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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Gustav Holst, Robert Stephen Hawker, Brian Jones, Benjamin Baker, Siân Berry, Gilbert Jessop, Pate's Grammar School, H. J. Round, Adrian Bailey, Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher, Old Patesians R.f.c., Rowland Biffen, Richard Pate. Excerpt:Adrian Bailey MP Adrian Edward Bailey (born 11 December 1949) is a British Labour Co-operative politician , who has been the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich West since 2000. Early life Born in Salisbury , Bailey was educated at Cheltenham Grammar School before going on to university at the University of Exeter , graduating in 1967 with an Honours Degree in Economic History. Subsequently he trained at the Loughborough College of Librarianship and graduated in 1971 with a postgraduate diploma in Librarianship. From 1971-1982 he was employed as a professional librarian by Cheshire County Council and from 1973 to 1982 he also worked as a librarian and teacher of study skills in a Cheshire Comprehensive school. Political career Bailey contested the seat of Worcester at the 1970 General Election, where he was easily defeated by Peter Walker . At both the February 1974 General Election and October 1974 General Election he unsuccessfully contested the Cheshire seat of Nantwich , where he was defeated by John Cockcroft . In 1976 the Speaker of the House of Commons , Selwyn Lloyd decided to stand down from the Commons , and Bailey contested the resulting by-election and he was again defeated easily by David Hunt , who was later to enter the Cabinet of John Major . He was not to fight a Parliamentary election again for 24 years, but contested and lost the Cheshire West European seat in 1979. In 1982 Bailey moved to the West Midlands to become a full time political organiser for the Co-operative Party covering the Midlands and South Yorkshire r... ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Gustav Theodore Holst (21 September 1874 25 May 1934) was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets. Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London, his early work was influenced by Grieg, Wagner, Richard Strauss and fellow student Ralph Vaughan Williams, and later, through Vaughan Williams, the music of Ravel. The combined influence of Ravel, Hindu spiritualism and English folk tunes enabled Holst to free himself of the influence of Wagner and Strauss and to forge his own style. Holst's music is well known for unconventional use of metre and haunting melodies. Holst composed almost 200 works, including operas, ballets, choral hymns and songs (see Selected works below). An enthusiastic educator, Holst became music master at St Paul's Girls' School in 1905 and director of music at Morley College in 1907, continuing in both posts until retirement. He was the brother of Hollywood actor Ernest Cossart and father of the composer and conductor Imogen Holst, who wrote a biography of him in 1938. He was originally named Gustavus Theodor von Holst, but he dropped the "von" from his name in response to anti-German sentiment in Britain during World War I, making it official by deed poll in 1918. Holst was born on 21 September 1874, at 4 Pittville Terrace (named today Clarence Road), Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England to a family of Swedish extraction (by way of Latvia and Russia). The house was opened as a museum devoted to Holst's life and times in 1974. Holst's grandfather, Gustavus von Holst (born 1799) of Riga, Latvia, moved to England with his parents as a child; he became a composer of elegant harp music and a notable harp teacher. Holst's father, Adolph von Holst, was organist and choirmaster at All Sain... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49241 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Planets, Personent Hodie, First Suite in E-Flat for Military Band, at the Boar's Head, the Wandering Scholar, List of Compositions by Gustav Holst, Second Suite in F for Military Band, First Choral Symphony, Egdon Heath, Savitri, Choral Fantasia, Brook Green Suite, St Paul's Suite. Excerpt:Operas by Gustav Holst At the Boar's Head is an opera in one act by the English composer Gustav Holst , his op. 42. Holst himself described the work as "A Musical Interlude in One Act". The libretto , by the composer himself, is based on Shakespeare 's Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 . Holst devised the idea for this opera in 1924, whilst convalescing from an illness. During this period, he alternated between reading Henry IV, Part I and an edition of John Playford 's The English Dancing Master , as well as folk melodies collected by Cecil Sharp and others. Holst noticed that the rhythm and metre of Shakespeare's lines matched the tunes in the Playford, as well as the tunes that Sharp and others had collected. He then decided to set a number of those melodies to a story assembled from episodes set at the Boar's Head Inn from the two parts of Henry IV . Three of the melodic passages are original, including a recitative for Prince Hal and a setting for the sonnets. Otherwise, Holst devised his score from reworking the collected folk tunes. Imogen Holst summarised the folk tunes which her father used in the score as follows: The opera received its first performance at the Palace Theatre in Manchester on 3 April 1925, by the British National Opera Company, with Malcolm Sargent conducting. A performance at the Golders Green Hippodrome followed on 20 April 1925, with the following singers among the cast : Holst's opera was part of a double bill with Puccini 's Gianni Schicchi . The first... ... Read more

