Biography
Known primarily for his well-known orchestral composition, The Planets, Gustav Holst embraced a multitude of musical choices, from Arthur Sullivan, Edvard Grieg, and Wagner towards the melodic simplicity of British folk music. In his maturity, he were able to merge these different influences right into a rather sparse personal design that became significantly clear in his old age. Perhaps his biggest talent place in the world of choral music; his Hymn of Jesus stands among the finest functions within the genre from the first twentieth hundred years. Holst’s first training originated from his dad, Adolph, a piano instructor, who also produced him consider lessons around the violin and trombone; the daddy believed these research might relieve the youth’s asthma. By age group 12, the youthful Holst was composing, actually dabbling in orchestration; in 1888, he received a prize within an novice competition for his vocal function, A Xmas Carol. Thereafter he sang within the All Saints’ Chapel choir and performed violin and trombone in its orchestra. In 1892, he journeyed to London and noticed a Covent Backyard overall performance of Götterdämmerung, led by Mahler. The knowledge opened up fresh compositional vistas for the youthful composer. Holst joined the Royal University of Music the next 12 months where he fulfilled fellow college student Ralph Vaughan Williams, who remain a detailed lifelong friend. Soon after his introduction in London, Holst discovered that the neuritis in his correct arm, which experienced afflicted him in his early youngsters, had worsened and today triggered him to give up ideas of the career like a concert pianist. In 1898, Holst remaining the RCM to have a position within the Carl Rosa Opera Organization as rehearsal pianist and trainer. He finished his Cotswold Symphony in 1900, and its own premiere in Apr 1902 was successful. On June 22, 1901, Holst wedded Emily Isobel Harrison, whom he previously met within a choir he previously directed a couple of years before. In past due 1903, Holst got on the teaching placement at Adam Allen’s Women’ College, in South London. The next year he obtained another post, the directorship of music at St. Paul’s Women’ College, which he’d keep until his loss of life. He added another teaching post at Morley University in 1907, bogging him down and departing short amount of time for structure. Still, the St. Paul’s Collection, written during this time period (1912-1913), can be among his most often-performed functions. In 1914, Holst started focus on what would become his most widely used structure, The Planets. The battle years had been extremely productive, because the composer not merely finished The Planets, but additionally had written Hymn of Jesus. In springtime 1918, Holst started educational work with the YMCA at its different facilities on Western european battlefields. He came back to London by the end of June 1919 and got a renowned post teaching theory and structure on the RCM in 1920. The composer’s popularity was not just developing domestically in the first 1920s but internationally aswell, as functions just like the Hymn of Jesus had been getting regular and acclaimed shows. By 1924, Holst’s wellness was obviously declining, and he hence lessened his workload. From past due Dec 1928, Holst produced some trips overseas that included appointments to France, Italy, Sicily, as well as the U.S. In Boston, a duodenal ulcer was diagnosed in 1932. ON, MAY 23, 1934, he underwent medical procedures for the ulcer, but passed away two days afterwards.
