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Adrian Boult
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Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH was a British conductor. Brought up in a prosperous mercantile family, he followed musical studies in England and at Leipzig, Germany, with early conducting work in London
Christ Church, Oxford, where Boult was an undergraduate 1908–12
Christ Church, Oxford, where Boult was an undergraduate 1908–12
Gustav Holst, whose suite The Planets Boult premiered in 1918
Gustav Holst, whose suite The Planets Boult premiered in 1918
Boult in the early 1920s
Boult in the early 1920s
Broadcasting House, London, headquarters of the BBC, where Boult was director of music from 1930 to 1942
Broadcasting House, London, headquarters of the BBC, where Boult was director of music from 1930 to 1942
Gustav Holst
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Gustav Holst 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 su
Adrian Boult
…1978, in what was widely called his "Indian summer". Boult was known for his championing of British music. He gave the first performance of his friend Gustav Holst's The Planets, and introduced new works by, among others, Elgar, Bliss, Britten, Delius, Rootham, Tippett, Vaughan Williams and Walton. In his BBC…
Charles Villiers Stanford, Holst's composition professor
Charles Villiers Stanford, Holst's composition professor
Holst's lifelong friend Ralph Vaughan Williams
Holst's lifelong friend Ralph Vaughan Williams
Statue of Holst at his birthplace, Cheltenham. He is shown with the baton in his left hand, his frequent practice because of the neuritis in his right
Statue of Holst at his birthplace, Cheltenham. He is shown with the baton in his left hand, his frequent practice because of the neuritis in his right arm.