List of compositions by Gustav Holst

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
Opera711895The RevokeOpera in 1 act; libretto by Fritz Hart
Opera211896The IdeaChildren's Operetta
Opera60111902The Youth's ChoiceMusical Idyll in 1 act; libretto by the composer
Opera89231899–1906SitaOpera in 3 acts based on the story of Rama and Sita from the Ramayana
Opera96251908SāvitriChamber Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer based on the episode of Savitri and Satyavan from the Mahābhārata
Opera150391918–1922The Perfect FoolComic Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer; revised as a ballet 1922
Opera156421924At the Boar's HeadOpera in 1 act; libretto by the composer based on William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2
Opera176501929–1930The Wandering ScholarChamber Opera in 1 act; libretto by Clifford Bax founded on an incident in Helen Waddell's The Wandering Scholars.
Ballet1491921The Lure, or The Moth and the Flame
Ballet150391918–1922The Perfect Fool1922 revision of the opera; libretto by the composer
Ballet16345/11926The Golden GooseChoral Ballet; for chorus and orchestra; founded on the tale of the Brothers Grimm, adapted by Jane M. Joseph
Ballet16445/21926–1927The Morning of the YearChoral Ballet; for chorus and orchestra; words by Steuart Wilson
Incidental music1905Stratford Revels
Incidental music941905Nabou, or Kings in Babylon
Incidental music10127a1909The Vision of Dame Christian
  1. Prelude
  2. First Chorus: "Knowest thou not the warning"
  3. Hymn: "Oh let us render thanks to God above"
  4. Choral Dance: "How shall we tell of him"
  5. Finale
Masque; music for the play by Frances Ralph Gray
Incidental music10227b1909Stepney Children's Pageantfor orchestra
Incidental music102a27b1909A Song of Londonfor unison chorus and pianofrom the incidental music for Stepney Children's Pageant; words by G. K. Menzies
Incidental music1141910The Praise of King Olaf
  1. Trumpet Calls
  2. First Battle Music
  3. The Raven Song
  4. Biarkamal
  5. Second Battle Music
  6. The Praise of King Olaf
for chorus and military bandPart 1 Scene 4 of The Pageant of London[1]
Incidental music1221914Philip the King[2]Incidental Music to the play by John Masefield
Incidental music1431918The Sneezing Charm
  1. Prelude
  2. Song
  3. Ballet
for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Incidental music14619207 Choruses from the Alcestis of Euripides
  1. O Paian Wise!
  2. Daughter of Pelias, Fare Thee Well
  3. Oh, a House That Loves the Stranger
  4. Ah Me! Farewell
  5. Advance, Advance
  6. I Have Sojourned in the Muses' Land
  7. There Be Many Shapes of Mystery
for unison voices, 3 flutes and harpfor the play by Euripides in translation by Gilbert Murray
Incidental music1921St. Martin's Pageant
Incidental music1701927The Coming of Christ
  1. First Song of the Host of Heaven
  2. Song of the Four Angels
  3. Second Song of the Host of Heaven
  4. First Song of the Kings
  5. Second Song of the Kings
  6. The Antiphonal
  7. The Song of the Coming of Christ
for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, mixed chorus, trumpet, piano, organ and string orchestra ad libitumIncidental music for a Mystery Play
Incidental music1801930The Passing of the Essenes: 2 Chants
  1. In the Lord Put I My Trust
  2. All the Powers of the Lord
for unison male chorusfor the play by George Moore
Incidental music1933–1934The Song of Solomon
Film score1841931The Bellsdirected by Harcourt Templeman
Orchestral1891Intermezzofor orchestra
Orchestral311897A Winter Idyllfor orchestra
Orchestral411898Suite in G minorfor string orchestra
Orchestral4271899Walt Whitmanfor orchestraOverture
Orchestral43101899, 1912Suite de ballet in E♭ major
  1. Danse rustique
  2. Valse
  3. Scène de nuit
  4. Carnival
for orchestrarevised 1912; originally Op. 8
Orchestral4781899–1900Symphony in F major "The Cotswolds"
