The oboe and second clarinet intone momentary fragments of resistance and tension (m. The chaconne motive is passed to the bass clarinet, bassoons, tenor sax, and string bass, while the soprano clarinets present an innocent pianissimo melody marked legato, a bloom of wild flowers rushing to break soil and turn toward the sun. 17, 0:34) introduces woodwinds for the first time, alongside the string bass. He is perhaps best-known for his monumental tone poem, The Planets, and for his two suites for military band.
Holst's compositions for wind band, although only a small portion of his total output, have made him a cornerstone of the genre. In 1901 Holst married Isobel Harrison, who would remain with him the remainder of his life. While at RCM, Holst also became interested in Hindu mysticism and spirituality, interests that would later shape the course of his compositional output.
Holst received degrees from The Royal College of Music in London, where he studied composition with Charles Villiers Stanford, and where he met fellow composer (and lifelong friend) Ralph Vaughan Williams. He learned the piano and the violin at an early age, but was stricken with a nerve condition that affected the movement of his right hand, forcing him to give them up in favour of the trombone. COMPOSER Gustav Holst (born 21 September 1874, in Gloucestershire, UK died, in London) was an English composer and educator.
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