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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
Opera 7 1 1895 The Revoke Opera in 1 act; libretto by Fritz Hart
Opera 21 1896 The Idea Children's Operetta
Opera 60 11 1902 The Youth's Choice Musical Idyll in 1 act; libretto by the composer
Opera 89 23 1899–1906 Sita Opera in 3 acts based on the story of Rama and Sita from the Ramayana; not performed until October 2024.
Opera 96 25 1908 Sāvitri Chamber Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer based on the episode of Savitri and Satyavan from the Mahābhārata
Opera 150 39 1918–22 The Perfect Fool Comic Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer; revised as a ballet 1922
Opera 156 42 1924 At the Boar's Head Opera in 1 act; libretto by the composer based on William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2
Opera 176 50 1929–30 The Wandering Scholar Chamber Opera in 1 act; libretto by Clifford Bax founded on an incident in Helen Waddell's The Wandering Scholars.
Ballet 149 1921 The Lure, or The Moth and the Flame
Ballet 150 39 1918–22 The Perfect Fool 1922 revision of the opera; libretto by the composer
Ballet 163 45/1 1926 The Golden Goose Choral Ballet; for chorus and orchestra; founded on the tale of the Brothers Grimm, adapted by Jane M. Joseph
Ballet 164 45/2 1926–27 The Morning of the Year Choral Ballet; for chorus and orchestra; words by Steuart Wilson
Incidental music 1905 Stratford Revels
Incidental music 94 1905 Nabou, or Kings in Babylon
Incidental music 101 27a 1909 The 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 music 102 27b 1909 Stepney Children's Pageant for orchestra
Incidental music 102a 27b 1909 A Song of London for unison chorus and piano from the incidental music for Stepney Children's Pageant; words by G.K. Menzies
Incidental music 114 1910 The 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 band Part 1 Scene 4 of The Pageant of London
Incidental music 122 1914 Philip the King Incidental Music to the play by John Masefield
Incidental music 143 1918 The Sneezing Charm
  1. Prelude
  2. Song
  3. Ballet
 for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
Incidental music 146 1920 7 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 harp for the play by Euripides in translation by Gilbert Murray
Incidental music 1921 St. Martin's Pageant
Incidental music 170 1927 The 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 libitum Incidental music for a Mystery Play
Incidental music 180 1930 The Passing of the Essenes: 2 Chants
  1. In the Lord Put I My Trust
  2. All the Powers of the Lord
 for unison male chorus for the play by George Moore
Incidental music 1933–1934 The Song of Solomon
Film score 184 1931 The Bells directed by Harcourt Templeman
Orchestral 1891 Intermezzo for orchestra
Orchestral 31 1897 A Winter Idyll for orchestra
Orchestral 41 1898 Suite in G minor for string orchestra
Orchestral 42 7 1899 Walt Whitman for orchestra Overture
Orchestral 43 10 1899, 1912 Suite de ballet in E♭ major
  1. Danse rustique
  2. Valse
  3. Scène de nuit
  4. Carnival
 for orchestra revised 1912; originally Op. 8
Orchestral 47 8 1899–1900 Symphony in F major "The Cotswolds"
  1. Allegro con brio
  2. Elegy (In Memoriam William Morris)
  3. Scherzo
  4. Finale
 for orchestra originally Op. 10
Orchestral 54 1903? Greeting for orchestra original version for violin and piano
Orchestral 66 13 1903 Indra for orchestra Symphonic Poem
Orchestral 86 21/1 1906, 1907 Songs of the West for orchestra revised 1907
Orchestral 87 21/2 1906, 1907 A Somerset Rhapsody for orchestra revised 1907
Orchestral 88 22 1906 2 Songs without Words
  1. Country Song
  2. Marching Song
 for chamber orchestra No. 2 also for small military band
Orchestral 107 29/1 1909–1910 Beni Mora: Oriental Suite
  1. First Dance
  2. Second Dance
  3. Finale: In the Street of Ouled Naïls
 for orchestra
Orchestral 1910 Morris 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
Orchestral 108 (29/2) 1911 Phantastes, Suite in F major
  1. Prelude
  2. March
  3. Sleep
  4. Dance
 for orchestra withdrawn, originally Op. 29 No. 2
Orchestral 118 29/2 1912–1913 St Paul's Suite
  1. Jig
  2. Ostinato
  3. Intermezzo
  4. Finale: The Dargason
 for string orchestra dedicated to the orchestra at St Paul's Girls' School; Finale is an arrangement of 4th movement in Second Suite.
