List of compositions by Gustav Holst
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Below is a sortable list of compositions by Gustav Holst. The works are categorized by genre, H. catalogue number (A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav Holst's Music by Imogen Holst, London, Faber Music Ltd., 1974), opus number, date of composition and title.
| Genre | H. | Opus | Date | Title | Scoring | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opera | Template:Hs7 | Template:Hs1 | 1895 | Template:HsThe Revoke | Opera in 1 act; libretto by Fritz Hart | |
| Opera | Template:Hs21 | 1896 | Template:HsThe Idea | Children's Operetta | ||
| Opera | Template:Hs60 | Template:Hs11 | 1902 | Template:HsThe Youth's Choice | Musical Idyll in 1 act; libretto by the composer | |
| Opera | Template:Hs89 | Template:Hs23 | 1899–1906 | Sita | Opera in 3 acts based on the story of Rama and Sita from the Ramayana; not performed until October 2024.[1] | |
| Opera | Template:Hs96 | Template:Hs25 | 1908 | Sāvitri | Chamber Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer based on the episode of Savitri and Satyavan from the Mahābhārata | |
| Opera | 150 | Template:Hs39 | 1918–22 | Template:HsThe Perfect Fool | Comic Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer; revised as a ballet 1922 | |
| Opera | 156 | Template:Hs42 | 1924 | At the Boar's Head | Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer based on William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 | |
| Opera | 176 | Template:Hs50 | 1929–30 | Template:HsThe Wandering Scholar | Chamber Opera in 1 act; libretto by Clifford Bax founded on an incident in Helen Waddell's The Wandering Scholars. | |
| Ballet | 149 | 1921 | Template:HsThe Lure, or The Moth and the Flame | |||
| Ballet | 150 | Template:Hs39 | 1918–22 | Template:HsThe Perfect Fool | 1922 revision of the opera; libretto by the composer | |
| Ballet | 163 | Template:Hs45/1 | 1926 | Template:HsThe Golden Goose | Choral Ballet; for chorus and orchestra; founded on the tale of the Brothers Grimm, adapted by Jane M. Joseph | |
| Ballet | 164 | Template:Hs45/2 | 1926–27 | Template:HsThe Morning of the Year | Choral Ballet; for chorus and orchestra; words by Steuart Wilson | |
| Incidental music | 1905 | Stratford Revels | ||||
| Incidental music | Template:Hs94 | 1905 | Nabou, or Kings in Babylon | |||
| Incidental music | Template:Hs101 | Template:Hs27a | 1909 | Template:HsThe Vision of Dame Christian Template:Ordered list | Masque; music for the play by Frances Ralph Gray | |
| Incidental music | 102 | Template:Hs27b | 1909 | Stepney Children's Pageant | for orchestra | |
| Incidental music | 102a | Template:Hs27b | 1909 | Template:HsA Song of London | for unison chorus and piano | from the incidental music for Stepney Children's Pageant; words by G.K. Menzies |
| Incidental music | 114 | 1910 | Template:HsThe Praise of King Olaf Template:Ordered list | for chorus and military band | Part 1 Scene 4 of The Pageant of London[2] | |
| Incidental music | 122 | 1914 | Philip the King[3] | Incidental Music to the play by John Masefield | ||
| Incidental music | 143 | 1918 | Template:HsThe Sneezing Charm Template:Ordered list | for mezzo-soprano and orchestra | ||
| Incidental music | 146 | 1920 | Template:Hs7 Choruses from the Alcestis of Euripides Template:Ordered list | for unison voices, Template:Hs3 flutes and harp | for the play by Euripides in translation by Gilbert Murray | |
| Incidental music | 1921 | St. Martin's Pageant | ||||
| Incidental music | 170 | 1927 | Template:HsThe Coming of Christ Template:Ordered list | for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, mixed chorus, trumpet, piano, organ and string orchestra ad libitum | Incidental music for a Mystery Play | |
| Incidental music | 180 | 1930 | Template:HsThe Passing of the Essenes: 2 Chants Template:Ordered list | for unison male chorus | for the play by George Moore | |
| Incidental music | 1933–1934 | Template:HsThe Song of Solomon | ||||
| Film score | 184 | 1931 | Template:HsThe Bells | directed by Harcourt Templeman | ||
| Orchestral | 1891 | Intermezzo | for orchestra | |||
| Orchestral | Template:Hs31 | 1897 | Template:HsA Winter Idyll | for orchestra | ||
| Orchestral | Template:Hs41 | 1898 | Suite in G minor | for string orchestra | ||
| Orchestral | Template:Hs42 | Template:Hs7 | 1899 | Walt Whitman | for orchestra | Overture |
| Orchestral | Template:Hs43 | Template:Hs10 | 1899, 1912 | Suite de ballet in E♭ major Template:Ordered list | for orchestra | revised 1912; originally Op. 8 |
