How did old Gustav Holst know???

Posted by: Thorsten on 26 August 2006

Pluto is no longer a planet.

Thank god, Holst did not compose for this, apparently, minor piece of trash surrounding the sun.

Am I guilty of being a hopeless romantic because I like "Jupiter" so much because of its second melody?

Same goes for Wagner's Rienzi. The theme is just...

Posted on: 26 August 2006 by BigH47

Perhaps it wasn't discovered yet.
Perhaps Holst had run out of tunes!
Does this make Astrology correct now?

Posted on: 26 August 2006 by Thorsten

I am not sure.

I guess I can foretell that tomorrow is a sunday.

However, I can recommend Rattles new recording with the Berliner Philharmoniker. (Though I did not listen to the second cd with all those new compositions yet). Still busy with Jupiter.

Posted on: 27 August 2006 by fred simon

The Planets was (were?) composed between 1914-1916, first complete performance in 1920.

Pluto was discovered in 1930.

Holst was still alive at the time, but had no interest in amending his composition.

Fred

Posted on: 27 August 2006 by Alan Paterson

I like mars myself.

Posted on: 27 August 2006 by Thorsten

oh fred,

that's spoiling all the fun we could have had too early.

knowledge can be dangerous.

i was just about to collect ten reasons why holst neglected pluto.

Posted on: 27 August 2006 by erik scothron

The Planets is perhaps my favourite piece of music for auditioning HiFi as it is so dynamic.

Posted on: 28 August 2006 by fred simon

quote:
Originally posted by Thorsten:
oh fred,

that's spoiling all the fun we could have had too early.

knowledge can be dangerous.

i was just about to collect ten reasons why holst neglected pluto.

Well, knowledge is my kind of fun.

But please don't let me stop yours. In fact, I'll even start off with one:

OK, now it's your turn.

Fred