GUSTAV HOLST - in thanksgiving for his birth on 21 September 1874 The Hymn of Jesus, described in The Observer as "one of the most brilliant and one of the most sincere pieces of choral and orchestral expression heard for some years." The Times called it "undoubtedly the most strikingly original choral work which has been produced in this country for many years." To his surprise and dismay Holst was becoming famous. Celebrity was something wholly foreign to his nature. As the music scholar Byron Adams puts it, "he struggled for the rest of his life to extricate himself from the web of garish publicity, public incomprehension and professional envy woven about him by this unsought-for success." He turned down honours and awards offered to him, and refused to give interviews or autographs. youtube/watch?v=hl3LUE_ngmY
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 13:47:58 +0000
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