St Paul’s Suite

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St Paul’s Suite is a lively and folk-influenced string orchestra work by English composer Gustav Holst, written for the students of St Paul’s Girls’ School in London.

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St Paul’s Suite canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf string orchestra composition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Suite in C for string orchestra ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution St Paul’s Girls’ School ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Gustav Holst ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 29 No. 2 ⓘ
commissionedBy St Paul’s Girls’ School, London ⓘ
composer Gustav Holst ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dateWritten 1912–1913 ⓘ
dedicatedTo St Paul’s Girls’ School, London ⓘ
educationalUse student and youth orchestras repertoire ⓘ
era early 1910s ⓘ
firstPerformanceBy orchestra of St Paul’s Girls’ School ⓘ
genre English folk-influenced classical music ⓘ
classical music ⓘ
hasApproximateDuration about 12 minutes ⓘ
hasForm suite ⓘ
hasMovementCharacteristic Finale combines The Dargason with Greensleeves ⓘ
hasPart Finale (The Dargason) ⓘ
Intermezzo ⓘ
Jig ⓘ
Ostinato ⓘ
hasPopularity standard repertoire for string orchestra ⓘ
influencedBy English folk music ⓘ
intendedPerformers students of St Paul’s Girls’ School ⓘ
inTonalSystem tonal ⓘ
key C major ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
movementOrder 1. Jig ⓘ
2. Ostinato ⓘ
3. Intermezzo ⓘ
4. Finale (The Dargason) ⓘ
notableFor being written for a school orchestra ⓘ
use of English folk tunes in a string orchestra setting ⓘ
numberOfMovements 4 ⓘ
originalInstrumentation string orchestra with optional wind parts ⓘ
partOf Opus 29 by Gustav Holst ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
placeOfComposition London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publisher Novello & Co. ⓘ
revised 1913 ⓘ
scoredFor string orchestra ⓘ
style folk-influenced ⓘ
lively ⓘ
usesMelody Greensleeves ⓘ
The Dargason ⓘ
writtenFor educational context ⓘ

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Gustav Holst → notableWork → St Paul’s Suite ⓘ
Gustav Holst → composed → St Paul’s Suite ⓘ