  1. Allegro con brio
  2. Elegy (In Memoriam William Morris)
  3. Scherzo
  4. Finale
for orchestraoriginally Op. 10
Orchestral541903?Greetingfor orchestraoriginal version for violin and piano
Orchestral66131903Indrafor orchestraSymphonic Poem
Orchestral8621/11906, 1907Songs of the Westfor orchestrarevised 1907
Orchestral8721/21906, 1907A Somerset Rhapsodyfor orchestrarevised 1907
Orchestral882219062 Songs without Words
  1. Country Song
  2. Marching Song
for chamber orchestraNo. 2 also for small military band
Orchestral10729/11909–1910Beni Mora: Oriental Suite
  1. First Dance
  2. Second Dance
  3. Finale: In the Street of Ouled Naïls
for orchestra
Orchestral1910Morris Dance Tunes
Set I
  1. Bean Setting
  2. Laudnum Bunches
  3. Country Gardens
  4. Constant Billy
  5. Trunkles
  6. Morris Off
Set II
  1. Rigs o' Marlow
  2. Bluff King Hal
  3. How d'ye do, sir?
  4. Shepherd's Hey
  5. The Blue-eyed Stranger
  6. Morris Off
 for orchestra
Orchestral108(29/2)1911Phantastes, Suite in F major
  1. Prelude
  2. March
  3. Sleep
  4. Dance
for orchestrawithdrawn, originally Op. 29 No. 2
Orchestral11829/21912–1913St Paul's Suite
  1. Jig
  2. Ostinato
  3. Intermezzo
  4. Finale: The Dargason
for string orchestradedicated to the orchestra at St Paul's Girls' School; Finale is an arrangement of 4th movement in Second Suite.[3]
Orchestral125321914–1916The Planets
  1. Mars, the Bringer of War
  2. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
  3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
  4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
  5. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
  6. Uranus, the Magician
  7. Neptune, the Mystic
for orchestra and female chorusoriginal version for 2 pianos



4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee, My Country"
Orchestral126331915Japanese Suite
  1. Prelude: Song of the Fisherman
  2. Ceremonial Dance
  3. Dance of the Marionette
  4. Interlude: Song of the Fisherman
  5. Dance under the Cherry Tree
  6. Finale: Dance of the Wolves
for orchestra
Orchestral15140/11922A Fugal Overturefor orchestra
Orchestral172471927Egdon Heath (A Homage to Thomas Hardy)for orchestratitle taken from Thomas Hardy's fictitious area Egdon Heath
Orchestral1928Nocturne from "A Moorside Suite"for string orchestra
Orchestral1928Fugue à la Giguefor orchestraoriginal work Fugue in G major, BWV 577 by Johann Sebastian Bach; arrangement by Holst; also for band
Orchestral178521930, 1931Hammersmith
  1. Prelude
  2. Scherzo
for orchestraoriginal for military band; orchestral version (1931) premiered at the same 1931 concert as William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast
Orchestral1851932Jazz-Band Piece (Mr. Shilkret's Maggot)for orchestrarevised by Imogen Holst as "Capriccio" (1967)
Orchestral1901933Brook Green Suite
  1. Prelude
  2. Air
  3. Dance
for string orchestra with flute, oboe and clarinet ad libitum
Orchestral190a1933Gavottefor string orchestra with flute, oboe and clarinet ad libitumoriginally intended for Brook Green Suite
Orchestral1921933–1934Scherzofor orchestrapart of an unfinished Symphony
BandThree Folk Tunesfor small military band[1]
Band88221906Marching Songfor small military bandNo. 2 from 2 Songs without Words
Band10528/11909First Suite in E-flat
  1. Chaconne
  2. Intermezzo
  3. March
for military band
Band10628/21911Second Suite in F
  1. March: Morris Dance, Swansea Town, Claudy Banks
  2. Song Without Words: "I'll Love My Love"
  3. Song of the Blacksmith
  4. Fantasia on the Dargason
for military band
1. also known as Three Folk Tunes or March on Three Folk Tunes
Band1928Fugue à la Gigueoriginal work Fugue in G major, BWV 577 by Johann Sebastian Bach; arrangement by Holst; also for orchestra
Band1731928A Moorside Suite
  1. Scherzo
  2. Nocturne
  3. March
for brass bandunfinished transcription for military band by Holst (Scherzo and 38 bars of Nocturne);[1] The whole work transcribed by Gordon Jacob in 1952 and Denis Wright in 1937[4]
Band178521930Hammersmith
  1. Prelude
  2. Scherzo
for military bandalso for orchestra (1931); premiered by the US Marine Band on 17 April 1932[3]
