Gustav Holst

Life

Born: 21 September 1874

Died: 25 May 1934

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Anthems

• Ave Maria Op. 9B (1900)
• Nunc dimittis (1915)
• O Spiritual Pilgrim (1933)
• Two Motets Op43 (1924-25)

1. The Evening Watch
2. Sing me the men

• Two Psalms (1912)

1. Psalm 86   (   Sibelius 2 )
2. Psalm 148   (   Sibelius 2 )

• Short Festival Te Deum   (   Sibelius 3 )
• Three Festival Choruses Op36A (1916)

1. Let all Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
2. Turn Back O Man   (   Sibelius 2 )
3. A Festival Chime

Carols

• Bring us in good ale Op. 34 No.4 (1916)
• Come, Ye Lofty   (  )
• Christmas Day - in progress
• Four Old English Carols   (  )
  • Babe is Born, A   (   Sibelius 2 )
  • Now Let Us Sing   (   Sibelius 2 )
  • Jesu, Thou the Virgin Born   (   Sibelius 2 )
  • Saviour of the World was Born, The   (   Sibelius 2 )
• Good Christian Men, Rejoice   (  ) 2 harmonisations available
• In the Bleak Midwinter   2 editions available
• Lullay My Liking   (  Finale-1998 )
• Personent hodie   (   Finale (version unknown) )
• Of one that is so fair Op. 34 No.3 (1916)
• Terly Terlow (1916)
• This Have I Done for My True Love   (   Sibelius 2 )
• Three Carols (1916-17)

1. Christmas Song: On this Day
2. I Saw Three Ships
3. Masters in This Hall

• Wassail Song (1931)

Choral Ballet

• The Golden Goose Op. 45 No.1 (1926)
• The Morning of the Year Op. 45 No.2 (1926-27)

Hymns

• Christ Hath a Garden
• From Glory to Glory Advancing (1905)
• Holy Ghost, Come Down Upon Thy Children (1905)
• I Sought Thee Round About, O Thou My God (1925)
• I Vow to Thee, My Country   (   ENCORE )
• In This World, the Isle of Dreams (1925)
• O God, Beyond all Praising   (   ENCORE )
• O Valiant Hearts (1925)
• Onward, Christian Soldiers (1925)

Large Works

• A Choral Fantasia Op. 51 (1930)
• Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda

1. First Group, Op. 26 No.1 (1908-10)
   1. Battle Hymn
   2. To the Unknown God
   3. Funeral Hymn
2. Second Group, Op. 26 No.2 (1909)
   1. To Varuna
   2. To Agni
   3. Funeral Chant
3. Third Group, Op. 26 No.3 (1910)
   1. Hymn to the Dawn
   2. Hymn to the Waters
   3. Hymn to Vena
   4. Hymn of the Travellers
4. Fourth Group, Op. 26 No.4 (1912)
   1. Hymn to Agni
   2. Hymn to Soma
   3. Hymn to Manas
   4. Hymn to Indra

• The Cloud Messenger Op. 30 (1909-10)
• First Choral Symphony Op. 41 (1923-24)
• The Hymn of Jesus Op. 37 (1917)
• King Estmere Op. 17 (1903)

Opera

• At the Boar's Head Op. 42 (1924)
• The Idea (1896)
• The Perfect Fool Op. 39 (1918-22)
• The Revoke Op. 1 (1895)
• Savitri Op. 25 (1908)
• Sita Op. 23 (1899-1906)
• The Wandering Scholar Op. 50 (1929-30)
• The Youth's Choice Op. 11 (1902)

Partsongs

• A Dirge for Two Veterans (1914)
• A Welcome Song (1907-8)
• Come live with me (1933)
• Dirge and Hymeneal (1915)
• Diverus and Lazarus (1916)
• Eight canons (1932)

1. If You Love Songs
2. Lovely Venus
3. The Fields of Sorrow
4. David's Lament for Jonathan
5. O Strong of Heart
6. Truth of All Truth
7. Evening on the Moselle
8. If it were the Time of Lilies

• Five Part-Songs Op. 9A (1897-1900)

1. Love is Enough
2. To Sylvia
3. Autumn
4. Come Away, Death
5. A Love Song

• Five Part-Songs Op. 12 (1902-3)

1. Dream Tryst
2. Ye Little Birds
3. Her Eyes The Glow-Worm Lend Thee
4. Now is the Month of Maying
5. Come To Me

• Four Part-songs ed. Imogen Holst (no CPDL edition)

1. O Lady, leave that silken thread (SSATBB)
2. Soft and gently (SSA)
3. The Autumn is old (SATB)
4. Winter and the birds (SATB)

• Hawthorn Tree, The   (   )
• Home they brought her warrior dead (1905)
• In youth is pleasure (1908)
• Light leaves whisper (1896)
• O Swallow, Swallow   (   Sibelius 2 )
• Ode to Death Op. 38 (1919)
• Seven Part-Songs Op. 44 (1925-26)

1. Say, Who Is This?
2. O Love, I Complain
3. Angel Spirits of Sleep
4. When First We Met
5. Sorrow and Joy
6. Love on My Heart from Heaven Fell
7. Assemble, All Ye Maidens

• Six Choral Folk Songs Op. 36B (1916)

1. I Sowed the Seeds of Love
2. There Was a Tree
3. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
4. The Song of the Blacksmith
5. I Love My Love
6. Swansea Town

• Six Choruses Op. 53 (1931-32)

1. Intercession
2. Good Friday
3. Drinking Song
4. A Love Song
5. How Mighty are the Sabbaths
6. Before Sleep

• Songs from 'The Princess' Op. 20A (1905)

1. Sweet and Low
2. The Slendour Falls
3. Tears, Idle Tears
4. O Swallow, Swallow
5. Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal

• The Swallow leaves her nest (1913)
• Twelve Welsh Folk Songs (1930-31)

1. Lisa Lan
2. Green Grass
3. The Dove
4. Awake, Awake
5. The Nightingale and Linnet
6. The Mother-In-Law
7. The First Love
8. O 'twas on a Monday morning
9. My Sweetheart's Like Venus
10. White Summer Rose
11. The Lively Pair
12. The Lover's Complaint

• Two Eastern Pictures (1911)

1. Spring
2. Summer

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External links

• Gustave Holst by Kenric Taylor
• Wikipedia on Holst