| Orchestral | Template:Hs47 | Template:Hs8 | 1899–1900 | Symphony in F major "The Cotswolds" Template:Ordered list | for orchestra | originally Op. 10 |
| Orchestral | Template:Hs54 | 1903? | Greeting | for orchestra | original version for violin and piano | |
| Orchestral | Template:Hs66 | Template:Hs13 | 1903 | Indra | for orchestra | Symphonic Poem |
| Orchestral | Template:Hs86 | Template:Hs21/1 | 1906, 1907 | Songs of the West | for orchestra | revised 1907 |
| Orchestral | Template:Hs87 | Template:Hs21/2 | 1906, 1907 | Template:HsA Somerset Rhapsody | for orchestra | revised 1907 |
| Orchestral | Template:Hs88 | Template:Hs22 | 1906 | Template:Hs2 Songs without Words Template:Ordered list | for chamber orchestra | No. 2 also for small military band |
| Orchestral | 107 | Template:Hs29/1 | 1909–1910 | Beni Mora: Oriental Suite Template:Ordered list | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 1910 | Morris Dance Tunes Set I Template:Ordered list Set II Template:Ordered list |
for orchestra | |||
| Orchestral | 108 | Template:Hs(29/2) | 1911 | Phantastes, Suite in F major Template:Ordered list | for orchestra | withdrawn, originally Op. 29 No. 2 |
| Orchestral | 118 | Template:Hs29/2 | 1912–1913 | St Paul's Suite Template:Ordered list | for string orchestra | dedicated to the orchestra at St Paul's Girls' School; Finale is an arrangement of 4th movement in Second Suite.[4] |
| Orchestral | 125 | Template:Hs32 | 1914–1916 | Template:HsThe Planets Template:Ordered list | for orchestra and female chorus | original version for 2 pianos 4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee, My Country" |
| Orchestral | 126 | Template:Hs33 | 1915 | Japanese Suite [ja] Template:Ordered list | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 151 | Template:Hs40/1 | 1922 | A Fugal Overture | for orchestra | |
| Orchestral | 172 | Template:Hs47 | 1927 | Egdon Heath (A Homage to Thomas Hardy) | for orchestra | title taken from Thomas Hardy's fictitious area Egdon Heath |
| Orchestral | 1928 | Nocturne from "A Moorside Suite" | for string orchestra | |||
| Orchestral | 1928 | Fugue à la Gigue | for orchestra | original work Fugue in G major, BWV 577 by Johann Sebastian Bach; arrangement by Holst; also for band | ||
| Orchestral | 178 | Template:Hs52 | 1930, 1931 | Hammersmith Template:Ordered list | for orchestra | original for military band; orchestral version (1931) premiered at the same 1931 concert as William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast |
| Orchestral | 185 | 1932 | Jazz-Band Piece (Mr. Shilkret's Maggot) | for orchestra | revised by Imogen Holst as "Capriccio" (1967) | |
| Orchestral | 190 | 1933 | Brook Green Suite Template:Ordered list | for string orchestra with flute, oboe and clarinet ad libitum | ||
| Orchestral | 190a | 1933 | Gavotte | for string orchestra with flute, oboe and clarinet ad libitum | originally intended for Brook Green Suite | |
| Orchestral | 192 | 1933–1934 | Scherzo | for orchestra | part of an unfinished Symphony | |
| Band | Three Folk Tunes | for small military band[2] | ||||
| Band | Template:Hs88 | Template:Hs22 | 1906 | Marching Song | for small military band | No. 2 from 2 Songs without Words |
| Band | 105 | Template:Hs28/1 | 1909 | First Suite in E-flat Template:Ordered list | for military band | |
| Band | 106 | Template:Hs28/2 | 1911 | Second Suite in F Template:Ordered list | for military band | 1. also known as Three Folk Tunes or March on Three Folk Tunes |
| Band | 1928 | Fugue à la Gigue | original work Fugue in G major, BWV 577 by Johann Sebastian Bach; arrangement by Holst; also for orchestra | |||
| Band | Template:Hs173 | 1928 | Template:HsA Moorside Suite Template:Ordered list | for brass band | unfinished transcription for military band by Holst (Scherzo and 38 bars of Nocturne);[2] The whole work transcribed by Gordon Jacob in 1952 and Denis Wright in 1937[5] | |
| Band | Template:Hs178 | Template:Hs52 | 1930 | Hammersmith Template:Ordered list | for military band | also for orchestra (1931); premiered by the US Marine Band on 17 April 1932[4] |
| Concertante | Template:Hs74 | Template:Hs19/1 | 1905 | Template:HsA Song of the Night | for violin and orchestra | |
| Concertante | Template:Hs75 | Template:Hs19/2 | 1911 | Invocation | for cello and orchestra | |
| Concertante | 152 | Template:Hs40/2 | 1923 | A Fugal Concerto Template:Ordered list | for flute, oboe (or 2 violins) and string orchestra | |
| Concertante | 175 | Template:Hs49 | 1929 | Double Concerto Template:Ordered list | for Template:Hs2 violins and orchestra | |