Concertante7419/11905A Song of the Nightfor violin and orchestra
Concertante7519/21911Invocationfor cello and orchestra
Concertante15240/21923A Fugal Concerto
  1. Moderato
  2. Adagio
  3. Allegro
for flute, oboe (or 2 violins) and string orchestra
Concertante175491929Double Concerto
  1. Scherzo
  2. Lament
  3. Variations on a Ground
for 2 violins and orchestra
Concertante1911933Lyric Movementfor viola and small orchestradedicated to violist Lionel Tertis
Chamber music1893Theme and Variationsfor 2 violins, viola and cello
Chamber music1894Air and Variationsfor 2 violins, viola, cello and piano
Chamber music1894Duo Concertante (Duet)for trombone and organ
Chamber music1894String Trio in G minorfor violin, viola and cello
Chamber music821896Fantasiestücke
  1. March
  2. Minuet
  3. Scherzo
for oboe, 2 violin, viola and cellorevised as 3 Pieces in 1910
Chamber music8a21896, 19103 Pieces
  1. March
  2. Minuet
  3. Scherzo
for oboe, 2 violin, viola and cello1910 revision of Fantasiestücke
Chamber music91896Variationsfor oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello
Chamber music101896Sextet in E minorfor oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello
Chamber music1131896Quintet in A minor
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Scherzo, Allegro vivace
  3. Adagio
  4. Allegro con brio
for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
Chamber music231897Scherzofor 2 violins, 2 violas and cellos
Chamber music1901–19026 Solos: Nos. 1-5for violin
Chamber music511902?Lied ohne Wortefor violin and piano
Chamber music521903?A Spring Songfor violin (or cello) and piano
Chamber music531903Ländlerfor 2 violins and piano
Chamber music541903?Greetingfor violin and pianoalso for orchestra
Chamber music551904?Mayafor violin and piano
Chamber music561904?Valse-Étudefor violin and pianodedicated to Marie Hall
Chamber music67141903Quintet for Winds in A♭ major
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Adagio
  3. Minuet (in Canon) and Trio
  4. Theme and Variations: Poco allegro e cantabile
for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon
Chamber music9319067 Scottish Airsfor 2 violins, viola, cello and piano
Chamber music135361916Phantasy Quartet on British Folk Songsfor 2 violins, viola and cello
Chamber music1581925Terzetto
  1. Allegretto
  2. Un poco vivace
for flute, oboe and viola
Organ1891 4 Voluntariesfor organ
Piano1892Arpeggio Studyfor piano
Piano1893Introduction and Bolerofor piano 4-hands
Piano51895Dances
  1. Allegretto
  2. Ländler
for piano 4-hands
Piano61899Duet in D majorfor piano 4-hands
Piano5019012 Pieces (Deux Pièces)
  1. Fancine
  2. Lucille
for piano
Piano125321914–1916The Planets
  1. Mars, the Bringer of War
  2. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
  3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
  4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
  5. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
  6. Uranus, the Magician
  7. Neptune, the Mystic
for 2 pianosalso orchestrated



4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee, My Country"
Piano1531924Toccatafor pianofounded on the Northumbrian pipe-tune "Newburn Lads"
Piano1541924A Piece for Yvonnefor piano
Piano16546/11926Chrissemas Day in the Morningfor pianofounded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads
Piano16646/219272 Folk Song Fragments (2 Northumbrian Folk Tunes)
  1. O! I Hae Seen the Roses Blaw
  2. The Shoemakker
for pianofounded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads
Piano1791930–1932
1930
1932		2 Pieces
  1. Nocturne
  2. Jig
for piano
Vocal1891The Harperfor voice and piano
Vocal1891Die Sprodefor voice and piano
Vocal1891–1892There Is Dew for the Flow'retfor voice and piano
Vocal1892I Come from Haunts of Coot and Hernfor voice and piano
Vocal1892Sing Heigh-Ho!for voice and piano1st setting
Vocal1893Anna-Mariefor voice and piano
Vocal1893A Lake and a Fairy Boatfor voice and piano1st setting
Vocal1893There Sits a Bird on Yonder Treefor voice and piano
Vocal1893The White Lady's Farewellfor voice and piano
