Gustav Holst

Vocal ScoreSATB and orchestra. Orchestral material available for rental (Ref. HL96).

Best known for his exemplary exuberant orchestral work The Planets Gustav Holst’s diverse gamut also included hymns pastoral songs and folk music. He and the poet Robert Bridges became great friends over time their friendship blossoming after Holst sought copyright of one of Bridges’ works in May 1925. This is a terrific hymn set to a poem of Bridges' typical of the combined workings of these two great English artists and has been edited here for SATB mixed choir and organ pedals by Alan Gibbs.

Matthew Mark Luke And John is a West Country folk song arranged for SATB chorus by Gustav Holst. It was published as part of a collection of six such arrangements in 1916 forming the composer'sopus 36b. The work was dedicated to W. G. Wittaker (1876-1944) a highly respected conductor pedagogue and composer. Gustav Holst (1874-1934) was an English composer and teacher. Having studied underStanford and Parry he became a close friend of Vaughan Williams they would often critique each other’s work and influenced composers such as Tippet and Britten. He is best remembered for his Planets suite.

Setting of the Nunc Dimmitis in Latin. For SSAATTBB Choir A Cappella. Although written for Richard Terry in 1915 the first concert peformance of this work was given in June 1974. Desmond Ratcliffe has prepared a keyboard reduction for rehearsal purposes only.