Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934) Royaume-Uni Gustav Holst, né le 21 septembre 1874 à Cheltenham et mort le 25 mai 1934 à Londres, était un compositeur anglais.
Né dans une famille musicienne d'origine suédoise, il apprend le piano avec sa mère et l'orgue avec son père, durant ses études musicales au Royal College of Music où il a notamment comme professeur Charles Villiers Stanford. Gustav est de santé fragile et fait régulièrement des crises d'asthme ce qui ne l'empêche pas de suivre assidûment ses leçons de musique. Il s'essaye dès l'âge de douze ans à la composition et a pour compositeur favori Edvard Grieg. Il étudie ensuite le trombone, qu'il pratique dans des orchestres londoniens, et devient professeur de composition. En 1901, il épouse Isobel Harrison. Enfin, en 1905, il accède au poste de directeur de l'école St-Paul à Hammersmith.
Avec un esprit austère et discipliné (Holst a lu tout le Traité d'instrumentation et d'orchestration modernes d'Hector Berlioz), sa mauvaise santé le mène de plus en plus à la solitude. À partir de 1933, il souffre de problèmes stomacaux importants. Il meurt le 25 mai 1934, après avoir composé dans la douleur un dernier opéra, The Wandering Scholar, suite à des complications consécutives à une intervention chirurgicale. Il est enterré à la cathédrale de Chichester.
Il est le frère de l'acteur Ernest Cossart (1876-1951).
Gustav Holst est, avec son ami Ralph Vaughan Williams, l'une des personnalités musicales anglaises du XXe siècle. Sa suite symphonique Les Planètes, une des ?uvres les plus connues du XXe siècle, a eu tendance à éclipser ses autres compositions, ce que le compositeur regretta.
Les amateurs du film Star Wars reconnaitront de nombreuses similitudes entre le morceau Mars, celui qui apporte la guerre et le thème principal du film.
Outre ses ?uvres pour orchestre, Holst a composé cinq opéras.
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String Quartet No. 8 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle Merion Music
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.144407270 Composed by Sydney F. Hodk...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.144407270
Composed
by Sydney F. Hodkinson.
Sws. Set of Score and
Parts. 44+16+16+16+16
pages. Duration 22
minutes. Merion Music
#144-40727. Published by
Merion Music
(PR.144407270).
UPC:
680160681891. 9 x 12
inches.
My Eighth
and Ninth String
Quartets, begun in late
2017, are sonic cousins.
Akin to real cousins,
each piece exhibits
differing natures. They
were requested by two
ensembles that have
become asecond familiesa
to me: The Jupiter
Quartet of Urbana,
Illinois and the Amernet
Quartet based in Miami,
Florida. Their collective
dedication to, and care
for, our art remains a
personal and constant
are-fuelinga for me. The
quartets were
commissioned by, and
dedicated to, Margaret
and Philip Verleger of
Denver, Colorado.
Additional financial
support was provided by
the School of Music at
Stetson University,
Timothy Peter, Dean.
Quartet No.8 is laid out
in a classical
four-movement design. The
work does break somewhat
from conventional
tradition by often
placing quartet members
into soloistic roles as
the movement titles note.
individual The opening
piece presents at the
outset a three-note motto
which is turned over,
tumbled, and
energetically discussed,
primarily by a violin
duet. It is a duel. The
two players part company
only infrequently during
the movement's progress,
pausing briefly for other
commentary by their
alower cohortsa, the
Viola and Cello do not
argue, but abet their
friends' aeffortsa. The
piece's overall character
is fairly bright and
dancelike, closing in an
unresolvedastandoffa. not
Two principal
asound-objectsa stitch
the second movement
scherzo together: sliding
hands (glissandos) and a
plucked ashufflea
(pizzicato) - both
instigated by the (solo)
cellist. The others are
influenced - or are not -
by their aleadera, and
follow - or interrupt -
the cello throughout
their four-voiced
conversation. The third
movement (longest of the
set) is an elegy
dedicated to the memory
of a close personal
friend, the American
composer David Maslanka
(1943 - 2017). Its'
genesis is a simple
5-note melody derived
from my own name
(SaC/DaC/EaC/H). This
line commences in the
(solo) viola and is
obsessively uttered
without relief during the
movement's lamentations.
The closing movement
revisits much of that
opening three-note
material, but now dressed
up for the full quartet
to view. It is a slowly
accelerating romp which -
twice - cannot avoid a
nod to the Amernet and
Jupiter performers by
offering a humble bow to
the 4th movement of
Gustav Holst's PLANETS -
Jupiter: The Bringer of
Jollity. My quartet
serves as an honouring
salute of thanks for the
talent, respect, and
friendship of these two
young quartets. STRING
QUARTET No. 8 is roughly
22 minutes in duration.
It was written as an
homage to Franz Joseph
Haydn, my
adesert-island-composera,
and completed in Holly
Hill, Florida in early
April of 2019. S.H.
