List of compositions by Gustav Holst explained

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.

GenreH.OpusDateTitleScoringNotes
Opera 7 1 1895 The Revoke Opera in 1 act; libretto by Fritz Hart
Opera 21 1896 The Idea Children's Operetta
Opera 60 11 1902 The Youth's Choice Musical Idyll in 1 act; libretto by the composer
Opera 89 23 1899–1906 Sita Opera in 3 acts based on the story of Rama and Sita from the Ramayana
Opera 96 25 1908 Sāvitri Chamber Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer based on the episode of Savitri and Satyavan from the Mahābhārata
Opera 150 39 1918–22 The Perfect Fool Comic Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer; revised as a ballet 1922
Opera 156 42 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 50 1929–30 The 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 The Lure, or The Moth and the Flame
Ballet 150 39 1918–22 The Perfect Fool 1922 revision of the opera; libretto by the composer
Ballet 163 45/1 1926 The Golden Goose Choral Ballet; for chorus and orchestra; founded on the tale of the Brothers Grimm, adapted by Jane M. Joseph
Ballet 164 45/2 1926–27 The Morning of the Year Choral Ballet; for chorus and orchestra; words by Steuart Wilson
Incidental music 1905 Stratford Revels
Incidental music 94 1905 Nabou, or Kings in Babylon
Incidental music 101 27a 1909 The Vision of Dame Christian Masque; music for the play by Frances Ralph Gray
Incidental music 102 27b 1909 Stepney Children's Pageant for orchestra
Incidental music 102a 27b 1909 A 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 The Praise of King Olaf for chorus and military band Part 1 Scene 4 of The Pageant of London[1]
Incidental music 122 1914 Philip the King[2] Incidental Music to the play by John Masefield
Incidental music 143 1918 The Sneezing Charm for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Incidental music 146 1920 7 Choruses from the Alcestis of Euripides for unison voices, 3 flutes and harp for the play by Euripides in translation by Gilbert Murray
Incidental music 1921 St. Martin's Pageant
Incidental music 170 1927 The Coming of Christ 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 The Passing of the Essenes: 2 Chants for unison male chorus for the play by George Moore
Incidental music 1933–1934 The Song of Solomon
Film score 184 1931 The Bells directed by Harcourt Templeman
Orchestral 1891 Intermezzo for orchestra
Orchestral 31 1897 A Winter Idyll for orchestra
Orchestral 41 1898 Suite in G minor for string orchestra
Orchestral 42 7 1899 Walt Whitman for orchestra Overture
Orchestral 43 10 1899, 1912 Suite de ballet in E major for orchestra revised 1912; originally Op. 8
Orchestral 47 8 1899–1900 Symphony in F major "The Cotswolds" for orchestra originally Op. 10
Orchestral 54 1903? Greeting for orchestra original version for violin and piano
Orchestral 66 13 1903 Indra for orchestra Symphonic Poem
Orchestral 86 21/1 1906, 1907 Songs of the West for orchestra revised 1907
Orchestral 87 21/2 1906, 1907 A Somerset Rhapsody for orchestra revised 1907
Orchestral 88 22 1906 2 Songs without Words for chamber orchestra No. 2 also for small military band
Orchestral 107 29/1 1909–1910 Beni Mora

Oriental Suite

for orchestra
Orchestral 1910 Morris Dance Tunes
Set I Set II
for orchestra
Orchestral 108 (29/2) 1911 Phantastes, Suite in F major for orchestra withdrawn, originally Op. 29 No. 2
Orchestral 118 29/2 1912–1913 St Paul's Suite for string orchestra dedicated to the orchestra at St Paul's Girls' School; Finale is an arrangement of 4th movement in Second Suite.[3]
Orchestral 125 32 1914–1916 The Planets for orchestra and female chorus original version for 2 pianos


