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About 'Mars from The Planets' | |
Artist: |
Holst, Gustav (biography) |
Born: | September 21, 1874,
, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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Died: | May 25, 1934,
, London, United Kingdom
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The Artist: | Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed a large number of other works across a range of genres. |
| Composed: | 1914 |
| Info: Mars, the Bringer of War - a movement from the famous suite 'The Planets'. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its corresponding astrological character as defined by Holst. | |