In ancient Roman religion Mars was the god of war. Holst composed this piece in anticipation of the outbreak of World War One ...

A piece of music by composer Gustav Holst, which was "lost" for half a century, is to be performed in the town of his birth, Cheltenham. Holst's Wind Quintet is to be performed in its original form, ...

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Ave Maria Gustav Holst, Composer Purcell Singers Imogen Holst, Conductor (12) Welsh Folk Songs, Movements: The Dove Gustav Holst, Composer Purcell Singers Imogen Holst, Conductor (12) Welsh Folk Songs ...

From left: Bay of Plenty Symphonia's Bronya Dean, librarian Gloria Pheasant and music director Justus Rozemond examine the score of ‘Folk Songs from Somerset.'"; English composer Gustav Holst took us ...

A page from Holst's lost "Folk Songs From Somerset" Bay of Plenty Symphonia A couple of years ago, Justus Rozemond, director of the Bay of Plenty Symphonia in Tauranga, New Zealand, and librarian ...

Holst is regarded as one of the most iconic, influential and innovative composers of the 20th Century A university honoured the 150th birthday of Gustav Holst with a planetarium experience in his ...

The composer, born 150 years ago this month, should be better known for his many other great works. By Simon Heffer Fate cruelly labels some great artists as one-hit wonders. Some believe Orson Welles ...

One hundred years ago, a symphonic blockbuster was born in London. The Planets, by Gustav Holst, premiered on this date in 1918. The seven-movement suite, depicting planets from our solar system, has ...