4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee, My Country"
Orchestral 126 33 1915 Japanese Suite [<nowiki/>[[:ja:日本組曲_(ホルスト)|ja]]] for orchestra
Orchestral 151 40/1 1922 for orchestra
Orchestral 172 47 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 521930, 1931 Hammersmith 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 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
Band 88 22 1906 Marching Song for small military band No. 2 from 2 Songs without Words
Band 105 28/1 1909 for military band
Band 106 28/2 1911 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 173 1928 for brass band unfinished transcription for military band by Holst (Scherzo and 38 bars of Nocturne); The whole work transcribed by Gordon Jacob in 1952 and Denis Wright in 1937[4]
Band 178 52 1930 for military band also for orchestra (1931); premiered by the US Marine Band on 17 April 1932
Concertante 74 19/1 1905 A Song of the Night for violin and orchestra
Concertante 75 19/2 1911 Invocation for cello and orchestra
Concertante 152 40/2 1923 for flute, oboe (or 2 violins) and string orchestra
Concertante 175 49 1929 for 2 violins and orchestra
Concertante 191 1933 for viola and small orchestra dedicated to violist Lionel Tertis
Chamber music 1893 Theme and Variations for 2 violins, viola and cello
Chamber music 1894 Air and Variations for 2 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 8 2 1896 Fantasiestücke for oboe, 2 violin, viola and cello revised as 3 Pieces in 1910
Chamber music 8a 2 1896, 1910 3 Pieces for oboe, 2 violin, viola and cello 1910 revision of Fantasiestücke
Chamber music 9 1896 Variations for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello
Chamber music 10 1896 Sextet in E minor for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello
Chamber music 11 3 1896 for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
Chamber music 23 1897 Scherzo for 2 violins, 2 violas and cellos
Chamber music 1901–1902 6 Solos: Nos. 1-5 for violin
Chamber music 51 1902? Lied ohne Worte for violin and piano
Chamber music 52 1903? A Spring Song for violin (or cello) and piano
Chamber music 53 1903 Ländler for 2 violins and piano
Chamber music 54 1903? Greeting for violin and piano also for orchestra
Chamber music 55 1904? Maya for violin and piano
Chamber music 56 1904? Valse-Étude for violin and piano dedicated to Marie Hall
Chamber music 67 14 1903 for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Chamber music 93 1906 7 Scottish Airs for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano
Chamber music 135 36 1916 Phantasy Quartet on British Folk Songsfor 2 violins, viola and cello
Chamber music 158 1925 for flute, oboe and viola
Organ 1891 4 Voluntaries for organ
Piano 1892 Arpeggio Study for piano
Piano 1893 Introduction and Bolero for piano 4-hands
Piano 5 1895 Dances for piano 4-hands
Piano 6 1899 Duet in D major for piano 4-hands
Piano 50 1901 2 Pieces (Deux Pièces) for piano
Piano 125 32 1914–1916 The Planets for 2 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 A Piece for Yvonne for piano
Piano 165 46/1 1926 Chrissemas Day in the Morning for piano founded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads
Piano 166 46/2 1927 2 Folk Song Fragments (2 Northumbrian Folk Tunes) for piano founded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads
Piano 179 1930–1932
1930
1932
2 Pieces for piano
Vocal 1891 The 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 A 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 The White Lady's Farewell for voice and piano
Vocal 1890s The Exile of Erine for voice and piano
Vocal 4 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 14 4 1896–1898 4 Songs 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 17 1897 Song to the Sleeping Lady for voice and piano words by George MacDonald
Vocal 19 1901–1902 The Ballade of Prince Eric for voice and piano words by Fritz Hart
Vocal 25 1897 A Lake and a Fairy Boat for voice and piano 2nd setting; words by Thomas Hood
Vocal 26 1897 Sing Heigh-Ho! for voice and piano 2nd setting; words by Charles Kingsley
Vocal 27 1897 Airly Beacon for voice and piano words by Charles Kingsley
Vocal 28 1890s Twin Stars Aloft for voice and piano words by Charles Kingsley
Vocal 29 1890s The Day of the Lord for voice and piano words by Charles Kingsley
Vocal 32 1897 Not a Sound But Echoing in Me for voice and piano words by George MacDonald
Vocal 33 1898 Whether We Die or Live for voice and piano words by George Meredith
Vocal 34 6 1898, 1900 Örnulf's Drapa for baritone and orchestra revised 1900; words by Henrik Ibsen in translation by William Archer
Vocal 35 1890s Autumn Song for voice and piano words by Robert Bridges
Vocal 36 1898 My Joy for voice and piano words by Robert Bridges
Vocal 37 1890s Draw Not Away Thy Hands for voice and piano words by William Morris
Vocal 38 1890s I Scanned Her Picture for voice and piano
Vocal 39 1890s Two Brown Eyes for voice and piano
Vocal 44 1898–1899 Bhanavar's Lament for voice and piano words by George Meredith
Vocal 45 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 62 1903 A Prayer for Light for voice and piano words by Eric Mackay
Vocal 63 1904 Dewy Roses for voice and piano words by Alfred H. Hyatt
Vocal 64 1903 Song of the Woods for voice and piano words by Alfred H. Hyatt
Vocal 65 1902–1903 To a Wild Rose for voice and piano words by Alfred H. Hyatt
Vocal 68 15 1902–1903 6 Songs 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 69 16 1903–1904 6 Songs 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 71 18 1904, 1912 The 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".[5]
Vocal 72 1904–1905 Darest Thou Now, O Soul for voice and piano words by Walt Whitman
Vocal 77 1890s Now Sleep and Take They Rest for voice and piano words by James Mabbe after Fernando de Rojas
Vocal 79 1900s To Hope for voice and piano words by anonymous
Vocal 83 1906–1908 16 Folk Songs from Hampshire for voice and piano folk song arrangements by Holst
Vocal 84a 1906–1907 Stu Mo Run for voice and piano Scottish folk song; arrangement by Holst
Vocal 84 1906–1914 9 Folk Songs for voice and piano folk song arrangements by Holst
Vocal 95 1907 The Heart Worships for voice and piano words by Alice M. Buckton
Vocal 90 24 1907–1908 Hymns from the Rig Veda (Vedic Hymns)