Orchestral 125 32 1914–1916 The 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 chorus original version for 2 pianos


4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee, My Country"
Orchestral 126 33 1915 Japanese 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
Orchestral 151 40/1 1922 A Fugal Overture for orchestra
Orchestral 172 47 1927 Egdon Heath (A Homage to Thomas Hardy) for orchestra title taken from Thomas Hardy's fictitious area Egdon Heath
Orchestral 1928 Nocturne from "A Moorside Suite" for string orchestra
Orchestral 1928 Fugue à la Gigue for orchestra original work Fugue in G major, BWV 577 by Johann Sebastian Bach; arrangement by Holst; also for band
Orchestral 178 52 1930, 1931 Hammersmith
  1. Prelude
  2. Scherzo
 for orchestra original for military band; orchestral version (1931) premiered at the same 1931 concert as William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast
Orchestral 185 1932 Jazz-Band Piece (Mr. Shilkret's Maggot) for orchestra revised by Imogen Holst as "Capriccio" (1967)
Orchestral 190 1933 Brook Green Suite
  1. Prelude
  2. Air
  3. Dance
 for string orchestra with flute, oboe and clarinet ad libitum
Orchestral 190a 1933 Gavotte for string orchestra with flute, oboe and clarinet ad libitum originally intended for Brook Green Suite
Orchestral 192 1933–1934 Scherzo for orchestra part of an unfinished Symphony
Band Three Folk Tunes for small military band
Band 88 22 1906 Marching Song for small military band No. 2 from 2 Songs without Words
Band 105 28/1 1909 First Suite in E-flat
  1. Chaconne
  2. Intermezzo
  3. March
 for military band
Band 106 28/2 1911 Second 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
Band 1928 Fugue à la Gigue original work Fugue in G major, BWV 577 by Johann Sebastian Bach; arrangement by Holst; also for orchestra
Band 173 1928 A Moorside Suite
  1. Scherzo
  2. Nocturne
  3. March
 for brass band unfinished transcription for military band by Holst (Scherzo and 38 bars of Nocturne); The whole work transcribed by Gordon Jacob in 1952 and Denis Wright in 1937
Band 178 52 1930 Hammersmith
  1. Prelude
  2. Scherzo
 for military band also for orchestra (1931); premiered by the US Marine Band on 17 April 1932
Concertante 74 19/1 1905 A Song of the Night for violin and orchestra
Concertante 75 19/2 1911 Invocation for cello and orchestra
Concertante 152 40/2 1923 A Fugal Concerto
  1. Moderato
  2. Adagio
  3. Allegro
 for flute, oboe (or 2 violins) and string orchestra
Concertante 175 49 1929 Double Concerto
  1. Scherzo
  2. Lament
  3. Variations on a Ground
 for 2 violins and orchestra
Concertante 191 1933 Lyric Movement for viola and small orchestra dedicated to violist Lionel Tertis
Chamber music 1893 Theme and Variations for 2 violins, viola and cello
Chamber music 1894 Air and Variations for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano
Chamber music 1894 Duo Concertante (Duet) for trombone and organ
Chamber music 1894 String Trio in G minor for violin, viola and cello
Chamber music 8 2 1896 Fantasiestücke
  1. March
  2. Minuet
  3. Scherzo
 for oboe, 2 violin, viola and cello revised as 3 Pieces in 1910
Chamber music 8a 2 1896, 1910 3 Pieces
  1. March
  2. Minuet
  3. Scherzo
 for oboe, 2 violin, viola and cello 1910 revision of Fantasiestücke
Chamber music 9 1896 Variations for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello
Chamber music 10 1896 Sextet in E minor for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola and cello
Chamber music 11 3 1896 Quintet in A minor
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Scherzo, Allegro vivace
  3. Adagio
  4. Allegro con brio
 for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano
Chamber music 23 1897 Scherzo for 2 violins, 2 violas and cellos
Chamber music 1901–1902 6 Solos: Nos. 1-5 for violin
Chamber music 51 1902? Lied ohne Worte for violin and piano
Chamber music 52 1903? A Spring Song for violin (or cello) and piano
Chamber music 53 1903 Ländler for 2 violins and piano
Chamber music 54 1903? Greeting for violin and piano also for orchestra
Chamber music 55 1904? Maya for violin and piano
Chamber music 56 1904? Valse-Étude for violin and piano dedicated to Marie Hall