| Concertante | 191 | 1933 | Lyric Movement | for viola and small orchestra | dedicated to violist Lionel Tertis | |
| Chamber music | 1893 | Theme and Variations | for Template:Hs2 violins, viola and cello | |||
| Chamber music | 1894 | Air and Variations | for Template:Hs2 violins, viola, cello and piano | |||
| Chamber music | 1894 | Duo Concertante (Duet) | for trombone and organ | |||
| Chamber music | 1894 | String Trio in G minor | for violin, viola and cello | |||
| Chamber music | Template:Hs8 | Template:Hs2 | 1896 | Fantasiestücke Template:Ordered list | for oboe, 2 violin, viola and cello | revised as 3 Pieces in 1910 |
| Chamber music | Template:Hs8a | Template:Hs2 | 1896, 1910 | Template:Hs3 Pieces Template:Ordered list | for oboe, 2 violin, viola and cello | 1910 revision of Fantasiestücke |
| Chamber music | Template:Hs9 | 1896 | Variations | for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello | ||
| Chamber music | Template:Hs10 | 1896 | Sextet in E minor | for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello | ||
| Chamber music | Template:Hs11 | Template:Hs3 | 1896 | Quintet in A minor Template:Ordered list | for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano | |
| Chamber music | Template:Hs23 | 1897 | Scherzo | for Template:Hs2 violins, 2 violas and cellos | ||
| Chamber music | 1901–1902 | Template:Hs6 Solos: Nos. 1-5 | for violin | |||
| Chamber music | Template:Hs51 | 1902? | Lied ohne Worte | for violin and piano | ||
| Chamber music | Template:Hs52 | 1903? | Template:HsA Spring Song | for violin (or cello) and piano | ||
| Chamber music | Template:Hs53 | 1903 | Template:HsLändler | for Template:Hs2 violins and piano | ||
| Chamber music | Template:Hs54 | 1903? | Greeting | for violin and piano | also for orchestra | |
| Chamber music | Template:Hs55 | 1904? | Maya | for violin and piano | ||
| Chamber music | Template:Hs56 | 1904? | Valse-Étude | for violin and piano | dedicated to Marie Hall | |
| Chamber music | Template:Hs67 | Template:Hs14 | 1903 | Quintet for Winds in A♭ major Template:Ordered list | for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon | |
| Chamber music | Template:Hs93 | 1906 | Template:Hs7 Scottish Airs | for Template:Hs2 violins, viola, cello and piano | ||
| Chamber music | 135 | Template:Hs36 | 1916 | Phantasy Quartet on British Folk Songs | for Template:Hs2 violins, viola and cello | |
| Chamber music | 158 | 1925 | Terzetto Template:Ordered list | for flute, oboe and viola | ||
| Organ | 1891 | Template:Hs 4 Voluntaries | for organ | |||
| Piano | 1892 | Arpeggio Study | for piano | |||
| Piano | 1893 | Introduction and Bolero | for piano 4-hands | |||
| Piano | Template:Hs5 | 1895 | Dances Template:Ordered list | for piano 4-hands | ||
| Piano | Template:Hs6 | 1899 | Duet in D major | for piano 4-hands | ||
| Piano | Template:Hs50 | 1901 | Template:Hs2 Pieces (Deux Pièces) Template:Ordered list | for piano | ||
| Piano | 125 | Template:Hs32 | 1914–1916 | Template:HsThe Planets Template:Ordered list | for Template:Hs2 pianos | also orchestrated 4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee, My Country" |
| Piano | 153 | 1924 | Toccata | for piano | founded on the Northumbrian pipe-tune "Newburn Lads" | |
| Piano | 154 | 1924 | Template:HsA Piece for Yvonne | for piano | ||
| Piano | 165 | Template:Hs46/1 | 1926 | Chrissemas Day in the Morning | for piano | founded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads |
| Piano | 166 | Template:Hs46/2 | 1927 | Template:Hs2 Folk Song Fragments (2 Northumbrian Folk Tunes) Template:Ordered list | for piano | founded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads |
| Piano | 179 | 1930–1932 1930 1932 |
Template:Hs2 Pieces Template:Ordered list | for piano | ||
| Vocal | 1891 | Template:HsThe Harper | for voice and piano | |||
| Vocal | 1891 | Die Sprode | for voice and piano | |||
| Vocal | 1891–1892 | There Is Dew for the Flow'ret | for voice and piano | |||
| Vocal | 1892 | I Come from Haunts of Coot and Hern | for voice and piano | |||
| Vocal | 1892 | Sing Heigh-Ho! | for voice and piano | 1st setting | ||
| Vocal | 1893 | Anna-Marie | for voice and piano | |||
| Vocal | 1893 | Template:HsA Lake and a Fairy Boat | for voice and piano | 1st setting | ||
| Vocal | 1893 | There Sits a Bird on Yonder Tree | for voice and piano | |||
| Vocal | 1893 | Template:HsThe White Lady's Farewell | for voice and piano | |||
| Vocal | 1890s | Template:HsThe Exile of Erine | for voice and piano | |||
