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| | Holst, Gustav (1874 - 1934) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Gustav Holst, of Scandinavian ancestry on his father's side, was born in the English spa town of Cheltenham in 1874 and studied music at the Royal College in London, using his second study, the trombone, to provide an income. |
 | | His music had a variable reception in his life-time, but he exercised a strong influence on later English composers. |
 | | As a choral conductor, Holst wrote a considerable amount of choral music, accompanied and unaccompanied, including arrangements of folk-songs, and a smaller number of solo songs. |
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