Chamber music 67 14 1903 Quintet 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 music 93 1906 7 Scottish Airs for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano
Chamber music 135 36 1916 Phantasy Quartet on British Folk Songs for 2 violins, viola and cello
Chamber music 158 1925 Terzetto
  1. Allegretto
  2. Un poco vivace
 for flute, oboe and viola
Organ 1891 4 Voluntaries for organ
Piano 1892 Arpeggio Study for piano
Piano 1893 Introduction and Bolero for piano 4-hands
Piano 5 1895 Dances
  1. Allegretto
  2. Ländler
 for piano 4-hands
Piano 6 1899 Duet in D major for piano 4-hands
Piano 50 1901 2 Pieces (Deux Pièces)
  1. Fancine
  2. Lucille
 for piano
Piano 125 32 1914–1916 The 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 pianos also orchestrated



4. main theme: "I Vow to Thee, My Country"
Piano 153 1924 Toccata for piano founded on the Northumbrian pipe-tune "Newburn Lads"
Piano 154 1924 A Piece for Yvonne for piano
Piano 165 46/1 1926 Chrissemas Day in the Morning for piano founded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads
Piano 166 46/2 1927 2 Folk Song Fragments (2 Northumbrian Folk Tunes)
  1. O! I Hae Seen the Roses Blaw
  2. The Shoemakker
 for piano founded on a tune from North Countrie Ballads
Piano 179 1930–1932
1930
1932		 2 Pieces
  1. Nocturne
  2. Jig
 for piano
Vocal 1891 The Harper for voice and piano
Vocal 1891 Die Sprode for voice and piano
Vocal 1891–1892 There Is Dew for the Flow'ret for voice and piano
Vocal 1892 I Come from Haunts of Coot and Hern for voice and piano
Vocal 1892 Sing Heigh-Ho! for voice and piano 1st setting
Vocal 1893 Anna-Marie for voice and piano
Vocal 1893 A Lake and a Fairy Boat for voice and piano 1st setting
Vocal 1893 There Sits a Bird on Yonder Tree for voice and piano
Vocal 1893 The White Lady's Farewell for voice and piano
Vocal 1890s The Exile of Erine for voice and piano
Vocal 4 1895, 1897 O Lady, Leave That Silken Thread for baritone and piano original version (1895) for mixed chorus a cappella; words by Thomas Hood
Vocal 14 4 1896–1898 4 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
Vocal 17 1897 Song to the Sleeping Lady for voice and piano words by George MacDonald
Vocal 19 1901–1902 The Ballade of Prince Eric for voice and piano words by Fritz Hart
Vocal 25 1897 A Lake and a Fairy Boat for voice and piano 2nd setting; words by Thomas Hood
Vocal 26 1897 Sing Heigh-Ho! for voice and piano 2nd setting; words by Charles Kingsley
Vocal 27 1897 Airly Beacon for voice and piano words by Charles Kingsley
Vocal 28 1890s Twin Stars Aloft for voice and piano words by Charles Kingsley
Vocal 29 1890s The Day of the Lord for voice and piano words by Charles Kingsley
Vocal 32 1897 Not a Sound But Echoing in Me for voice and piano words by George MacDonald
Vocal 33 1898 Whether We Die or Live for voice and piano words by George Meredith
Vocal 34 6 1898, 1900 Örnulf's Drapa for baritone and orchestra revised 1900; words by Henrik Ibsen in translation by William Archer
Vocal 35 1890s Autumn Song for voice and piano words by Robert Bridges
Vocal 36 1898 My Joy for voice and piano words by Robert Bridges
Vocal 37 1890s Draw Not Away Thy Hands for voice and piano words by William Morris
Vocal 38 1890s I Scanned Her Picture for voice and piano
Vocal 39 1890s Two Brown Eyes for voice and piano
Vocal 44 1898–1899 Bhanavar's Lament for voice and piano words by George Meredith
Vocal 45 1890s Ah, Come, Fair Mistress for voice and piano words by Walter E. Grogan
Vocal 1900 She Who Is Dear to Me for voice and piano words by Walter E. Grogan
Vocal 62 1903 A Prayer for Light for voice and piano words by Eric Mackay
Vocal 63 1904 Dewy Roses for voice and piano words by Alfred H. Hyatt
Vocal 64 1903 Song of the Woods for voice and piano words by Alfred H. Hyatt
Vocal 65 1902–1903 To a Wild Rose for voice and piano words by Alfred H. Hyatt
Vocal 68 15 1902–1903 6 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
Vocal 69 16 1903–1904 6 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
Vocal 71 18 1904, 1912 The Mystic Trumpeter, Scena for soprano and orchestra revised 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".
