Gustav Holst
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Gustav Holst was a British composer who lived from 1874 to 1934 and created influential classical music during a transformative period for modern composition. He is remembered as an important figure in music history whose works continue to be performed and studied today.
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Gustav Holst (born September 21, 1874 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK - died May 25, 1934) was an English composer and a music teacher for over 20 years. Holst is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets. Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London, his early work was influenced by Ravel, Grieg, Richard Strauss, and Ralph Vaughan Williams, but most of his music is highly original, with influences from Hindu spiritualism and English folk tunes. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
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Gustav Holst, c. 1921 photograph by Herbert Lambert
Gustav Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. His distinctive compositional style was the product of many influences, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss being most crucial early in his development. The subsequent inspiration of the English folksong revival of the early 20th century, and the example of such rising modern composers as Maurice Ravel, led Holst to develop and refine an individual style.
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1874 births1934 deaths19th-century classical trombonists19th-century English classical composers19th-century English male composers19th-century English musicians20th-century classical trombonists20th-century English classical composers20th-century English male composers20th-century English musiciansAlumni of the Royal College of MusicAlumni of University College London