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1 | Around 1931, Holst was asked to compose music for a film. He attended a conference about the film, which was to be called The Bells (1931), based on a book by J.R. Ware, titled 'The Polish Jew'. The directors wanted Holst to finish the composition within a month so that recording could start. The music was to contain, "a storm prelude, a wedding feast and some dance music", and was to be written for small orchestra. When he was done composing, the recording sessions soon took place. Holst was very disappointed when the directors asked him to make changes in the scores. He became even more upset when he viewed a private screening of the movie and could not hear anything that was recognizable in his music, the recording and speakers both being so poor. The film was scheduled to be released in 1931, but in the end it was sold off to an American company to be premiered in the USA. Mysteriously enough, it was never released and neither the company nor film can found. The scores which Holst composed have also disappeared, and biographer Michael Short writes of Holst, "the only person who could remember them was an official of Associated Sound Films, who remembered a two track sequence in which a brass band and a pipe band, playing their own tunes, marched from different directions and came together.". |
2 | Known for his orchestral suite, 'The Planets'. |
3 | Brother of Ernest Cossart and uncle of Valerie Cossart. |
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Grand Tour | 2016 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change | 2016 | Documentary writer: "The Planets, Op.32, Mars, the Bringer of War" | |
Mozart in the Jungle | 2015 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
Home & Family | 2013 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
Mop King | 2013 | writer: "The Planets Suite" - as Gustav Theodore Holst | |
Play On! | 2013 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
How I Met Your Mother | 2013 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
Music High | 2012 | writer: "March from Second Suite in F" | |
Jagten | 2012 | music: "In the Bleak Midwinter" - as Holst | |
Upstairs Downstairs | 2012 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
Metal Evolution | 2011 | TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode | |
Keyhole | 2011 | writer: "The Planet, Opus 32: Neptune" | |
The Tree of Life | 2011 | writer: "Hymn to Dionysus" | |
Ponto da poesia | 2011 | Video writer: "Mars - Bringer of War" | |
Dexter | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2010 writer - 1 episode, 2010 | ||
BBC Proms | 2010 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
The World Within | 2010 | Documentary writer: "Mars, the Bringer of War" | |
Sherlock | 2010 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
Inspector Lewis | 2010 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
The Planets: An HD Odyssey | 2010 | Video writer: "The Planets" | |
Invictus | 2009 | music: "World in Union '95" 1995, "World In Union '95" 1995 / writer: "World in Union '95" 1995, "World In Union '95" 1995 | |
Capitalism: A Love Story | 2009 | Documentary writer: "Mars" | |
Knowing | 2009 | writer: "The Planets: Op. 43: IV Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity" | |
Doctor Who at the Proms | 2009 | TV Movie writer: "Jupiter" from The Planets. | |
De l'autre côté du lit | 2008 | writer: "The Planets - Op.32 - Suite for large Orchestra" | |
New York, I Love You | 2008 | writer: "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" 1916 | |
O Meu Alien | 2008 | Short writer: "Venus, The Bringer Of Peace" | |
Sarah Brightman: Symphony in Vienna | 2008 | TV Movie "Running" | |
The Choir: Boys Don't Sing | 2008 | TV Mini-Series music - 1 episode | |
A Christmas Celebration: Live from Dublin | 2007 | Video music: "In the Bleak Midwinter" | |
Amazing Grace | 2007/I | Video music: "I Vow To Thee, My Country" | |
Niji no megami | 2006 | writer: "The Planets, Op.32: Jupiter", "The Planets, Op.32: Venus", "The Planets, Op.32: Neptune" | |
Breakdown | 2006/I | Short "The Planets, Opus 32" | |
Methods in Good Breeding | 2006 | Short "The Planets - Mars, The Bringer Of War" | |
Luis, Él y Luci | 2006 | Short writer: "The Planets: VII. Neptune - The Mystic" | |
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | 2005 | performer: "The Planets Opus 32:2. Venus, The Bringer of Peace" / writer: "The Planets Opus 32:2. Venus, The Bringer of Peace" | |
McLibel | 2005 | Documentary writer: "The Planets Suite" | |
Mr 3000 | 2004 | writer: "Jupiter" | |
Mona Lisa Smile | 2003 | writer: "For the Splendor of Creation" | |
