Gustav Holst

Life

Born: 21 September 1874

Died: 25 May 1934

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Anthems and Partsongs

• Ave Maria Op. 9B (1900)
• Come live with me (1933)
• 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 'Twere the Time of Lilies

• The Evening Watch Op. 43 No.1 (1924-25)
• 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)
• Nunc dimittis (1915)
• O Spiritual Pilgrim (1933)
• O Swallow, Swallow   (   Sibelius 2 )
• Of one that is so fair Op. 34 No.3 (1916)
• Psalm 148   (   Sibelius 2 )
• Psalm 86   (   Sibelius 2 )
• Short Festival Te Deum   (   Sibelius 3 )
• Sing me the men Op. 43 No.2 (1924-25)
• 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

• 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)
• Turn Back O Man   (   Sibelius 2 )

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

Carols

• 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) )
• This Have I Done for My True Love   (   Sibelius 2 )

Hymns

• I Vow to Thee, My Country   (   ENCORE )
• O God, Beyond all Praising   (   ENCORE )

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External links

• Gustave Holst by Kenric Taylor
• Wikipedia on Holst