Gustav Holst

by Imogen Holst

Book Overview

Gustav Holst was a leading figure in the new age of English music in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His most celebrated work, "The Planets," is an orchestral "tour de force," but he wrote music of startling originality in many forms, drawing inspiration from sources as varied as English folksong, oriental melody, the Apocrypha and Sanskrit literature, as well as from writers such as Keats, Hardy, Bridges and Whitman. This biography, by his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571241999
• ISBN13: 9780571241996
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"