Vocal 72 1904–1905 Darest Thou Now, O Soul for voice and piano words by Walt Whitman
Vocal 77 1890s Now Sleep and Take They Rest for voice and piano words by James Mabbe after Fernando de Rojas
Vocal 79 1900s To Hope for voice and piano words by anonymous
Vocal 83 1906–1908 16 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 piano folk song arrangements by Holst
Vocal 84a 1906–1907 Stu Mo Run for voice and piano Scottish folk song; arrangement by Holst
Vocal 84 1906–1914 9 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 piano folk song arrangements by Holst
Vocal 95 1907 The Heart Worships for voice and piano words by Alice M. Buckton
Vocal 90 24 1907–1908 Hymns 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 piano English words translated from the Sanskrit by the composer
Vocal 90a (24) 1907 Ratri (The Night) for medium voice and piano originally included in Op. 24
Vocal 123 1914? A Vigil of Pentecost for voice and piano words by Alice M. Buckton
Vocal 1911 Glory of the West for voice and piano arrangement by Holst
Vocal 132 35 1916–1917 4 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
Vocal 141 1918 May Day Carol for voice and 2 violins
Vocal 147 1920s The Ballad of Hunting Knowe for voice and piano words by E. A. Ramsden
Vocal 1920s He-Back She-Back for voice and piano
Vocal 174 48 1929 12 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 piano words by Humbert Wolfe
Vocal 174a (48) 1929 Epilogue for soprano and piano words by Humbert Wolfe; originally intended for Op. 48
Vocal 1930 God Be in My Head for voice and piano
Choral 1887 Horatius for mixed chorus and orchestra
Choral 1890 A Christmas Carol for mixed chorus and piano
Choral 1891–1892 Sailor's Chorus for male chorus and orchestra
Choral 1891–1892 The Strain Upraise for unison voices and piano
Choral 1891–1892 Advent Litany for unison voices and piano
Choral 1892 Sanctus for unison voices and organ
Choral 1892 New Year Chorus for mixed chorus and piano
Choral 1892 Ode to the North East Wind for male chorus and orchestra
Choral 1893–1894 Winter and the Birds for mixed chorus and piano
Choral 1894 Love Wakes and Weeps for mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 1894 Ave Maria, Maiden Mild for female chorus a cappella
Choral 1894 Fathoms Deep Beneath the Wave for female chorus a cappella
Choral 1894 Now Winter's Winds Are Banished for female chorus a cappella
Choral 1894 Summer's Welcome for female chorus a cappella
Choral 1894 Winter and the Birds for female chorus a cappella
Choral 1 1895 The Autumn Is Old for mixed chorus a cappella words by Thomas Hood
Choral 2 1895 The Stars Are with the Voyager for mixed chorus a cappella words by Thomas Hood
Choral 3 1895 Spring It Is Cheery for mixed chorus a cappella words by Thomas Hood
Choral 4 1895 O Lady, Leave That Silken Thread for mixed chorus a cappella words by Thomas Hood; also for baritone and piano
Choral 12 1890s All Night I Waited by the Spring for female chorus a cappella
Choral 13 4 1896 3 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 cappella words translated from Heinrich Heine
Choral 15 1896 There's a Voice in the Wind for mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 16 1896 The Kiss for mixed chorus a cappella words by Ben Jonson
Choral 18 1890s Ah Tyrant Love for mixed chorus a cappella words by Charles Kingsley
Choral 20 1896 Light Leaves Whisper for mixed chorus a cappella words by Fritz Hart
Choral 22 1893–1896 Not Unto Us, O Lord for mixed chorus and organ (or piano) Biblical words: Psalm 115
Choral 24 1897 O Spring's Little Children for female chorus a cappella words by Francis Thompson
Choral 30 5 1897 Clear and Cool for mixed chorus and orchestra words by Charles Kingsley
Choral 40 1898 Clouds o'er the Summer Sky, Canon for female chorus (2 sopranos) and piano words by Fritz Hart
Choral 1899 Autumn Song for female chorus a cappella words by Francis Thompson; also for mixed chorus a cappella, Op. 9a No. 2
Choral 48 9a 1897–1900 5 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
Choral 49 9b 1900 Ave Maria for female chorus a cappella
Choral 57 1912 I love Thee for mixed chorus a cappella words by Thomas Hood
Choral 58 1903 Thou Didst Delight My Eyes for mixed chorus a cappella words by Robert Bridges
Choral 59 1890s It Was a Lover and His Lass for mixed chorus a cappella words by William Shakespeare