First Group

for medium voice and piano English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer
Vocal 90a (24) 1907 Ratri (The Night) for medium voice and piano originally included in Op. 24
Vocal 123 1914? A 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 35 1916–1917 4 Songs for soprano (or tenor) and violin
Vocal 141 1918 May Day Carol for voice and 2 violins
Vocal 147 1920s The 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 48 1929 12 Songs for soprano and piano words by Humbert Wolfe
Vocal 174a (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 A Christmas Carol for mixed chorus and piano
Choral 1891–1892 Sailor's Chorus for male chorus and orchestra
Choral 1891–1892 The 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 1 1895 The Autumn Is Old for mixed chorus a cappella words by Thomas Hood
Choral 2 1895 The Stars Are with the Voyager for mixed chorus a cappella words by Thomas Hood
Choral 3 1895 Spring It Is Cheery for mixed chorus a cappella words by Thomas Hood
Choral 4 1895 O Lady, Leave That Silken Thread for mixed chorus a cappella words by Thomas Hood; also for baritone and piano
Choral 12 1890s All Night I Waited by the Spring for female chorus a cappella
Choral 13 4 1896 3 Short Part-Songs for female chorus a cappella words translated from Heinrich Heine
Choral 15 1896 There's a Voice in the Wind for mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 16 1896 The Kiss for mixed chorus a cappella words by Ben Jonson
Choral 18 1890s Ah Tyrant Love for mixed chorus a cappella words by Charles Kingsley
Choral 20 1896 Light Leaves Whisper for mixed chorus a cappella words by Fritz Hart
Choral 22 1893–1896 Not Unto Us, O Lord for mixed chorus and organ (or piano) Biblical words: Psalm 115
Choral 24 1897 O Spring's Little Children for female chorus a cappella words by Francis Thompson
Choral 30 5 1897 Clear and Cool for mixed chorus and orchestra words by Charles Kingsley
Choral 40 1898 Clouds o'er the Summer Sky, Canon for female 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 48 9a 1897–1900 5 Part-Songs 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 49 9b 1900 Ave Maria for female chorus a cappella
Choral 57 1912 I love Thee for mixed chorus a cappella words by Thomas Hood
Choral 58 1903 Thou Didst Delight My Eyes for mixed chorus a cappella words by Robert Bridges
Choral 59 1890s It Was a Lover and His Lass for mixed chorus a cappella words by William Shakespeare
Choral 61 12 1902–1903 5 Part-Songs 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 70 17 1903 King Estmere for mixed chorus and orchestra
Choral 73 1904–1905 3 Hymns for the English Hymnal 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 76 1908 In Youth Is Pleasure for mixed chorus a cappella words by Robert Wever
Choral 78 1908 Now Rest Thee from All Care for mixed chorus a cappella words by anonymous
Choral 80 20a 1905 Songs from "The Princess" for female chorus a cappella words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Choral 81 1905 Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead for female chorus a cappella words from The Princess by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Choral 82 20b 1907 4 Old English Carols for mixed chorus and piano words by anonymous
Choral 85 1904–1919 7 Folk Songs 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 2 Part-Songs for mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 91 1907–1908

