Egdon Heath

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Egdon Heath is an orchestral tone poem by Gustav Holst, inspired by Thomas Hardy’s fictional Wessex landscape and noted for its austere, atmospheric character.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert work ⓘ
orchestral tone poem ⓘ
associatedPlaceInFiction Egdon Heath (fictional heath in Thomas Hardy’s novels) ⓘ
linked to: Egdon Heath
associatedWith Thomas Hardy’s literature ⓘ
Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
character atmospheric ⓘ
austere ⓘ
composer Gustav Holst ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts bleak heathland ⓘ
timeless rural landscape ⓘ
genre tone poem ⓘ
hasSubject English countryside ⓘ
landscape ⓘ
mood of desolation ⓘ
nature ⓘ
influencedBy English pastoral tradition ⓘ
inspiredBy Thomas Hardy ⓘ
Thomas Hardy’s fictional Wessex landscape ⓘ
linked to: Hardy’s Wessex
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
musicalForces full orchestra ⓘ
notedFor dark, brooding atmosphere ⓘ
restraint and economy of musical material ⓘ
subtle orchestration ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
relatedWorkOfComposer A Somerset Rhapsody ⓘ
The Planets ⓘ
scoredFor orchestra ⓘ
style English orchestral music ⓘ
titleOrigin Egdon Heath, a fictional location in Thomas Hardy’s works ⓘ
linked to: Egdon Heath

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Gustav Holst → notableWork → Egdon Heath ⓘ
Gustav Holst → composed → Egdon Heath ⓘ
Wessex (fictional region) → hasPart → Egdon Heath ⓘ
The Return of the Native → setting → Egdon Heath ⓘ
The Return of the Native → hasSymbol → Egdon Heath ⓘ
Egdon Heath → titleOrigin → Egdon Heath, a fictional location in Thomas Hardy’s works ⓘ
linked to: Egdon Heath
Egdon Heath → associatedPlaceInFiction → Egdon Heath (fictional heath in Thomas Hardy’s novels) ⓘ
linked to: Egdon Heath