Choral 61 12 1902–1903 5 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
Choral 70 17 1903 King Estmere for mixed chorus and orchestra
Choral 73 1904–1905 3 Hymns for the English Hymnal
  1. In the Bleak Midwinter
  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
Choral 76 1908 In Youth Is Pleasure for mixed chorus a cappella words by Robert Wever
Choral 78 1908 Now Rest Thee from All Care for mixed chorus a cappella words by anonymous
Choral 80 20a 1905 Songs 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 cappella words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Choral 81 1905 Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead for female chorus a cappella words from The Princess by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Choral 82 20b 1907 4 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 piano words by anonymous
Choral 85 1904–1919 7 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)
Choral 1908 Adoramus Te Christe for female chorus a cappella
Choral 1908 Benedictus for female chorus a cappella
Choral 1908 Help Me, O Lord for female chorus a cappella
Choral 1908 How Merrily We Live for female chorus a cappella
Choral 1908 2 Part-Songs for mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 91 1907–1908

1916		 2 Carols
  1. A Welcome Song
  2. Terly, Terlow
 for mixed chorus, oboe and cello words by anonymous
Old English Carols
Choral 92 1909 Pastoral for female chorus a cappella
Choral 97 26 1908 Choral 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
Choral 98 26 1909 Choral 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
Choral 99 26 1910 Choral 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
Choral 100 26 1912 Choral 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
Choral 103 1909 O England, My Country for unison voices and orchestra (or piano) words by G. K. Menzies
Choral 104 1909 A Song of Fairies for female chorus a cappella
Choral 109 1910 Christmas 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)
Choral 1910 Old Airs and Glees for female chorus a cappella
Choral 110 1910 4 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 piano words by John Greenleaf Whittier
Choral 111 30 1910–1912 The Cloud Messenger, Ode for alto, mixed chorus and orchestra founded on a Sanskrit poem of Kālidāsa; words translated by the composer
Choral 112 1911 2 Eastern Pictures
  1. Spring
  2. Summer
 for female chorus and harp (or piano) words translated by the composer from Kālidāsa
Choral 113 1911 In Loyal Bonds United: Empire Day Song for unison voices and piano words by Shapcott Wensley
Choral 1912 News From Whydah for mixed chorus and orchestra
Choral 1912 Lord, Who Hast Made Us For Thine Own: No. 2 of the Two Psalms for female chorus and orchestra
Choral 115 31/1 1911 Hecuba's Lament for alto, female chorus and string orchestra words by Gilbert Murray after Euripides
Choral 116 31/2 1913 Hymn to Dionysus for female chorus and orchestra words by Gilbert Murray after Euripides
Choral 117 1912 2 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)
Choral 118a 1911 Playground Song for unison voices and piano for St Paul's Girls' School
Choral 119 1913 The Swallow Leaves Her Nest for female chorus a cappella words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Choral 120 1913 The Homecoming for male chorus a cappella words by Thomas Hardy
Choral 121 1914 A Dirge for Two Veterans for male chorus, brass and percussion words by Walt Whitman
Choral 124 1915 Dirge and Hymeneal for female chorus and piano (or harp) words by Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Choral 127 1915 Nunc Dimittis for mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 128 34/1 1916 This Have I Done for My True Love for mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 129 34/2 1916 Lullay My Liking for soprano and mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 130 34/3 1916 Of One That Is So Fair and Bright for soprano, alto, tenor, bass and mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 131 34/4 1916 Bring Us in Good Ale for mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 1916 Personent hodie, Christmas Song for unison chorus and orchestra arrangement by Holst; Latin text and melody from Piæ Cantiones
Choral 1916 Short Communion Service for equal voices a cappella original work by William Byrd; arrangement by Holst
