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    Holst: 15 facts about the great composer

    Gustav Holst

    14. A shy man

    It was not until the international success of The Planets that Holst became a well-known figure. A shy man, he did not welcome this fame and preferred to be left in peace to compose and teach.

    1. Image 1: Gustav Holst birthplace Cheltenham
    2. Image 2: Holst drawing Rothenstein
    3. Image 3: Gilbert Sullivan cartoon
    4. Image 4: Charles Villiers Stanford composer
    5. Image 5: Vaughan Williams
    6. Image 6: Isobel Gustav Holst wife Woodforde
    7. Image 7: Richard Strauss conducting
    8. Image 8: St Paul's Girls' School Hammersmith
    9. Image 9: Holst opera Savitri
    10. Image 10: Algeria Holst Beni Mora 15 images

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