A leading figure of English music in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Gustav Holst is best known for his orchestral tour de force, The Planets . He composed music of startling originality in many forms, drawing inspiration from sources as varied as English folk-song, oriental melody, the Apocrypha, and Sanskrit literatures, as well as from such writers as Keats, Hardy, and Whitman. In this study of her father's music, Imogen Holst discusses Holst's pieces of the early 1890s, the musical consequences of ...
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A leading figure of English music in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Gustav Holst is best known for his orchestral tour de force, The Planets . He composed music of startling originality in many forms, drawing inspiration from sources as varied as English folk-song, oriental melody, the Apocrypha, and Sanskrit literatures, as well as from such writers as Keats, Hardy, and Whitman. In this study of her father's music, Imogen Holst discusses Holst's pieces of the early 1890s, the musical consequences of his holiday in Algeria in 1908, problems of performance in The Planets , and editing Holt's music. The volume also includes a list of important dates in Holst's life, a list of his published work, and a bibliography.
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Add this copy of The Music of Gustav Holst and Holst's Music to cart. $30.41, very good condition, Sold by Cassidy's Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Holbeach, LINCOLNSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1986 by UK: Oxford University Press, 1986: 0193154587.
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Third revised edition hardback with unclipped dust wrapper. The book is bound in blue cloth covered boards with the titles in gilt on the spine. The book measures 9" x 5¾", it has 178 pages and is illustrated with 47 photographic facsimiles of Holst's music at the rear. Ther are also several in-text musical notations. The wrapper, binding and contents are in very nice clean, tight, sound condition. A really good copy. VG+/VG+.
Add this copy of The Music of Gustav Holst and Holst's Music to cart. $51.94, very good condition, Sold by Burwood Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wickham Market, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1986 by Oxford University Press.
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Third Revised Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. ISBN: 0193154587 Pages: 238 Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. A leading figure of English music in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Gustav Holst is best known for his orchestral tour de force, The Planets. He composed music of startling originality in many forms, drawing inspiration from sources as varied as English folk-song, oriental melody, the Apocrypha, and Sanskrit literatures, as well as from such writers as Keats, Hardy, and Whitman. In this study of her father's music, Imogen Holst discusses Holst's pieces of the early 1890s, the musical consequences of his holiday in Algeria in 1908, problems of performance in The Planets, and editing Holt's music. The volume also includes a list of important dates in Holst's life, a list of his published work, and a bibliography.
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