Vocal1890sThe Exile of Erinefor voice and piano
Vocal41895, 1897O Lady, Leave That Silken Threadfor baritone and pianooriginal version (1895) for mixed chorus a cappella; words by Thomas Hood
Vocal1441896–18984 Songs
  1. Slumber-Song
  2. Margrete's Cradle-Song
  3. Soft and Gently
  4. Awake, My Heart
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
Vocal171897Song to the Sleeping Ladyfor voice and pianowords by George MacDonald
Vocal191901–1902The Ballade of Prince Ericfor voice and pianowords by Fritz Hart
Vocal251897A Lake and a Fairy Boatfor voice and piano2nd setting; words by Thomas Hood
Vocal261897Sing Heigh-Ho!for voice and piano2nd setting; words by Charles Kingsley
Vocal271897Airly Beaconfor voice and pianowords by Charles Kingsley
Vocal281890sTwin Stars Aloftfor voice and pianowords by Charles Kingsley
Vocal291890sThe Day of the Lordfor voice and pianowords by Charles Kingsley
Vocal321897Not a Sound But Echoing in Mefor voice and pianowords by George MacDonald
Vocal331898Whether We Die or Livefor voice and pianowords by George Meredith
Vocal3461898, 1900Örnulf's Drapafor baritone and orchestrarevised 1900; words by Henrik Ibsen in translation by William Archer
Vocal351890sAutumn Songfor voice and pianowords by Robert Bridges
Vocal361898My Joyfor voice and pianowords by Robert Bridges
Vocal371890sDraw Not Away Thy Handsfor voice and pianowords by William Morris
Vocal381890sI Scanned Her Picturefor voice and piano
Vocal391890sTwo Brown Eyesfor voice and piano
Vocal441898–1899Bhanavar's Lamentfor voice and pianowords by George Meredith
Vocal451890sAh, Come, Fair Mistressfor voice and pianowords by Walter E. Grogan
Vocal1900She Who Is Dear to Mefor voice and pianowords by Walter E. Grogan
Vocal621903A Prayer for Lightfor voice and pianowords by Eric Mackay
Vocal631904Dewy Rosesfor voice and pianowords by Alfred H. Hyatt
Vocal641903Song of the Woodsfor voice and pianowords by Alfred H. Hyatt
Vocal651902–1903To a Wild Rosefor voice and pianowords by Alfred H. Hyatt
Vocal68151902–19036 Songs
  1. Invocation to the Dawn
  2. Fain Would I Change That Note
  3. The Sergeant's Song
  4. In a Wood
  5. Between Us Now
  6. I Will Not Let Thee Go
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
Vocal69161903–19046 Songs
  1. Calm Is the Morn
  2. My True Love Hath My Heart
  3. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
  4. Lovely Kind and Kindly Loving
  5. Cradle Song
  6. Peace
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
Vocal71181904, 1912The Mystic Trumpeter, Scenafor soprano and orchestrarevised 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]
Vocal721904–1905Darest Thou Now, O Soulfor voice and pianowords by Walt Whitman
Vocal771890sNow Sleep and Take They Restfor voice and pianowords by James Mabbe after Fernando de Rojas
Vocal791900sTo Hopefor voice and pianowords by anonymous
Vocal831906–190816 Folk Songs from Hampshire
  1. Abroad as I Was Walking
  2. Lord Dunwaters
  3. The Irish Girl
  4. Young Reilly
  5. The New-mown Hay
  6. The Willow Tree
  7. Beautiful Nancy
  8. Sing Ivy
  9. John Barleycorn
  10. Bedlam City
  11. The Scolding Wife
  12. The Squire and the Thresher
  13. The Happy Stranger
  14. Young Edwin in the Lowlands Low
  15. Yonder Sits a Fare Young Damsel
  16. Our Ship She Lies in Harbour
for voice and pianofolk song arrangements by Holst
Vocal84a1906–1907Stu Mo Runfor voice and pianoScottish folk song; arrangement by Holst
Vocal841906–19149 Folk Songs
  1. Sovay
  2. The Seeds of Love
  3. The Female Farmer
  4. Thorneyfield Woods
  5. Moorfields
  6. I'll Love My Love
  7. Claudy Banks
  8. On the Banks of the Nile
  9. Here's Adieu
for voice and pianofolk song arrangements by Holst
Vocal951907The Heart Worshipsfor voice and pianowords by Alice M. Buckton
Vocal90241907–1908Hymns from the Rig Veda (Vedic Hymns)
First Group
  1. Ushas (Dawn)
  2. Varuna I (Sky)
  3. Maruts (Stormclouds)
    Second Group
  4. Indra (God of Storm and Battle)
  5. Varuna II (The Waters)
  6. Song of the Frogs
    Third Group
  7. Vac (Speech)
  8. Creation
  9. Faith (Sraddha)