$70.00 - Voir plus => Acheter Délais: 2 to 3 weeks
25 Easy String Quartets Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle - Débutant Carl Fischer
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: CF.BF168 Score . Composed by Ceci...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
CF.BF168
Score . Composed by
Cecile Chaminade, English
Folk Song, Franz Joseph
Haydn, George Frideric
Handel, Gustav Holst,
Jean Sibelius,
Jean-Baptiste Lully,
Joseph (José) White,
Louise Farrenc, Ludwig
van Beethoven, Tielman
Susato, Welsh Folk Song,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
and etc. Arranged by
Kathryn Griesinger.
Collection - Score. Carl
Fischer Music #BF168.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.BF168).
ISBN
9781491165577. UPC:
680160924615.
Perfo
rming in a string quartet
is a special experience
when first learning to
play a string instrument.
Consisting of two
violins, one viola, and
one cello, the ensemble
features the beauty of
each instrument’s
unique timbre and range.
The 25 pieces in this
collection have been
carefully arranged for
developing musicians in
their first years of
playing. Ranging from
grade 1 to grade 2, each
piece uses easy key
signatures and accessible
ranges in a variety of
styles and tempi.
Spanning several
centuries, these pieces
include works from the
Medieval, Renaissance,
Baroque, Classical,
Romantic, and
Post-Romantic eras.
Representing many
countries and cultures,
this collection also
includes music by women
composers Louise Farrenc,
Cécile Chaminade,
Mélanie Bonis, Louise
Reichardt, and Amy Beach.
Ideal for recitals and
adjudicated events, this
compilation of
approachable music
promises developing
string players a
rewarding first
introduction to the
string quartet.
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String Quartet No. 8 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Merion Music
Chamber Music String Quartet SKU: PR.14440727S Composed by Sydney F. Hodk...(+)
Chamber Music String
Quartet
SKU:
PR.14440727S
Composed
by Sydney F. Hodkinson.
Sws. Full score. 44
pages. Duration 22
minutes. Merion Music
#144-40727S. Published by
Merion Music
(PR.14440727S).
UPC:
680160681907. 9 x 12
inches.
My Eighth
and Ninth String
Quartets, begun in late
2017, are sonic cousins.
Akin to real cousins,
each piece exhibits
differing natures. They
were requested by two
ensembles that have
become asecond familiesa
to me: The Jupiter
Quartet of Urbana,
Illinois and the Amernet
Quartet based in Miami,
Florida. Their collective
dedication to, and care
for, our art remains a
personal and constant
are-fuelinga for me. The
quartets were
commissioned by, and
dedicated to, Margaret
and Philip Verleger of
Denver, Colorado.
Additional financial
support was provided by
the School of Music at
Stetson University,
Timothy Peter, Dean.
Quartet No.8 is laid out
in a classical
four-movement design. The
work does break somewhat
from conventional
tradition by often
placing quartet members
into soloistic roles as
the movement titles note.
individual The opening
piece presents at the
outset a three-note motto
which is turned over,
tumbled, and
energetically discussed,
primarily by a violin
duet. It is a duel. The
two players part company
only infrequently during
the movement's progress,
pausing briefly for other
commentary by their
alower cohortsa, the
Viola and Cello do not
argue, but abet their
friends' aeffortsa. The
piece's overall character
is fairly bright and
dancelike, closing in an
unresolvedastandoffa. not
Two principal
asound-objectsa stitch
the second movement
scherzo together: sliding
hands (glissandos) and a
plucked ashufflea
(pizzicato) - both
instigated by the (solo)
cellist. The others are
influenced - or are not -
by their aleadera, and
follow - or interrupt -
the cello throughout
their four-voiced
conversation. The third
movement (longest of the
set) is an elegy
dedicated to the memory
of a close personal
friend, the American
composer David Maslanka
(1943 - 2017). Its'
genesis is a simple
5-note melody derived
from my own name
(SaC/DaC/EaC/H). This
line commences in the
(solo) viola and is
obsessively uttered
without relief during the
movement's lamentations.
The closing movement
revisits much of that
opening three-note
material, but now dressed
up for the full quartet
to view. It is a slowly
accelerating romp which -
twice - cannot avoid a
nod to the Amernet and
Jupiter performers by
offering a humble bow to
the 4th movement of
Gustav Holst's PLANETS -
Jupiter: The Bringer of
Jollity. My quartet
serves as an honouring
salute of thanks for the
talent, respect, and
friendship of these two
young quartets. STRING
QUARTET No. 8 is roughly
22 minutes in duration.
It was written as an
homage to Franz Joseph
Haydn, my
adesert-island-composera,
and completed in Holly
Hill, Florida in early
April of 2019. S.H.
$34.99 - Voir plus => Acheter Délais: 2 to 3 weeks
In the Bleak Midwinter Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle - Intermédiaire Hal Leonard
Composed by Gustav Holst (1874-1934). Arranged by Larry Moore. Pops For Stri...(+)
Composed by Gustav Holst
(1874-1934). Arranged by
Larry Moore. Pops For
String
Quartet. Holiday,
Christmas,
Winter. Published by Hal
Leonard
$14.99 - Voir plus => Acheter Délais: 24 hours - In Stock
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