)
  • King Estmere Op. 17 (1903)
  • Ode to Death Op. 38 (1919)

Opera

  • At the Boar's Head Op. 42 (1924)
  • The Idea (1896)
  • The Perfect Fool Op. 39 (1918-22)
  • The Revoke Op. 1 (1895)
  • Savitri Op. 25 (1908)
  • Sita Op. 23 (1899-1906)
  • The Wandering Scholar Op. 50 (1929-30)
  • The Youth's Choice Op. 11 (1902)

Partsongs

  • A Dirge for Two Veterans (1914)
  • Clear and Cool Op. 5 (1897)
  • Come live with me (1933)
  • Dirge and Hymeneal (1915)
  • Diverus and Lazarus (1916)
  • Eight canons (1932)
  1. If You Love Songs
  2. Lovely Venus
  3. The Fields of Sorrow
  4. David's Lament for Jonathan
  5. O Strong of Heart
  6. Truth of All Truth
  7. Evening on the Moselle
  8. If it were the Time of Lilies
  • Five Part-Songs Op. 9A (1897-1900)
  1. Love is enough
  2. To Sylvia
  3. Autumn
  4. Come Away, Death
  5. A Love Song
  • Five Part-Songs Op. 12 (1902-3)
  1. Dream Tryst
  2. Ye little birds
  3. Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee
  4. Now is the Month of Maying
  5. Come to me
  • Four Part-songs ed. Imogen Holst (no CPDL edition)
  1. O Lady, leave that silken thread (SSATBB)
  2. Soft and gently (SSA)
  3. The Autumn is old (SATB)
  4. Winter and the birds (SATB)
  1. Say, Who Is This?
  2. O Love, I Complain
  3. Angel Spirits of Sleep
  4. When First We Met
  5. Sorrow and Joy
  6. Love on My Heart from Heaven Fell
  7. Assemble, All Ye Maidens
  1. I sowed the seeds of love
  2. There was a tree
  3. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
  4. Song of the Blacksmith
  5. I love my love
  6. Swansea Town
  • Six Choruses Op. 53 (1931-32)
  1. Intercession
  2. Good Friday
  3. Drinking Song
  4. A Love Song
  5. How Mighty are the Sabbaths
  6. Before Sleep
  • Songs from 'The Princess' Op. 20A (1905)
  1. Sweet and Low
  2. The Slendour Falls
  3. Tears, Idle Tears
  4. O Swallow, Swallow
  5. Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
  • The Swallow leaves her nest (1913)
  • Twelve Humbert Wolfe songs, Op. 48 (1929)
  1. Persephone
  2. Things Lovelier
  3. Now in These Fairylands
  4. A Little Music
  5. The Thought
  6. The Floral Bandit
  7. Envoi
  8. The Dream-City
  9. Journey's End
  10. In the Street of Lost Time
  11. Rhyme
  12. Betelgeuse
  • Twelve Welsh Folk Songs (1930-31)
  1. Lisa Lân
  2. Green Grass
  3. The Dove
  4. Awake, Awake
  5. The Nightingale and Linnet
  6. The Mother-In-Law
  7. The First Love
  8. O 'twas on a Monday morning
  9. Mae 'nghariadd i'n Fenws (My Sweetheart's Like Venus)
  10. White Summer Rose
  11. The Lively Pair
  12. The Lover's Complaint
  • Two Eastern Pictures (1911)
  1. The Spring
  2. The Summer


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Publications

External links

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