| Vocal | Template:Hs4 | 1895, 1897 | O Lady, Leave That Silken Thread | for baritone and piano | original version (1895) for mixed chorus a cappella; words by Thomas Hood | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs14 | Template:Hs4 | 1896–1898 | Template:Hs4 Songs Template:Ordered list | for voice and piano | 1. words by Charles Kingsley 2. words by Henrik Ibsen in translation by William Archer 3. words from Heinrich Heine 4. words by Robert Bridges |
| Vocal | Template:Hs17 | 1897 | Song to the Sleeping Lady | for voice and piano | words by George MacDonald | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs19 | 1901–1902 | Template:HsThe Ballade of Prince Eric | for voice and piano | words by Fritz Hart | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs25 | 1897 | Template:HsA Lake and a Fairy Boat | for voice and piano | 2nd setting; words by Thomas Hood | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs26 | 1897 | Sing Heigh-Ho! | for voice and piano | 2nd setting; words by Charles Kingsley | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs27 | 1897 | Airly Beacon | for voice and piano | words by Charles Kingsley | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs28 | 1890s | Twin Stars Aloft | for voice and piano | words by Charles Kingsley | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs29 | 1890s | Template:HsThe Day of the Lord | for voice and piano | words by Charles Kingsley | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs32 | 1897 | Not a Sound But Echoing in Me | for voice and piano | words by George MacDonald | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs33 | 1898 | Whether We Die or Live | for voice and piano | words by George Meredith | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs34 | Template:Hs6 | 1898, 1900 | Template:HsÖrnulf's Drapa | for baritone and orchestra | revised 1900; words by Henrik Ibsen in translation by William Archer |
| Vocal | Template:Hs35 | 1890s | Autumn Song | for voice and piano | words by Robert Bridges | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs36 | 1898 | My Joy | for voice and piano | words by Robert Bridges | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs37 | 1890s | Draw Not Away Thy Hands | for voice and piano | words by William Morris | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs38 | 1890s | I Scanned Her Picture | for voice and piano | ||
| Vocal | Template:Hs39 | 1890s | Two Brown Eyes | for voice and piano | ||
| Vocal | Template:Hs44 | 1898–1899 | Bhanavar's Lament | for voice and piano | words by George Meredith | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs45 | 1890s | Ah, Come, Fair Mistress | for voice and piano | words by Walter E. Grogan | |
| Vocal | 1900 | She Who Is Dear to Me | for voice and piano | words by Walter E. Grogan | ||
| Vocal | Template:Hs62 | 1903 | Template:HsA Prayer for Light | for voice and piano | words by Eric Mackay | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs63 | 1904 | Dewy Roses | for voice and piano | words by Alfred H. Hyatt | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs64 | 1903 | Song of the Woods | for voice and piano | words by Alfred H. Hyatt | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs65 | 1902–1903 | To a Wild Rose | for voice and piano | words by Alfred H. Hyatt | |
| Vocal | 68 | Template:Hs15 | 1902–1903 | Template:Hs6 Songs Template:Ordered list | for baritone and piano | 1. words translated from Rig Veda by the composer 2. words by anonymous 3.~5. words by Thomas Hardy 6. Words by Robert Bridges |
| Vocal | Template:Hs69 | Template:Hs16 | 1903–1904 | Template:Hs6 Songs Template:Ordered list | for soprano and piano | 1. words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 2. words by Philip Sidney 3. words by anonymous 4. words by Nicholas Breton 5. words by William Blake 6. words by Alfred H. Hyatt |
| Vocal | Template:Hs71 | Template:Hs18 | 1904, 1912 | Template:HsThe Mystic Trumpeter, Scena | for soprano and orchestra | revised 1912; setting of the poem "From Noon to Starry Night" by Walt Whitman; Colin Matthews notes that while Holst had not yet developed a musical style of his own, this early work shows "conviction and individuality", and has "few parallels in British music of this period".[6] |