1916
2 Carols for mixed chorus, oboe and cello words by anonymous
Old English Carols
Choral 92 1909 Pastoral for female chorus a cappella
Choral 97 26 1908 Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, First Group for mixed chorus and orchestra (or piano) English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer
Choral 98 26 1909 Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Second Group for female chorus and orchestra (or piano) English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer
Choral 99 26 1910 Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Third Group for female chorus and harp (or piano) English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer
Choral 100 26 1912 Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Fourth Group 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 A Song of Fairies for female chorus a cappella
Choral 109 1910 Christmas Day: Choral Fantasy on Old Carols for mixed chorus and orchestra (or organ)
Choral 1910 Old Airs and Glees [arr. Holst] for female chorus a cappella
Choral 110 1910 4 Part-Songs for children's chorus and piano words by John Greenleaf Whittier
Choral 111 30 1910–1912 The Cloud Messenger, Ode for alto, mixed chorus and orchestra founded on a Sanskrit poem of Kālidāsa; words translated by the composer
Choral 112 1911 2 Eastern Pictures 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 31/1 1911 Hecuba's Lament for alto, female chorus and string orchestra words by Gilbert Murray after Euripides
Choral 116 31/2 1913 Hymn to Dionysus for female chorus and orchestra words by Gilbert Murray after Euripides
Choral 117 1912 2 Psalms 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 The Swallow Leaves Her Nest for female chorus a cappella words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Choral 120 1913 The Homecoming for male chorus a cappella words by Thomas Hardy
Choral 121 1914 A 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 34/1 1916 for mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 129 34/2 1916 Lullay My Liking for soprano and mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 130 34/3 1916 Of One That Is So Fair and Bright for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 131 34/4 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 3 Carols for unison voices and orchestra

2. words by Jane M. Joseph after Piæ Cantiones
3. words by William Morris
Choral 134 36a 1916 3 Festival Choruses for mixed chorus and orchestra
1. words by Gerard Moultrie after Biblical or other sacred texts
2.~3. words by Clifford Bax
Choral 136 36b 1916 6 Choral Folk Songs 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 2 Part-Songs for Children for children's chorus and piano words by John Greenleaf Whittier
Choral 139 1917 A 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 37 1917-1919 for 2 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 38 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 41 1923–1924 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
43
1924
1925
2 Motets 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 4 Hymns for Songs of Praise 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 44 1925–1926 7 Part-Songs 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 for 4 equal voices a cappella words by Mabel Rodwell Jones
Choral 177 51 1930 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 12 Welsh Folk Songs for mixed chorus a cappella words adapted by Steuart Wilson
Choral 186 53 1931–1932 6 Choruses for male chorus and string orchestra (or piano) words from medieval Latin lyrics translated by Helen Waddell
Choral 186a (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 8 Canons Nos. 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 2 equal voices a cappella words by Christopher Marlowe
align=center- 1906 Folk Songs from Somerset thought lost; rediscovered 2017[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Foreman, Lewis (2006). Notes to The Praise of King Olaf – Holst’s Complete Music for Military Band CD, Specialist Recording Company Ltd. http://www.specialistrecording.com/WP/?p=107
  2. Philip the King by John Masefield . The North American Review . 201 . 710 . 100–01 . University of Northern Iowa . January 1915 . 25108347 .
  3. Encyclopædia Britannica Online, "Gustav Holst", 2006, Britannica.com webpage: Britannica-GHolst.
  4. Newsome, Roy (1995). Doctor Denis – The Life and Times of Dr. Denis Wright, Egon Publishers.
  5. Notes to The Mystic Trumpeter study score, Novello & Company, London.
  6. Web site: Lost Holst manuscripts discovered in New Zealand. Classic FM. 23 July 2017. en.