 for medium voice and pianoEnglish words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer
Vocal90a(24)1907Ratri (The Night)for medium voice and pianooriginally included in Op. 24
Vocal1231914?A Vigil of Pentecostfor voice and pianowords by Alice M. Buckton
Vocal1911Glory of the Westfor voice and pianoarrangement by Holst
Vocal132351916–19174 Songs
  1. Jesu Sweet, Now Will I Sing
  2. My Soul Has Nought But Fire and Ice
  3. I Sing of a Maiden That Matchless Is
  4. My Leman Is So True
for soprano (or tenor) and violin
Vocal1411918May Day Carolfor voice and 2 violins
Vocal1471920sThe Ballad of Hunting Knowefor voice and pianowords by E. A. Ramsden
Vocal1920sHe-Back She-Backfor voice and piano
Vocal17448192912 Songs
  1. Persephone
  2. Things lovelier
  3. Now in these Fairylands
  4. A Little Music
  5. The Thought
  6. The Floral Bandit
  7. Envoi
  8. The Dream-City
  9. Journey's End
  10. In the Street of Lost Time
  11. Rhyme
  12. Betelgeuse
for soprano and pianowords by Humbert Wolfe
Vocal174a(48)1929Epiloguefor soprano and pianowords by Humbert Wolfe; originally intended for Op. 48
Vocal1930God Be in My Headfor voice and piano
Choral1887Horatiusfor mixed chorus and orchestra
Choral1890A Christmas Carolfor mixed chorus and piano
Choral1891–1892Sailor's Chorusfor male chorus and orchestra
Choral1891–1892The Strain Upraisefor unison voices and piano
Choral1891–1892Advent Litanyfor unison voices and piano
Choral1892Sanctusfor unison voices and organ
Choral1892New Year Chorusfor mixed chorus and piano
Choral1892Ode to the North East Windfor male chorus and orchestra
Choral1893–1894Winter and the Birdsfor mixed chorus and piano
Choral1894Love Wakes and Weepsfor mixed chorus a cappella
Choral1894Ave Maria, Maiden Mildfor female chorus a cappella
Choral1894Fathoms Deep Beneath the Wavefor female chorus a cappella
Choral1894Now Winter's Winds Are Banishedfor female chorus a cappella
Choral1894Summer's Welcomefor female chorus a cappella
Choral1894Winter and the Birdsfor female chorus a cappella
Choral11895The Autumn Is Oldfor mixed chorus a cappellawords by Thomas Hood
Choral21895The Stars Are with the Voyagerfor mixed chorus a cappellawords by Thomas Hood
Choral31895Spring It Is Cheeryfor mixed chorus a cappellawords by Thomas Hood
Choral41895O Lady, Leave That Silken Threadfor mixed chorus a cappellawords by Thomas Hood; also for baritone and piano
Choral121890sAll Night I Waited by the Springfor female chorus a cappella
Choral13418963 Short Part-Songs
  1. In the Forest Moonbeam-Brightened
  2. All the Nests with Song Are Ringing
  3. Soft and Gently through My Soul
for female chorus a cappellawords translated from Heinrich Heine
Choral151896There's a Voice in the Windfor mixed chorus a cappella
Choral161896The Kissfor mixed chorus a cappellawords by Ben Jonson
Choral181890sAh Tyrant Lovefor mixed chorus a cappellawords by Charles Kingsley
Choral201896Light Leaves Whisperfor mixed chorus a cappellawords by Fritz Hart
Choral221893–1896Not Unto Us, O Lordfor mixed chorus and organ (or piano)Biblical words: Psalm 115
Choral241897O Spring's Little Childrenfor female chorus a cappellawords by Francis Thompson
Choral3051897Clear and Coolfor mixed chorus and orchestrawords by Charles Kingsley
Choral401898Clouds o'er the Summer Sky, Canonfor female chorus (2 sopranos) and pianowords by Fritz Hart
Choral1899Autumn Songfor female chorus a cappellawords by Francis Thompson; also for mixed chorus a cappella, Op. 9a No. 2
Choral489a1897–19005 Part-Songs
  1. Love Is Enough
  2. To Sylvia
  3. Autumn
  4. Come Away, Death
  5. A Love Song
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
Choral499b1900Ave Mariafor female chorus a cappella
Choral571912I love Theefor mixed chorus a cappellawords by Thomas Hood
Choral581903Thou Didst Delight My Eyesfor mixed chorus a cappellawords by Robert Bridges
Choral591890sIt Was a Lover and His Lassfor mixed chorus a cappellawords by William Shakespeare
Choral61121902–19035 Part-Songs
  1. Dream Tryst
  2. Ye Little Birds
  3. Her Eyes the Glow-Worm Lend Thee
  4. Now Is the Month of Maying
  5. Come to Me