Choral 133 1916–1917 3 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
Choral 134 36a 1916 3 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
Choral 136 36b 1916 6 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
Choral 137 1916 Diverus and Lazarus for mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 138 1917 2 Part-Songs for Children
  1. The Corn Song
  2. Song of the Lumbermen
 for children's chorus and piano words by John Greenleaf Whittier
Choral 139 1917 A Dream of Christmas for female chorus and string orchestra (or piano)
Choral 142 1916–1917 Here Is Joy for Every Age for female chorus a cappella words by John Mason Neale after "Ecce novum gaudium"
Choral 1916–1919 All People That on Earth Do Dwell for mixed chorus and orchestra
Choral 140 37 1917-1919 The Hymn of Jesus for 2 mixed choruses, female semi-chorus and orchestra text chosen and translated from the Apocryphal Acts of St. John, next to the hymn Pange lingua gloriosi proelium certaminis
Choral 144 38 1919 Ode to Death for mixed chorus and orchestra words by Walt Whitman
Choral 145 1919 Short Festival Te Deum for mixed chorus and orchestra
Choral 148 1921, 1918? "I Vow to Thee, My Country", Hymn for unison voices and orchestra based on the theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of The Planets; words by Cecil Spring Rice
Choral 155 41 1923–1924 First 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 orchestra words by John Keats
Choral 157 1925 Ode to C.K.S. and the Oriana for mixed chorus a cappella for Charles Kennedy Scott and the Oriana Madrigal Society on the 21st foundation day; words by Jane M. Joseph
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1925		 2 Motets
  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
Choral 1925 God Is Love, His the Care Hymn
Choral 161 1925 4 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
Choral 162 44 1925–1926 7 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 orchestra words by Robert Bridges
Choral 1927 O Magnum Mysterium for mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 1927 By Weary Stages Hymn
Choral 1927 Gird on Thy Sword/Lift Up Your Arms Hymn
Choral 167 1928 Christ Hath a Garden for female chorus and small orchestra words by Robert Bridges after Isaac Watts
Choral 168 1927 Man Born to Toil for mixed chorus, organ and bells ad libitum words by Robert Bridges
Choral 169 1927 Eternal Father for soprano, mixed chorus, organ and bells ad libitum words by Robert Bridges
Choral 171 1928 Canterbury Bells: 2 Rounds
  1. Within This Place All Beauty Dwells
  2. To Bother Missis Bell
 for 4 equal voices a cappella words by Mabel Rodwell Jones
Choral 177 51 1930 A Choral Fantasia for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra words by Robert Bridges
Choral 181 1931 Roadways for unison voices and piano words by John Masefield
Choral 182 1931 Wassail Song for mixed chorus a cappella
Choral 183 1930–1931 12 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 cappella words adapted by Steuart Wilson
Choral 186 53 1931–1932 6 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
Choral 186a (53) 1931 On the Battle Which Was Fought at Fontenoy for male chorus and string orchestra (or piano, or organ) originally intended for Op. 53; words from medieval Latin lyrics translated by Helen Waddell
Choral 187 1932 8 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
Choral 188 1932 "O Spiritual Pilgrim" for soprano and mixed chorus a cappella words by James Elroy Flecker
Choral 189 1933 Come Live with Me for 2 equal voices a cappella words by Christopher Marlowe
- 1906 Folk Songs from Somerset thought lost; rediscovered 2017

Sources

  • Holst, Imogen (1974). A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav Holst's Music, London: Faber Music Ltd. ISBN 978-0571100040

References

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  2. ^ Foreman, Lewis (2006). Notes to The Praise of King Olaf – Holst’s Complete Music for Military Band CD, Specialist Recording Company Ltd.
  3. "Philip the King by John Masefield". The North American Review. 201 (710). University of Northern Iowa: 100–01. January 1915. JSTOR 25108347.
  4. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica Online, "Gustav Holst", 2006, Britannica.com webpage: Britannica-GHolst.
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