GUSTAV HOLST

Hailey Buckley
Aug 31, 2018 · 4 min read

Diversity is the key word in any listing of people who cherish the music of Gustav Holst. Members of brass bands know him only as composer of some of the most original music written for their ensembles — this would have pleased him greatly, he being a former trombonist. Church-goers, especially Anglicans, not perhaps otherwise interested in music, love his beautiful and haunting setting of Christina Rossetti’s Christmas poem, “In the bleak midwinter”. Lovers of…

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"Alphabeticon" is a series of small books about men and women, past and present, who have been important in various fields of human endeavour, such as the arts and sciences, politics, religion, sport, and so on. Each volume contains twenty-six chapters; alphabetically arranged.

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