| Vocal | Template:Hs72 | 1904–1905 | Darest Thou Now, O Soul | for voice and piano | words by Walt Whitman | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs77 | 1890s | Now Sleep and Take They Rest | for voice and piano | words by James Mabbe after Fernando de Rojas | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs79 | 1900s | To Hope | for voice and piano | words by anonymous | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs83 | 1906–1908 | Template:Hs16 Folk Songs from Hampshire Template:Ordered list | for voice and piano | folk song arrangements by Holst | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs84a | 1906–1907 | Stu Mo Run | for voice and piano | Scottish folk song; arrangement by Holst | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs84 | 1906–1914 | Template:Hs9 Folk Songs Template:Ordered list | for voice and piano | folk song arrangements by Holst | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs95 | 1907 | Template:HsThe Heart Worships | for voice and piano | words by Alice M. Buckton | |
| Vocal | Template:Hs90 | Template:Hs24 | 1907–1908 | Hymns from the Rig Veda (Vedic Hymns)
Template:Ordered list |
for medium voice and piano | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
| Vocal | Template:Hs90a | Template:Hs(24) | 1907 | Ratri (The Night) | for medium voice and piano | originally included in Op. 24 |
| Vocal | 123 | 1914? | Template:HsA Vigil of Pentecost | for voice and piano | words by Alice M. Buckton | |
| Vocal | 1911 | Glory of the West | for voice and piano | arrangement by Holst | ||
| Vocal | 132 | Template:Hs35 | 1916–1917 | Template:Hs4 Songs Template:Ordered list | for soprano (or tenor) and violin | |
| Vocal | 141 | 1918 | May Day Carol | for voice and Template:Hs2 violins | ||
| Vocal | 147 | 1920s | Template:HsThe Ballad of Hunting Knowe | for voice and piano | words by E. A. Ramsden | |
| Vocal | 1920s | He-Back She-Back | for voice and piano | |||
| Vocal | 174 | Template:Hs48 | 1929 | Template:Hs12 Songs Template:Ordered list | for soprano and piano | words by Humbert Wolfe |
| Vocal | 174a | Template:Hs(48) | 1929 | Epilogue | for soprano and piano | words by Humbert Wolfe; originally intended for Op. 48 |
| Vocal | 1930 | God Be in My Head | for voice and piano | |||
| Choral | 1887 | Horatius | for mixed chorus and orchestra | |||
| Choral | 1890 | Template:HsA Christmas Carol | for mixed chorus and piano | |||
| Choral | 1891–1892 | Sailor's Chorus | for male chorus and orchestra | |||
| Choral | 1891–1892 | Template:HsThe Strain Upraise | for unison voices and piano | |||
| Choral | 1891–1892 | Advent Litany | for unison voices and piano | |||
| Choral | 1892 | Sanctus | for unison voices and organ | |||
| Choral | 1892 | New Year Chorus | for mixed chorus and piano | |||
| Choral | 1892 | Ode to the North East Wind | for male chorus and orchestra | |||
| Choral | 1893–1894 | Winter and the Birds | for mixed chorus and piano | |||
| Choral | 1894 | Love Wakes and Weeps | for mixed chorus a cappella | |||
| Choral | 1894 | Ave Maria, Maiden Mild | for female chorus a cappella | |||
| Choral | 1894 | Fathoms Deep Beneath the Wave | for female chorus a cappella | |||
| Choral | 1894 | Now Winter's Winds Are Banished | for female chorus a cappella | |||
| Choral | 1894 | Summer's Welcome | for female chorus a cappella | |||
| Choral | 1894 | Winter and the Birds | for female chorus a cappella | |||
| Choral | Template:Hs1 | 1895 | Template:HsThe Autumn Is Old | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood | |
| Choral | Template:Hs2 | 1895 | Template:HsThe Stars Are with the Voyager | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood | |
| Choral | Template:Hs3 | 1895 | Spring It Is Cheery | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood | |
| Choral | Template:Hs4 | 1895 | O Lady, Leave That Silken Thread | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood; also for baritone and piano | |
| Choral | Template:Hs12 | 1890s | All Night I Waited by the Spring | for female chorus a cappella | ||
| Choral | Template:Hs13 | Template:Hs4 | 1896 | Template:Hs3 Short Part-Songs Template:Ordered list | for female chorus a cappella | words translated from Heinrich Heine |
| Choral | Template:Hs15 | 1896 | There's a Voice in the Wind | for mixed chorus a cappella | ||
| Choral | Template:Hs16 | 1896 | Template:HsThe Kiss | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Ben Jonson | |
| Choral | Template:Hs18 | 1890s | Ah Tyrant Love | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Charles Kingsley | |
| Choral | Template:Hs20 | 1896 | Light Leaves Whisper | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Fritz Hart | |
| Choral | Template:Hs22 | 1893–1896 | Not Unto Us, O Lord | for mixed chorus and organ (or piano) | Biblical words: Psalm 115 | |
| Choral | Template:Hs24 | 1897 | O Spring's Little Children | for female chorus a cappella | words by Francis Thompson | |
