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A lifelong friendship

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Holst: 15 facts about the great composer

Vaughan Williams

5. A lifelong friendship

Shortly after celebrating his 21st birthday, Holst met Ralph Vaughan Williams, who became a lifelong friend and had a great influence on Holst's music. The two budding composers became one another's chief critics.

  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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