- Family Background: Gustav Holst was the first child of Adolph von Holst a piano teacher of Swedish Descent and Clara who was English.
- Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. Birth Year ... Severe neuritis in his right hand later caused him to give up the keyboard, and Holst turned to the trombone and composing.
- Classification — description of the work as classified by Imogen Holst in A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav Holst's Music.
- In March 1932, halfway through a hectic visit to the United States to conduct various orchestras and to teach at Harvard, Gustav Holst succumbed to a...
- Gustav Holst was an English composer with Swedish and Russian ancestry. His father was a pianist and wished Gustav to also follow as a pianist, but Gustav...
- Gustav Holst (1874-1934) was one of the great originals of English music. He enjoys a reputation that rests almost entirely on one masterpiece: The Planets.
- Gustav Holst's birth name was actually Gustavus Theodore von Holst, but he later dropped the "von" to simplify his name.
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- The English composer Gustav Holst was born in Cheltenham on 21 September 1874. His father Adolph von Holst was an excellent pianist and organist...
- Gustav(us Theodore von) Holst was a significant English composer, mostly known for his orchestral suite The Planets. Early Life.