| Choral | Template:Hs30 | Template:Hs5 | 1897 | Clear and Cool | for mixed chorus and orchestra | words by Charles Kingsley |
| Choral | Template:Hs40 | 1898 | Clouds o'er the Summer Sky, Canon | for Template:Hsfemale chorus (2 sopranos) and piano | words by Fritz Hart | |
| Choral | 1899 | Autumn Song | for female chorus a cappella | words by Francis Thompson; also for mixed chorus a cappella, Op. 9a No. 2 | ||
| Choral | Template:Hs48 | Template:Hs9a | 1897–1900 | Template:Hs5 Part-Songs Template:Ordered list | for mixed chorus a cappella | 1. words by William Morris 2. words by Francis Thompson; also for female chorus a cappella (1899) 3. words by William Morris 4. words by William Shakespeare 5. words by William Morris |
| Choral | Template:Hs49 | Template:Hs9b | 1900 | Ave Maria | for female chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | Template:Hs57 | 1912 | I love Thee | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hood | |
| Choral | Template:Hs58 | 1903 | Thou Didst Delight My Eyes | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Robert Bridges | |
| Choral | Template:Hs59 | 1890s | It Was a Lover and His Lass | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by William Shakespeare | |
| Choral | Template:Hs61 | Template:Hs12 | 1902–1903 | Template:Hs5 Part-Songs Template:Ordered list | for mixed chorus a cappella | 1. words by Francis Thompson 2. words by Thomas Heywood 3. words by Robert Herrick 4. words by anonymous, 16th century 5. words by Christina Rossetti |
| Choral | Template:Hs70 | Template:Hs17 | 1903 | King Estmere | for mixed chorus and orchestra | |
| Choral | Template:Hs73 | 1904–1905 | Template:Hs3 Hymns for the English Hymnal Template:Ordered list | for mixed chorus and organ | 1. words by Christina Rossetti 2. words by C. W. Humphreys after Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 3. words by Frederick William Faber | |
| Choral | Template:Hs76 | 1908 | In Youth Is Pleasure | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by Robert Wever | |
| Choral | Template:Hs78 | 1908 | Now Rest Thee from All Care | for mixed chorus a cappella | words by anonymous | |
| Choral | Template:Hs80 | Template:Hs20a | 1905 | Songs from "The Princess" Template:Ordered list | for female chorus a cappella | words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
| Choral | Template:Hs81 | 1905 | Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead | for female chorus a cappella | words from The Princess by Alfred, Lord Tennyson | |
| Choral | Template:Hs82 | Template:Hs20b | 1907 | Template:Hs4 Old English Carols Template:Ordered list | for mixed chorus and piano | words by anonymous |
| Choral | Template:Hs85 | 1904–1919 | Template:Hs7 Folk Songs Template:Ordered list | for unison voices and orchestra (or piano) | ||
| Choral | 1908 | Adoramus Te Christe [orig. Orlando di Lasso, arr. Holst] | for female chorus a cappella | |||
| Choral | 1908 | Benedictus [orig. William Byrd, arr. Holst] | for female chorus a cappella | |||
| Choral | 1908 | Help Me, O Lord [orig. Thomas Augustine, arr. Holst] | for female chorus a cappella | |||
| Choral | 1908 | How Merrily We Live [orig. Michael Este, arr. Holst] | for female chorus a cappella | |||
| Choral | 1908 | Template:Hs2 Part-Songs | for mixed chorus a cappella | |||
| Choral | Template:Hs91 | 1907–1908 1916 |
Template:Hs2 Carols Template:Ordered list | for mixed chorus, oboe and cello | words by anonymous Old English Carols | |
| Choral | Template:Hs92 | 1909 | Pastoral | for female chorus a cappella | ||
| Choral | Template:Hs97 | Template:Hs26 | 1908 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, First Group Template:Ordered list | for mixed chorus and orchestra (or piano) | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
| Choral | Template:Hs98 | Template:Hs26 | 1909 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Second Group Template:Ordered list | for female chorus and orchestra (or piano) | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
| Choral | Template:Hs99 | Template:Hs26 | 1910 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Third Group Template:Ordered list | for female chorus and harp (or piano) | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
| Choral | 100 | Template:Hs26 | 1912 | Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Fourth Group Template:Ordered list | for male chorus and string orchestra with brass ad libitum (or piano) | English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer |
