Gustav Holst

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Name:	Gustav Holst
Birth Date:	September 21, 1874
Death Date:	May 25, 1934
Place of Birth:	Cheltenham, England
Place of Death:	London, England
Nationality:	English
Gender:	Male
Occupations:	composer

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Gustav Holst (1874-1934) was one of the most important English composers of his time, even though little of his music continued to be played. Gustav Holst's paternal great-grandfather was born in Sweden, but all his other forebears were English. For...

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Gustavus Theodore von Holst ( 1874-09-21 – 1934-05-25 ) was an English composer and music teacher. He is best remembered for his choral music and works for orchestra, of which the most famous is certainly The Planets . He changed his name to Gustav...

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Gustav Holst (21 September, 1874 - 25 May, 1934) [1] [2] was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years. Holst is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets.[1] Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London,[2] his...

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Gustav Holst

About 13 pages (3,885 words) in 3 products