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
Choral70171903King Estmerefor mixed chorus and orchestra
Choral731904–19053 Hymns for the English Hymnal
  1. In the Bleak Mid-winter
  2. From Glory to Glory Advancing
  3. Holy Ghost, Come Down Upon Thy Children
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
Choral761908In Youth Is Pleasurefor mixed chorus a cappellawords by Robert Wever
Choral781908Now Rest Thee from All Carefor mixed chorus a cappellawords by anonymous
Choral8020a1905Songs from "The Princess"
  1. Sweet and Low
  2. The Splendour Falls
  3. Tears, Idle Tears
  4. O Swallow, Swallow
  5. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
for female chorus a cappellawords by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Choral811905Home They Brought Her Warrior Deadfor female chorus a cappellawords from The Princess by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Choral8220b19074 Old English Carols
  1. A Babe Is Born
  2. Now Let Us Sing
  3. Jesu, Thou the Virgin-born
  4. The Saviour of the World Is Born (Salvator mundi natus est)
for mixed chorus and pianowords by anonymous
Choral851904–19197 Folk Songs
  1. On the Banks of the Nile
  2. The Willow Tree
  3. Our Ship She Lies in Harbour
  4. I'll Love My Love
  5. Claudy Banks
  6. John Barleycorn
  7. Spanish Ladies
for unison voices and orchestra (or piano)
Choral1908Adoramus Te Christe [orig. Orlando di Lasso, arr. Holst]for female chorus a cappella
Choral1908Benedictus [orig. William Byrd, arr. Holst]for female chorus a cappella
Choral1908Help Me, O Lord [orig. Thomas Augustine, arr. Holst]for female chorus a cappella
Choral1908How Merrily We Live [orig. Michael Este, arr. Holst]for female chorus a cappella
Choral19082 Part-Songsfor mixed chorus a cappella
Choral911907–1908

1916		2 Carols
  1. A Welcome Song
  2. Terly, Terlow
for mixed chorus, oboe and cellowords by anonymous
Old English Carols
Choral921909Pastoralfor female chorus a cappella
Choral97261908Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, First Group
  1. Battle Hymn
  2. Hymn to the Unknown God
  3. Funeral Hymn
for mixed chorus and orchestra (or piano)English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer
Choral98261909Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Second Group
  1. To Varuna (God of the Waters)
  2. To Agni (God of Fire)
  3. Funeral Chant
for female chorus and orchestra (or piano)English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer
Choral99261910Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Third Group
  1. Hymn to the Dawn
  2. Hymn to the Waters
  3. Hymn to Vena
  4. Hymn of the Travellers
for female chorus and harp (or piano)English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer
Choral100261912Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Fourth Group
  1. Hymn to Agni (The Sacrificial Fire)
  2. Hymn to Soma
  3. Hymn to Manas
  4. Hymn to Indra
for male chorus and string orchestra with brass ad libitum (or piano)English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer
Choral1031909O England, My Countryfor unison voices and orchestra (or piano)words by G. K. Menzies
Choral1041909A Song of Fairiesfor female chorus a cappella
Choral1091910Christmas Day: Choral Fantasy on Old Carols
  1. Good Christian Men Rejoice
  2. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
  3. Come Ye Lofty, Come Ye Lowly
  4. The First Nowell
for mixed chorus and orchestra (or organ)
Choral1910Old Airs and Glees [arr. Holst]for female chorus a cappella
Choral11019104 Part-Songs
  1. Song of the Shipbuilders
  2. Song of the Shoemakers
  3. Song of the Fishermen
  4. Song of the Drovers
for children's chorus and pianowords by John Greenleaf Whittier
Choral111301910–1912The Cloud Messenger, Odefor alto, mixed chorus and orchestrafounded on a Sanskrit poem of Kālidāsa; words translated by the composer
Choral11219112 Eastern Pictures
  1. Spring
  2. Summer
for female chorus and harp (or piano)words translated by the composer from Kālidāsa
Choral1131911In Loyal Bonds United: Empire Day Songfor unison voices and pianowords by Shapcott Wensley