| Choral | 103 | 1909 | O England, My Country | for unison voices and orchestra (or piano) | words by G. K. Menzies | |
| Choral | 104 | 1909 | Template:HsA Song of Fairies | for female chorus a cappella | ||
| Choral | 109 | 1910 | Christmas Day: Choral Fantasy on Old Carols Template:Ordered list | for mixed chorus and orchestra (or organ) | ||
| Choral | 1910 | Old Airs and Glees [arr. Holst] | for female chorus a cappella | |||
| Choral | 110 | 1910 | Template:Hs4 Part-Songs Template:Ordered list | for children's chorus and piano | words by John Greenleaf Whittier | |
| Choral | 111 | Template:Hs30 | 1910–1912 | Template:HsThe Cloud Messenger, Ode | for alto, mixed chorus and orchestra | founded on a Sanskrit poem of Kālidāsa; words translated by the composer |
| Choral | 112 | 1911 | Template:Hs2 Eastern Pictures Template:Ordered list | for female chorus and harp (or piano) | words translated by the composer from Kālidāsa | |
| Choral | 113 | 1911 | In Loyal Bonds United: Empire Day Song | for unison voices and piano | words by Shapcott Wensley | |
| Choral | 1912 | News From Whydah [orig. Henry Balfour Gardiner, orch. Holst] | for mixed chorus and orchestra | |||
| Choral | 1912 | Lord, Who Hast Made Us For Thine Own: No. 2 of the Two Psalms | for female chorus and orchestra | |||
| Choral | 115 | Template:Hs31/1 | 1911 | Hecuba's Lament | for alto, female chorus and string orchestra | words by Gilbert Murray after Euripides |
| Choral | 116 | Template:Hs31/2 | 1913 | Hymn to Dionysus | for female chorus and orchestra | words by Gilbert Murray after Euripides |
| Choral | 117 | 1912 | Template:Hs2 Psalms Template:Ordered list | for mixed chorus, organ (or brass) and string orchestra | 1. with tenor solo also for female chorus and orchestra (or organ, or piano) | |
| Choral | 118a | 1911 | Playground Song | for unison voices and piano | for St Paul's Girls' School | |
| Choral | 119 | 1913 | Template:HsThe Swallow Leaves Her Nest | for female chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes | |
| Choral | 120 | 1913 | Template:HsThe Homecoming | for male chorus a cappella | words by Thomas Hardy | |
| Choral | 121 | 1914 | Template:HsA Dirge for Two Veterans | for male chorus, brass and percussion | words by Walt Whitman | |
| Choral | 124 | 1915 | Dirge and Hymeneal | for female chorus and piano (or harp) | words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes | |
| Choral | 127 | 1915 | Nunc Dimittis | for mixed chorus a cappella | ||
| Choral | 128 | Template:Hs34/1 | 1916 | This Have I Done for My True Love | for mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 129 | Template:Hs34/2 | 1916 | Lullay My Liking | for soprano and mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 130 | Template:Hs34/3 | 1916 | Of One That Is So Fair and Bright | for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 131 | Template:Hs34/4 | 1916 | Bring Us in Good Ale | for mixed chorus a cappella | |
| Choral | 1916 | Personent hodie, Christmas Song | for unison chorus and orchestra | arrangement by Holst; Latin text and melody from Piæ Cantiones | ||
| Choral | 1916 | Short Communion Service | for equal voices a cappella | original work by William Byrd; arrangement by Holst | ||
| Choral | 133 | 1916–1917 | Template:Hs3 Carols Template:Ordered list | for unison voices and orchestra | 2. words by Jane M. Joseph after Piæ Cantiones 3. words by William Morris | |
| Choral | 134 | Template:Hs36a | 1916 | Template:Hs3 Festival Choruses Template:Ordered list | for mixed chorus and orchestra | 1. words by Gerard Moultrie after Biblical or other sacred texts 2.~3. words by Clifford Bax |
| Choral | 136 | Template:Hs36b | 1916 | Template:Hs6 Choral Folk Songs Template:Ordered list | for mixed chorus a cappella | 1., 3.~6. also for male chorus a cappella |
| Choral | 137 | 1916 | Diverus and Lazarus | for mixed chorus a cappella | ||
| Choral | 138 | 1917 | Template:Hs2 Part-Songs for Children Template:Ordered list | for children's chorus and piano | words by John Greenleaf Whittier | |
| Choral | 139 | 1917 | Template:HsA Dream of Christmas | for female chorus and string orchestra (or piano) | ||
| Choral | 142 | 1916–1917 | Here Is Joy for Every Age | for female chorus a cappella | words by John Mason Neale after "Ecce novum gaudium" | |
| Choral | 1916–1919 | All People That on Earth Do Dwell [arr. Holst] | for mixed chorus and orchestra | |||
| Choral | 140 | Template:Hs37 | 1917-1919 | The Hymn of Jesus | for Template:Hs2 mixed choruses, female semi-chorus and orchestra | text chosen and translated from the Apocryphal Acts of St. John, next to the hymn Pange lingua gloriosi proelium certaminis |
