Early Life: Gustav Holst, was born to a family of Swedish extraction (by way of Latvia and Russia). Towards the end of his life, Gustav Holst wrote Choral Fantasia (1930), and he was commissioned by the BBC to write a piece for military band; the resulting Hammersmith was a tribute to the place where he had spent most of his life, a musical expression of the London borough (of Hammersmith), which begins with an attempt to recreate the haunting sound of the River Thames sleepily flowing its way. This is a clip from a performance by the BBC Philharmonic with conductor Andrew Davis. | T
This is a clip from a performance by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain with conductor Edward Gardner. His travels in the Arab and Berber land, including an extensive cycling tour of the Algerian Sahara, inspired the suite Beni Mora, written upon his return. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/gustavus-theodore-von-holst-379.php, Famous Role Models You Would Like To Meet.
His mother had Spanish origin; her great grandmother married an Irishman and moved to Ireland. It was at this time that he took up the first teaching job as a music master at James Allen’s Girls School in Wets Dulwich in South London. Holst was christened Gustavus Theodore von Holst, after his grandfather and his great uncle, Theodor who was a painter.
siblings: Emil Gottfried, Evelyn, Matthias, education: Royal College of Music, University College London, Pate's Grammar School. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p05fdw8w, Planetary pianism from Katya Apekisheva and Charles Owen, live on In Tune from London's Southbank Centre, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p04b4scl.jpg. This is a clip from a performance by the French National Orchestra with conductor Lorin Mazel. “Never compose anything unless the not composing of it becomes a positive nuisance to you” — these words exemplify the depth and passion in which Gustav Holst chased the heights of music composition. Image of Uranus © NASA/JPL. This is a clip from a performance by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Vladimir Jurowski. Gustav Holst was born on September 21, 1874 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in England as the first of two children to Adolph and Clara Von Holst. Among other teaching activities, he built up a strong tradition of performance at Morley College, where he served as musical director from 1907 until 1924 and pioneered music education for women at St Paul's Girls' School, where he taught from 1905 until his death in 1934. In 1905, Gustav Holst was appointed Director of Music at St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith, London, where he composed the still popular St Paul's Suite for the school orchestra in 1913. Image © NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems. Holst was influenced during these years by socialism and attended lectures and speeches by George Bernard Shaw, with whom he shared a passion for vegetarianism, and by William Morris, both of whom were among the UK's most outspoken supporters of the socialist movement. The piece has been much better received in recent years, with several recordings available. In 1905, he was made the Director of Music at St. Paul’s Girls School in Hammersmith in London.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p06m8sq8, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p06drkv3.jpg. Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo H178, Op. By 1897, his first work as a student was ready – ‘Winter Idyll’ in which the influence of Wagner, Mendelsohn and Grieg was visible. During these early years, he was influenced greatly by the poetry of Walt Whitman, as were many of his contemporaries, and set his words in The Mystic Trumpeter (1904). Gustav also taught music to army troupes on a trip to Salonica (present day Thessaloniki, Greece) and Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1918. In the school, he started composing, writing piano pieces, songs, organ voluntaries, anthems and symphonies. Gustav Holst, was born to a family of Swedish extraction (by way of Latvia and Russia). Contributed by, Gustav Holst Website
https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p01p2zv0, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/208x117/p061vs1d.jpg, As tickets go on sale for the 2016 season, we look at a small selection that sums up the spirit of the festival, Enjoy this list of just a few great performances from a blockbuster season, Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License. Read Full Biography. Gustav became the Director of Music at Morley College. | M
https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular/p06m8tfy, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/240x135/p06m8vjg.jpg, From The Planets by Holst. However, his physical agonies were largely ignored by his father. In 1907, Holst also became director of music at Morley College. Holst's father Adolph von Holst, an organist, pianist and choirmaster, gave both piano lessons and recitals; and his mother, Clara von Holst, who died when Gustav was eight, was a singer.
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Though the work was never performed in his lifetime, it made his musical style becoming more direct. His forte extended from operas to chamber music to vocal and orchestral music, Sanskrit literature, astrology and more, thanks to his innovative and intriguing mind. His father, Adolph was an established pianist, who taught and spent much of his time practicing piano, much to the disregard of his wife, Clara, and two children. His ashes were interred at Chichester Cathedral in West Sussex, with Bishop George Bell giving the memorial oration at the funeral. Ernest Cossart. Holst died on May 25, 1934, of complications following stomach surgery, in London.
The music was cheap and repetitive and not to Holst's liking, and he referred to this kind of work as "worming" and regarded it as "criminal". Leading a hectic life with conducting, teaching and lecturing obligations, his already frail health deteriorated when he had a collapse in 1923.
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He conducted London Symphony Orchestra for Columbia company in 1922 with the help of acoustic process. Harvard University offered him a lectureship for six months. | X
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