St Paul's Suite

I. Jig

The St Paul's Suite ( Op. 29, No. 2) originally called Suite in C , is a composition for string orchestra by the English composer Gustav Holst . He wrote it in 1912, but due to further revisions it remained unpublished until 1922. The work was originally titled Suite in C , later he named the piece after St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith , London , where Holst was music director from 1905 to 1934 . He wrote it in gratitude to the school after they had built a soundproof study for him. Originally set for strings, Holst added his students in St. Paul's wind parts so that more students could take part. Of the many pieces he created for his students, the suite is the best known.

construction

The suite consists of four movements:

I. Jig: Vivace (alternating between 6/8 and 9/8 time)
II. Ostinato: Presto
III. Intermezzo: Andante con moto (called “Dance” in the manuscript)
IV. Finale (The Dargason): Allegro (arranged from the “Fantasia on the Dargason” (in German ie Fantasie über den Dargason ) from his Second Suite in F for Military Band )

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↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b010p530/Holst_In_the_Bleak_Midwinter/
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d booklet, “Gustav Holst” , Eroica Recordings.
↑ Article about “Gustav Holst” in the Humanities Web database

Web links

St. Paul's Suite : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
“Gustavus Theodore Holst: St. Paul's Suite Op. 29 # 2 ” at Classical Net

[1] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b010p530/Holst_In_the_Bleak_Midwinter/

[Eroica-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d booklet, “Gustav Holst” , Eroica Recordings.

[3] Article about “Gustav Holst” in the Humanities Web database