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Gustav Holst

1874 - 1934

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Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. His distinctive compositional style was the product of many influences, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss being most crucial early in his development. The subsequent inspiration of the English folksong revival of the early 20th century, and the example of such rising modern composers as Maurice Ravel, led Holst to develop and refine an individual style. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Holst is the 180th most popular composer (down from 176th in 2019), the 660th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 542nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Composer.

Gustav Holst is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Gustav Holst ranks 180 out of 1,451. Before him are Luciano Berio, Henri Vieuxtemps, Max Reger, Giuseppe Torelli, Francesco Cavalli, and Siegfried Wagner. After him are Philip Glass, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Michael Haydn, Baldassare Galuppi, Vincenzo Galilei, and Reinhold Glière.

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Among people born in 1874, Gustav Holst ranks 34. Before him are D. F. Malan, Konstantin Päts, Antanas Smetona, Nicholas Roerich, Abbas II of Egypt, and Karl Kraus. After him are Reinhold Glière, Josef Suk, Inessa Armand, Luigi Einaudi, Vsevolod Meyerhold, and Henri Guisan. Among people deceased in 1934, Gustav Holst ranks 19. Before him are Engelbert Dollfuss, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Gregor Strasser, Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, John Dillinger, and John Collier. After him are Tōgō Heihachirō, Augusto César Sandino, Charley Patton, Louis Barthou, Marinus van der Lubbe, and Alice Liddell.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gustav Holst ranks 660 out of 8,785. Before him are Matthew Lewis (1775), Henry Fox Talbot (1800), Benny Hill (1924), Kate Winslet (1975), Patrick White (1912), and George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592). After him are Oliver Reed (1938), Hank Marvin (1941), Joshua Reynolds (1723), James Wilson (1742), Nicholas Hilliard (1547), and Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Gustav Holst ranks 7. Before him are Edward Elgar (1857), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), Henry Purcell (1659), Benjamin Britten (1913), Christopher Hogwood (1941), and William Byrd (1543). After him are John Barry (1933), Eugen d'Albert (1864), Thomas Tallis (1502), Keith Emerson (1944), Michael Nyman (1944), and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872).

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