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Chapters: At the Boar's Head, the Wandering Scholar, Savitri, the Perfect Fool. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Savitri (1916)The Perfect Fool (1923)At the Boar's Head (1925)The Wandering Scholar (1934) At the Boar's Head is an opera in one act by the English composer Gustav Holst, his op. 42. Holst himself described the work as "A Musical Interlude in One Act". The libretto, by the composer himself, is based on Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2. Holst devised the idea for this opera in 1924, whilst convalescing from an illness. During this period, he alternated between reading Henry IV, Part I and an edition of John Playford's The English Dancing Master, as well as folk melodies collected by Cecil Sharp and others. Holst noticed that the rhythm and metre of Shakespeare's lines matched the tunes in the Playford, as well as the tunes that Sharp and others had collected. He then decided to set a number of those melodies to a story assembled from episodes set at the Boar's Head Inn from the two parts of Henry IV. Three of the melodic passages are original, including a recitative for Prince Hal and a setting for the sonnets. Otherwise, Holst devised his score from reworking the collected folk tunes. Imogen Holst summarised the folk tunes which her father used in the score as follows: The opera received its first performance at the Palace Theatre in Manchester on 3 April 1925, by the British National Opera Company, with Malcolm Sargent conducting. A performance at the Golders Green Hippodrome followed on 20 April 1925, with the following singers among the cast: Holst's opera was part of a double bill with Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. The first US performance was in February 1935 in New York City, at the MacDowell Club, conducted an...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19830539 ... Read more

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Gustav Holst's First Suite in E flat transcribed for woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon). Score and parts included. ... Read more

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Chapters: English People of Swedish Descent, Scottish People of Swedish Descent, Gustav Holst, Cat Stevens, Geri Halliwell, Ernest Mason Satow, Richard Gough, Charles Frederick Henningsen, Scandinavian Migration to the United Kingdom, Kristin Linklater, Eric Linklater, Malcolm Munthe, Magnus Linklater, Ivan Morris, Carl Aschan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 99. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948 in London, England), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a British musician. He is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam. His early 1970s record albums Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat were both certified as Triple Platinum by the RIAA in the United States; his 1972 album Catch Bull at Four sold half a million copies in the first two weeks of release alone and was Billboard's number-one LP for three consecutive weeks. He has also earned two ASCAP songwriting awards in consecutive years for "The First Cut Is the Deepest," which has been a hit single for four different artists. Stevens converted to Islam at the height of his fame, in December 1977, and adopted his Muslim name, Yusuf Islam, the following year. In 1979, he auctioned all his guitars away for charity and left his music career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community. He has been given several awards for his work in promoting peace in the world, including 2003's World Award, the 2004 Man for Peace Award, and the 2007 Mediterranean Prize for Peace. In 2006, he returned to pop music with his first album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled An Other Cup. He now goes professionally by the single name Yusuf. His newest album, Roadsinger, was...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=78747 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Gustav Holst, Cat Stevens, Geri Halliwell, Ernest Mason Satow, Charles Frederick Henningsen, Malcolm Munthe, Ivan Morris, Carl Aschan. Excerpt:Carl Aschan (May 6, 1906 July 27, 2008) was a Swedish -born British intelligence officer and spy during World War II . Aschan later helped to track down some of Adolf Hitler 's associates following the defeat of Nazi Germany . References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Yusuf Islam / Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou ; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens , is a British musician . He is a singer-songwriter , multi-instrumentalist , educator , philanthropist , and prominent convert to Islam . His early 1970s record albums Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat were both certified as Triple Platinum by the RIAA in the United States; his 1972 album Catch Bull at Four sold half a million copies in the first two weeks of release alone and was Billboard ' s number-one LP for three consecutive weeks. He has also earned two ASCAP songwriting awards in consecutive years for "The First Cut Is the Deepest ," which has been a hit single for four different artists. Stevens converted to Islam at the height of his fame, in December 1977, and adopted his Muslim name, Yusuf Islam, the following year. In 1979, he auctioned all his guitars away for charity and left his music career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community. He has been given several awards for his work in promoting peace in the world, including 2003's World Award , the 2004 Man for Peace Award , and the 2007 Mediterranean Prize for Peace. In 2006, he returned to pop music with his first album of new pop songs in 28 years, entitled An Other Cup . He now goes professi... ... Read more

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A Fugal Concerto<-i>, by Gustav Holst, for Flute, Oboe and a Piano reduction of the string orchestra part. The two main lines can be substituted for two Violins.

