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...harmony, but most strikingly in orchestration, he is absolutely original. It is, moreover, an interesting, a powerful originality. Never except in the Glee Club's great song "At Father's Door" have we heard such gripping, monotonous, insistent despairing horror as in the continuous, strangely rhythmed first movement--"Mars--Bringer of War." All the numerous Wallenstein symphonic poems must blush at their innocence! A change in the order of these pieces would improve their effect. Toward the end they are all of such a drowsy spirit that the listener is infected with the same mood. "Jupiter"--Bringer of Jollity" with...
...celesta; novelty upon novelty appeared, not loud and startling, but only to the careful listener. Plainly Mr. Holst is not interested in strange noises per se but only as they contribute to the effect of the whole. So he used muted harp and chime in unison, in "Saturn--Bringer of Old Age" with marked success. A much talked of organ glissando proved hardly noticeable, and almost a complete dud. The orchestra has rarely received such an ovation as it did after this piece; even from the floor came loud clapping. MacDowell's Indian Suite completed the program. It proved hardly...
...playwright and poet he was widely known. Among his literary works are "The Masque of Judgment," published in 1900; "Poems", in 1901; "The Fire Bringer," in 1904; History of English Literature", and "The Great Divide," in 1907; and "The Faith Healer," in 1909. He also edited many English classics. In 1901 he published a volume of poems the most famous of which is "An Ode in Time of Hesitation...
...bringer of tidings from Corinth, whose courage o'ercame his misfortune...