Drakengard | 2003 | Video Game writer: "The Planets" | |
New Guy | 2003 | music: "Venus, The Bringer of Peace", "Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age", "Neptune, The Mystic" | |
The Heart of Me | 2002 | music: "In the Bleak Midwinter" 1906 - as Holst | |
EV Nova | 2002 | Video Game writer: "Mars: The Bringer of War" | |
The Yards | 2000 | writer: "Saturn" | |
The Woman Chaser | 1999 | writer: "The Planets: First Movement, Mars the Bringer of War" | |
Cider with Rosie | 1998 | TV Movie music: "In the Bleak Midwinter" 1906 - uncredited | |
Paradise Road | 1997 | writer: "Jupiter" | |
Merry Christmas from Vienna | 1996 | TV Special music: "In the Bleak Midwinter" | |
The Way to Dusty Death | 1996 | TV Movie "The Planet Suite" / music: "I Vow To Thee My Country" | |
A Midwinter's Tale | 1995 | writer: "In The Bleak Midwinter" | |
David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic | 1994 | TV Special documentary writer: "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age" | |
Only Fools and Horses.... | 1993 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
Chasing the Wind | 1991 | Video documentary short writer: "Mars, the Bringer of War" | |
Paper Mask | 1990 | music: "I Vow To Thee My Country" - uncredited | |
How to Get Ahead in Advertising | 1989 | writer: "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity from the Planets Op. 32" | |
The Magic of David Copperfield XI: The Explosive Encounter | 1989 | TV Special writer: "Venus, the Bringer of Peace", "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age" | |
Resurrected | 1989 | music: "I Vow to Thee My Country" - uncredited | |
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | 1987 | writer: "I Vow to Thee My Country" | |
Zeppelin - Das fliegende Schiff | 1987 | Video documentary writer: "Mars, the Bringer of War" - uncredited | |
Another Country | 1984 | music: "I Vow to Thee, My Country" | |
The Planets | 1983 | TV Movie documentary writer: "Mars, Bringer of War", "Venus, Bringer of Peace", "Mercury, the Winged Messenger", "Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity", "Saturn, Bringer of Old Age", "Uranus, the Magician", "Neptune, the Mystic" | |
The Right Stuff | 1983 | writer: "Mars, Jupiter, & Neptune" | |
Ruy, el pequeño Cid | 1980 | TV Series writer - 26 episodes | |
Flambards | 1979 | TV Mini-Series music - 1 episode | |
Existió otra humanidad | 1977 | Documentary writer: "The Planets" - as Gustav Theodore Holst | |
Kuumat kundit | 1976 | Documentary writer: "Mars the Bringer of War" | |
The Man Who Fell to Earth | 1976 | writer: "Excerpts from 'The Planets Suite'" | |
Space: 1999 | 1976 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
Mondo Trasho | 1969 | writer: "The Bringer of War" | |
The Avengers | 1967 | TV Series writer - 1 episode | |
Issues and Answers | 1960 | TV Series "The Blacksmith" | |
Making Tracks | 1956 | Short music: "St. Paul's Suite" - uncredited | |
Quatermass II | 1955 | TV Mini-Series writer - 6 episodes | |
The Quatermass Experiment | 1953 | TV Series music - 6 episodes | |
A Queen Is Crowned | 1953 | Documentary music: "I Vow to Thee My Country" - uncredited | |
Biografía de la locomotora | 1948 | Short documentary as Gustav Theodore Holst, "Themes from: | |
The Birth of the Robot | 1936 | Short music: "Mars" - uncredited |
Composer
Composer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Luv U | 2013 | Short | |
Meditations of a Taxi Driver | 2013 | Short | |
Helmut Roar | 2013 | Short | |
Mark, the Bringer of War | 2012 | Short | |
Keep Watching the Skies! | 2011 | Short | |
Kung Fu Idols | 2006 | Video short | |
The Planets | 2003 | TV Movie | |
Fe Fi Fo Fooey! | 1985 | Short from "Uranus the Magician" | |
Fei tou mo nu | 1982 | from "The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War" | |
Sir Adrian Boult Conducts a Programme of English Music with London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1970 | TV Special from "The Perfect Fool" | |
The Bells | 1931 |
Music Department
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Rebel Scum | 2016 | TV Short background score | |
La Pucelle | 2015 | Short stock music | |
Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter | 2011 | TV Movie stock music | |
You Can | 2001 | Video short stock music | |
Patrick Stewart Narrates 'The Planets' | 1993 | Video documentary | |
Space: 1999 | 1976 | TV Series composer - 1 episode | |
The Bells | 1931 | conductor |
Self
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Day Out | 1985 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Subject |
Archive Footage
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself - Subject |
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