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Chapters: Gustav Holst, Christian Lindberg, Jonas Bylund. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 23. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Gustav Theodore Holst (21 September 1874 25 May 1934) was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets. Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London, his early work was influenced by Grieg, Wagner, Richard Strauss and fellow student Ralph Vaughan Williams, and later, through Vaughan Williams, the music of Ravel. The combined influence of Ravel, Hindu spiritualism and English folk tunes enabled Holst to free himself of the influence of Wagner and Strauss and to forge his own style. Holst's music is well known for unconventional use of metre and haunting melodies. Holst composed almost 200 works, including operas, ballets, choral hymns and songs (see Selected works below). An enthusiastic educator, Holst became music master at St Paul's Girls' School in 1905 and director of music at Morley College in 1907, continuing in both posts until retirement. He was the brother of Hollywood actor Ernest Cossart and father of the composer and conductor Imogen Holst, who wrote a biography of him in 1938. He was originally named Gustavus Theodor von Holst, but he dropped the "von" from his name in response to anti-German sentiment in Britain during World War I, making it official by deed poll in 1918. Holst was born on 21 September 1874, at 4 Pittville Terrace (named today Clarence Road), Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England to a family of Swedish extraction (by way of Latvia and Russia). The house was opened as a museum devoted to Holst's life and times in 1974. Holst's grandfather, Gustavus von Holst (born 1799) of Riga, Latvia, moved to England with his parents as a child; he became a composer of elegant harp music and a notable ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=49241 ... Read more

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This historic publishing enterprise, the reproduction of Holst's autograph scores, has the unique advantage of showing precisely what Holst wrote. ... Read more

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Chapters: Carl Linnaeus, Gustav Holst, Axel Oxenstierna, Earl, Carl Bildt, Verner Von Heidenstam, Folke Bernadotte, Birger Jarl, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Johan Banér, Lars Johan Hierta, Margaret Leijonhufvud, Sven Hedin, Maggie Gyllenhaal, List of Swedish Noble Families, Emanuel Swedenborg, Jake Gyllenhaal, Dag Hammarskjöld, Magnus Gabriel de La Gardie, Povel Ramel, Norwegian Nobility, Count Axel Von Fersen the Younger, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Gillis Bildt, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Russian Bayors, Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna, Helena, Marchioness of Northampton, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Rutger Macklean, Gustaf Nordenskiöld, Christopher Polhem, Johan August Gripenstedt, Magdalena Rudenschöld, Fief of Viborg, Christina Gyllenstierna, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Dan Uggla, Hedvig Taube, Jacob de La Gardie, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, Lennart Torstenson, Eric Hermelin, Bo Jonsson, Arvid Horn, Arvid Posse, Carl Gustaf Von Rosen, Christian Günther, Count Nikolay Adlerberg, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Ingeborg Tott, Charles Ulvsson, Lord of Tofta, Johan Björnsson Printz, Magnus Uggla, Frederick Coyett, Johan Christopher Toll, Axel Gustav Adlercreutz, Pehr G. Gyllenhammar, Rutger Von Ascheberg, Ragnvald Ulfsson, Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna, Katarina Stenbock, Louis Palander, Ferdinand Von Wrangel, Peter Celsing, Jarl in Sweden, Carl Gustaf Tessin, Count Adolf Fredrik Munck Af Fulkila, Evert Taube, Sten Sture the Elder, Lennart Von Post, Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Otto Nordenskiöld, Georg Magnus Sprengtporten, Erik Dahlbergh, Agnes Von Krusenstjerna, Ebba Brahe, Pontus de La Gardie, Nils Gustaf Nordenskiöld, Cecilia Knutsdotter, Gunilla Johansdotter Bielke, Algot Magnuson of Revsnes, Louis Gerhard de Geer, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jonas Lidströmer, Gerhard Louis de Geer, Filippa Hamilton, Christiana Oxenstierna, Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten, Benedict, Duke of Halland, Olof Von Dalin, Per Brahe the Younger, Balthasar Von Campenh...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=529134 ... Read more