Happy birthday, Gustav Holst (classical music)

Gustav Holst via 13Orcun, May 23, 2011, Salem Ronkartz, April 27, 2014; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op. 26 and Two Eastern Pictures (1911)

(13Orcun) Sir David Willcocks, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Second Group, H.98 No. 2 (1909)

• For Women's Chorus and Orchestra
• To Varuna
• To Agni, 07:03
• Funeral Chant, 09:03
• First Group, H. 96 No.1 (1908-10)
• For Chorus and Orchestra
• Battle Hymn, 12:19
• To the Unknown God, 14:28
• Third Group, H. 99 No.3 (1910)
• For Women's Chorus and Harp
• Hymn to the Dawn, 20:03
• Hymn to the Waters, 23:17
• Hymn to Vena, 25:04
• Hymn of the Travellers, 30:25
• Fourth Group, H. 100 No. 4 (1912)
• For Men's Chorus and Orchestra
• Hymn to Soma, 32:40
• Hymn to Manas, 34:17
• Two Eastern Pictures, H. 112 (1911)
• For Women's Voices and Harp
• Spring, 38:09
• Summer, 40:01

SONG Hymn of the Travellers. ARTIST The Purcell Singers, Osian Ellis. ALBUM Hymn of the Travellers.

Who is mystic composer Gustav Holst?

Blissful composer Gustav Holst

Happy birthday, English classical composer Gustav Holst (1874–1934)), who would have been 148 today if secret technology in the government's possession were already made public. What a loss.

(Wiki) As a composer Holst was frequently inspired by literature. He set poetry by Thomas Hardy, Robert Bridges, and American Walt Whitman, whose words he set in "Dirge for Two Veterans" and "The Mystic Trumpeter" (1904). 

Influences: ,Max Muller, Whitman, Hardy, Bridges

Holst wrote an orchestral Walt Whitman Overture in 1899 [4]. While on tour with the Carl Rosa Company, Holst had read some of Max Müller's books on Buddhism, Hinduism, and Eastern Philosophy (Dharmic Religions), which inspired in him a keen interest in Sanskrit (ancient Indian and proto-Indian) texts, particularly the Rig Veda (the oldest spiritual scripture in the world) hymns [59].

He found the existing English versions of the texts unconvincing [n 9] and decided to make his own translations, despite his lack of skills as a linguist. He enrolled in 1909 at University College, London, to study the language [60]. Imogen commented on his translations:

Indus Valley Yoga

"He was not a poet, and there are occasions when his verses seem naïve. But they never sound vague or slovenly, for he had set himself the task of finding words that would be 'clear and dignified' and that would 'lead the listener into another world'" [61].

His settings of translations of Sanskrit texts included Sita (1899–1906), a three-act opera based on an episode in the Ramayana (which he eventually entered for a competition for English opera set by the Milan music publisher Tito Ricordi) [62]; Savitri (1908), a chamber opera based on a tale from the Mahabharata; four groups of Hymns from the Rig Veda (1908–1914); and two texts originally by Kālidāsa: Two Eastern Pictures (1909–1910) and The Cloud Messenger (1913) [4]. More

Gustav Holst: The Planets, Full Suite

(Salem Ronkartz) Chapters Music Holst: The Planets Op.32: I Mars, the Bringer of War / Sasson - Attack & The General, Brooke - The Dead (III) Song 1 of 8 Holst: The Planets Op.32: II Venus, the Bringer of Peace / Dickingson - Midnight May 7th, 1945, Day Lewis - Will It Be So Again Song 2 of 8 2. Venus, The Bringer of Peace Song 3 of 8 3. Mercury, The Winged Messenger Song 4 of 8 The Planets, Op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age Song 5 of 8 The Planets Suite: Saturn Song 6 of 8 6. Uranus, the Magician Song 7 of 8 Ongrijpbaar Song 8 of 8.

• 0:00 Mars
• 7:27 Venus
• 14:52 Mercury
• 18:39 Jupiter
• 26:11 Saturn
• 35:26 Uranus (pronounced \your-anus\)
• 41:12 Neptune

ARTIST Andrew Davis. ALBUM Holst: The Planets Op.32: I Mars, the Bringer of War / Sasson - Attack & The General, Brooke - The Dead (III). UMG Son Mieux - Multicolor.