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Gustav Holst: the man and his music
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Abstract
Early years (1874-93) the student (1893-98) the orchestral musician (1898-1903) the teacher (1903-08) from Sanskrit to folk-music (1908-11) from school to Queen's hall (1911-13) astrology and the war (1913-16) music at Thaxted (1916-17) wartime in London (1917-18) barrack-room and university (1918-20) growing fame (1920-22) international acclaim (1922-24) real composer and tame cat (1924-25) lectures and festivities (1925-27) commision and competition (1927-28) life is moderately pleasing (1929-30) from Hammersmith to the USA (1930-32) final years (1932-34) epilogue (1934) the legacy Holst's musical style - rhythm and metre, melody and counterpoint, tonality, harmony, form, orchestration and intrumental writing, choral and vocal writing Holst's character - a pheneological analysis Holst's compositions - a classified list personalia - notes on people connected with Holst's career.