Choral1912News From Whydah [orig. Henry Balfour Gardiner, orch. Holst]for mixed chorus and orchestra
Choral1912Lord, Who Hast Made Us For Thine Own: No. 2 of the Two Psalmsfor female chorus and orchestra
Choral11531/11911Hecuba's Lamentfor alto, female chorus and string orchestrawords by Gilbert Murray after Euripides
Choral11631/21913Hymn to Dionysusfor female chorus and orchestrawords by Gilbert Murray after Euripides
Choral11719122 Psalms
  1. Psalm 86
  2. Psalm 148 (Lord, Who Hast Made Us For Thine Own)
for mixed chorus, organ (or brass) and string orchestra
1. with tenor solo
also for female chorus and orchestra (or organ, or piano)
Choral118a1911Playground Songfor unison voices and pianofor St Paul's Girls' School
Choral1191913The Swallow Leaves Her Nestfor female chorus a cappellawords by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Choral1201913The Homecomingfor male chorus a cappellawords by Thomas Hardy
Choral1211914A Dirge for Two Veteransfor male chorus, brass and percussionwords by Walt Whitman
Choral1241915Dirge and Hymenealfor female chorus and piano (or harp)words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Choral1271915Nunc Dimittisfor mixed chorus a cappella
Choral12834/11916This Have I Done for My True Lovefor mixed chorus a cappella
Choral12934/21916Lullay My Likingfor soprano and mixed chorus a cappella
Choral13034/31916Of One That Is So Fair and Brightfor soprano, alto, tenor, bass and mixed chorus a cappella
Choral13134/41916Bring Us in Good Alefor mixed chorus a cappella
Choral1916Personent hodie, Christmas Songfor unison chorus and orchestraarrangement by Holst; Latin text and melody from Piæ Cantiones
Choral1916Short Communion Servicefor equal voices a cappellaoriginal work by William Byrd; arrangement by Holst
Choral1331916–19173 Carols
  1. I Saw Three Ships
  2. Christmas Song
  3. Masters in This Hall
for unison voices and orchestra

2. words by Jane M. Joseph after Piæ Cantiones
3. words by William Morris
Choral13436a19163 Festival Choruses
  1. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
  2. Turn Back, O Man
  3. A Festival Chime
for mixed chorus and orchestra
1. words by Gerard Moultrie after Biblical or other sacred texts
2.~3. words by Clifford Bax
Choral13636b19166 Choral Folk Songs
  1. I Sowed the Seeds of Love
  2. There Was a Tree
  3. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
  4. The Song of the Blacksmith
  5. I Love My Love
  6. Swansea Town
for mixed chorus a cappella
1., 3.~6. also for male chorus a cappella
Choral1371916Diverus and Lazarusfor mixed chorus a cappella
Choral13819172 Part-Songs for Children
  1. The Corn Song
  2. Song of the Lumbermen
for children's chorus and pianowords by John Greenleaf Whittier
Choral1391917A Dream of Christmasfor female chorus and string orchestra (or piano)
Choral1421916–1917Here Is Joy for Every Agefor female chorus a cappellawords by John Mason Neale after "Ecce novum gaudium"
Choral1916–1919All People That on Earth Do Dwell [arr. Holst]for mixed chorus and orchestra
Choral140371917The Hymn of Jesusfor 2 mixed choruses, female semi-chorus and orchestratext chosen and translated from the Apocryphal Acts of St. John
Choral144381919Ode to Deathfor mixed chorus and orchestrawords by Walt Whitman
Choral1451919Short Festival Te Deumfor mixed chorus and orchestra
Choral1481921, 1918?"I Vow to Thee, My Country", Hymnfor unison voices and orchestrabased on the theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of The Planets; words by Cecil Spring Rice
Choral155411923–1924First Choral Symphony
  1. Prelude: Invocation to Pan
  2. Song and Bacchanal
  3. Ode on a Grecian Urn
  4. Scherzo: Fancy
  5. Folly's Song
  6. Finale
for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestrawords by John Keats
Choral1571925Ode to C.K.S. and the Orianafor mixed chorus a cappellafor Charles Kennedy Scott and the Oriana Madrigal Society on the 21st foundation day; words by Jane M. Joseph
Choral
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  1. The Evening-Watch: Dialogue between Body and Soul
