Gustav Holst

Gustav Holst

Life

Born: 21 September 1874

Died: 25 May 1934

Biography

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List of choral works

• For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Gustav Holst compositions

Anthems All glory, laud and honor All people that on earth do dwell Ave Maria Eternal Father (1927) Gird on thy Sword (1927) Man born to toil (1927) Nunc dimittis (1915) O Spiritual Pilgrim (1933) Two Motets Op. 43 (1924-25) The Evening-Watch Sing me the men Two Psalms (1912) Psalm 86 Psalm 148 Short Festival Te Deum Three Festival Choruses Op36A (1916) Let all mortal flesh keep silence Turn back O Man A Festival Chime Carols Come, ye lofty Christmas Day Four Carols, Op. 34 This have I done for my true love Lullay my liking Of one that is so fair and bright Bring us in good ale Four Old English Carols A babe is born Now Let Us Sing Jesu, Thou the Virgin Born The Saviour of the world is born Good Christian men, rejoice In the bleak midwinter Personent hodie Three Carols (1916-17) Christmas Song: On this Day I Saw Three Ships Masters in This Hall Two Carols (1916) Terly Terlow A Welcome Song 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 In This World, the Isle of Dreams (1925) O God, Beyond all Praising (not available - text still under copyright) O Valiant Hearts (1925) Onward, Christian Soldiers (1925) Sing to the Lord Large Works A Choral Fantasia Op. 51 (1930) Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda Choral hymns from the Rig Veda, Op. 26 Set 1 (1908-10) Battle Hymn To the Unknown God Funeral Hymn Second Group, Op. 26 No. 2 (1909) To Varuna To Agni Funeral Chant Choral hymns from the Rig Veda, Op. 26 Set 3 (1910) Hymn to the Dawn Hymn to the Waters Hymn to Vena Hymn of the Travellers Fourth Group, Op. 26 No. 4 (1912) Hymn to Agni Hymn to Soma Hymn to Manas Hymn to Indra The Cloud Messenger Op. 30 (1909-10) First Choral Symphony Op. 41 (1923-24) Prelude: Invocation to Pan Song and Bacchanal Ode on a Grecian Urn Scherzo: Fancy Folly's Song Finale The Hymn of Jesus Op. 37 (1917) King Estmere Op. 17 (1903) Ode to Death, Op. 38 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) Clear and Cool Op. 5 (1897) Come live with me (1933) Dirge and Hymeneal (1915) Diverus and Lazarus (1916) Eight canons (1932) If You Love Songs Lovely Venus The Fields of Sorrow David's Lament for Jonathan O Strong of Heart Truth of All Truth Evening on the Moselle If it were the Time of Lilies Five Part-Songs Op. 9A (1897-1900) Love is enough To Sylvia Autumn Come Away, Death A Love Song Five Part-Songs Op. 12 (1902-3) Dream Tryst Ye little birds Her eyes the glow-worm lend thee Now is the Month of Maying Come to me Four Part-songs ed. Imogen Holst (no CPDL edition) O Lady, leave that silken thread (SSATBB) Soft and gently (SSA) The Autumn is old (SATB) Winter and the birds (SATB) The Hawthorn Tree Hecuba's Lament Op. 31 No. 1 (1911) Home they brought her warrior dead (1905) Hymn to Dionysus Op. 31 No. 2 (1913) In youth is pleasure (1908) Light leaves whisper (1896) Seven Part-Songs Op. 44 (1925-26) Say, Who Is This? O Love, I Complain Angel Spirits of Sleep When First We Met Sorrow and Joy Love on My Heart from Heaven Fell Assemble, All Ye Maidens Six Choral Folksongs Op. 36B (1916) I sowed the seeds of love There was a tree Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John Song of the Blacksmith I love my love Swansea Town Six Choruses Op. 53 (1931-32) Intercession Good Friday Drinking Song A Love Song How Mighty are the Sabbaths Before Sleep Songs from 'The Princess' Op. 20A (1905) Sweet and Low The Slendour Falls Tears, Idle Tears O Swallow, Swallow Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal The Swallow leaves her nest (1913) Twelve Humbert Wolfe songs, Op. 48 (1929) Persephone Things Lovelier Now in These Fairylands A Little Music The Thought The Floral Bandit Envoi The Dream-City Journey's End In the Street of Lost Time Rhyme Betelgeuse Twelve Welsh Folk Songs (1930-31) Lisa Lân Green Grass The Dove Awake, Awake The Nightingale and Linnet The Mother-In-Law The First Love O 'twas on a Monday morning Mae 'nghariadd i'n Fenws (My Sweetheart's Like Venus) White Summer Rose The Lively Pair The Lover's Complaint Two Eastern Pictures (1911) The Spring The Summer

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External links

• Gustave Holst by Kenric Taylor
• Wikipedia on Holst