| Choral | 144 | Template:Hs38 | 1919 | Ode to Death | for mixed chorus and orchestra | words by Walt Whitman |
| Choral | 145 | 1919 | Short Festival Te Deum | for mixed chorus and orchestra | ||
| Choral | 148 | 1921, 1918? | "I Vow to Thee, My Country", Hymn | for unison voices and orchestra | based on the theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of The Planets; words by Cecil Spring Rice | |
| Choral | 155 | Template:Hs41 | 1923–1924 | First Choral Symphony Template:Ordered list | for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra | words by John Keats |
| Choral | 157 | 1925 | Ode to C.K.S. and the Oriana | for mixed chorus a cappella | for Charles Kennedy Scott and the Oriana Madrigal Society on the 21st foundation day; words by Jane M. Joseph | |
| Choral | 159 160 |
Template:Hs43 | 1924 1925 |
Template:Hs2 Motets Template:Ordered list | for mixed chorus a cappella | 1. words by Henry Vaughan 2. words by Digby Mackworth Dolben |
| Choral | 1925 | God Is Love, His the Care | Hymn | |||
| Choral | 161 | 1925 | Template:Hs4 Hymns for Songs of Praise Template:Ordered list | for the hymnal Songs of Praise 1. words by J. S. Arkwright 2. words by Robert Herrick 3. words by Sabine Baring-Gould 4. words by Percy Dearmer after Thomas Heywood | ||
| Choral | 162 | Template:Hs44 | 1925–1926 | Template:Hs7 Part-Songs Template:Ordered list | for soprano, female chorus and string orchestra | words by Robert Bridges |
| Choral | 1927 | O Magnum Mysterium [edt. Holst] | for mixed chorus a cappella | |||
| Choral | 1927 | By Weary Stages | Hymn | |||
| Choral | 1927 | Gird on Thy Sword/Lift Up Your Arms | Hymn | |||
| Choral | 167 | 1928 | Christ Hath a Garden | for female chorus and small orchestra | words by Robert Bridges after Isaac Watts | |
| Choral | 168 | 1927 | Man Born to Toil | for mixed chorus, organ and bells ad libitum | words by Robert Bridges | |
| Choral | 169 | 1927 | Eternal Father | for soprano, mixed chorus, organ and bells ad libitum | words by Robert Bridges | |
| Choral | 171 | 1928 | Canterbury Bells: 2 Rounds Template:Ordered list | for Template:Hs4 equal voices a cappella | words by Mabel Rodwell Jones | |
| Choral | 177 | Template:Hs51 | 1930 | Template:HsA Choral Fantasia | for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra | words by Robert Bridges |
| Choral | 181 | 1931 | Roadways | for unison voices and piano | words by John Masefield | |
| Choral | 182 | 1931 | Wassail Song | for mixed chorus a cappella | ||
| Choral | 183 | 1930–1931 | Template:Hs12 Welsh Folk Songs Template:Ordered list | for mixed chorus a cappella | words adapted by Steuart Wilson | |
| Choral | 186 | Template:Hs53 | 1931–1932 | Template:Hs6 Choruses Template:Ordered list | for male chorus and string orchestra (or piano) | words from medieval Latin lyrics translated by Helen Waddell |
| Choral | 186a | Template:Hs(53) | 1931 | On the Battle Which Was Fought at Fontenoy | for male chorus and string orchestra (or piano, or organ) | originally intended for Op. 53; words from medieval Latin lyrics translated by Helen Waddell |
| Choral | 187 | 1932 | Template:Hs8 Canons Template:Ordered list | Template:HsNos. 1~6 for equal voices a cappella Nos. 7~8 for equal voices and piano |
poems from mediaeval Latin lyrics in translation by Helen Waddell | |
| Choral | 188 | 1932 | "O Spiritual Pilgrim" | for soprano and mixed chorus a cappella | words by James Elroy Flecker | |
| Choral | 189 | 1933 | Come Live with Me | for Template:Hs2 equal voices a cappella | words by Christopher Marlowe | |
| - | 1906 | Folk Songs from Somerset | thought lost; rediscovered 2017[7] |
Sources
- Holst, Imogen (1974). A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav Holst's Music, London: Faber Music Ltd. Template:ISBN
References
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- ↑ Jaffé, Daniel. Review of Sita in Saarbrücken. Opera, January 2025, Vol.76 No.1, p78-80.
- ↑ a b c Foreman, Lewis (2006). Notes to The Praise of King Olaf – Holst’s Complete Music for Military Band CD, Specialist Recording Company Ltd. [1]
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- ↑ a b Encyclopædia Britannica Online, "Gustav Holst", 2006, Britannica.com webpage: Britannica-GHolst.
- ↑ Newsome, Roy (1995). Doctor Denis – The Life and Times of Dr. Denis Wright, Egon Publishers.
- ↑ Notes to The Mystic Trumpeter study score, Novello & Company, London.
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