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
Gustav Holst, c. 1921 photograph by Herbert Lambert
Charles Villiers Stanford, Holst's composition professor
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 arm.
I Vow to Thee, My Country
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"I Vow to Thee, My Country" is a British patriotic hymn, created in 1921 when Gustav Holst set words written earlier by Cecil Spring Rice. The music originated as a wordless melody, which Holst later
Gustav Holst
…relaxation in which many retain a far from sneaking delight". Dickinson and other critics have decried the later use of the tune in the patriotic hymn "I Vow to Thee, My Country"—despite Holst's full complicity. For "Saturn", Holst again used a previously composed vocal piece, Dirge and Hymeneal, as the basis for the movement…
Sir Cecil Spring Rice
"I Vow to Thee, My Country" is popularly sung at Remembrance Day services