Who
was He?
Music Composer.
Date and Place
of Birth:
21st September 1874, 4 Pittville Terrace (Now
Clarence Road), Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.
Family Background:
first child of Clara and Adolph. 2 Children. Clara
died in 1882 following a Stillbirth.
Education:
Cheltenham Grammar School. Merton College, Oxford.
Royal College of Music, London.
Chronology:
Appointed as organist and choirmaster at Wyck
Rissington.
Major Compositions:
-
1914-17:
Planets Suite,
-
1927:
Egdon Heath.
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1929:
Double Concerto.
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1918-22:
The
Perfect Fool (Opera).
-
1923-4: Choral
Symphony.
Marriage:
Isobel Harrison, 22nd June 1901, at Fulham Register
Office.
Places of Interest:
Buildings:
GLOUCESTERSHIRE:
Holst
Birthplace Museum, Cheltenham.
Date and Place
of Death:
25th May 1934, London, England.
Age at Death:
59.
Site of Grave:
Ashes
buried in the North Aisle of Chichester Cathedral
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