  2. Sing Me the Men Ere This
for mixed chorus a cappella
1. words by Henry Vaughan
2. words by Digby Mackworth Dolben
Choral1925God Is Love, His the CareHymn
Choral16119254 Hymns for Songs of Praise
  1. O Valiant Hearts
  2. In This World, the Isle of Dreams
  3. Onward, Christian Soldiers!
  4. I Sought Thee Round About, O Thou My God
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
Choral162441925–19267 Part-Songs
  1. Say Who Is This?
  2. O Love, I Complain
  3. Angel Spirits of Sleep
  4. When First We Met
  5. Sorrow and Joy
  6. Love on My Heart from Heaven Fell
  7. Assemble, All Ye Maidens
for soprano, female chorus and string orchestrawords by Robert Bridges
Choral1927O Magnum Mysterium [edt. Holst]for mixed chorus a cappella
Choral1927By Weary StagesHymn
Choral1927Gird on Thy Sword/Lift Up Your ArmsHymn
Choral1671928Christ Hath a Gardenfor female chorus and small orchestrawords by Robert Bridges after Isaac Watts
Choral1681927Man Born to Toilfor mixed chorus, organ and bells ad libitumwords by Robert Bridges
Choral1691927Eternal Fatherfor soprano, mixed chorus, organ and bells ad libitumwords by Robert Bridges
Choral1711928Canterbury Bells: 2 Rounds
  1. Within This Place All Beauty Dwells
  2. To Bother Missis Bell
for 4 equal voices a cappellawords by Mabel Rodwell Jones
Choral177511930A Choral Fantasiafor soprano, mixed chorus and orchestrawords by Robert Bridges
Choral1811931Roadwaysfor unison voices and pianowords by John Masefield
Choral1821928–1931Wassail Songfor mixed chorus a cappella
Choral1831930–193112 Welsh Folk Songs
  1. Lisa Lan
  2. Green Grass
  3. The Dove
  4. Awake, Awake
  5. The Nightingale and Linnet
  6. The Mother-In-Law
  7. The First Love
  8. O 'Twas on a Monday morning
  9. My Sweetheart's Like Venus (Mae 'nghariad i'n Fenws)
  10. White Summer Rose
  11. The Lively Pair
  12. The Lover's Complaint
for mixed chorus a cappellawords adapted by Steuart Wilson
Choral186531931–19326 Choruses
  1. Good Friday
  2. Intercession
  3. How Mighty Are the Sabbaths
  4. A Love Song
  5. Drinking Song
  6. Before Sleep
for male chorus and string orchestra (or piano)words from medieval Latin lyrics translated by Helen Waddell
Choral186a(53)1931On the Battle Which Was Fought at Fontenoyfor male chorus and string orchestra (or piano, or organ)originally intended for Op. 53; words from medieval Latin lyrics translated by Helen Waddell
Choral18719328 Canons
  1. If You Love Songs
  2. Lovely Venus
  3. The Fields of Sorrow
  4. David's Lament for Jonathan
  5. O Strong of Heart
  6. Truth of All Truth
  7. Evening on the Moselle
  8. If 'Twere the Time of Lilies
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
Choral1881932O Spiritual Pilgrimfor soprano and mixed chorus a cappellawords by James Elroy Flecker
Choral1891933Come Live with Mefor 2 equal voices a cappellawords by Christopher Marlowe
-1906Folk Songs from Somersetthought lost; rediscovered 2017[6]

Sources

  • Holst, Imogen (1974), A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav Holst's Music, London, Faber Music Ltd.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Foreman, Lewis (2006). Notes to The Praise of King Olaf - Holst’s Complete Music for Military Band CD, Specialist Recording Company Ltd.
  2. ↑ "Philip the King by John Masefield". The North American Review. University of Northern Iowa. 201 (710): 100–101. January 1915. JSTOR 25108347.
  3. 1 2 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. ↑ "Lost Holst manuscripts discovered in New Zealand". Classic FM. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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