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HOLST, Gustav,
1874-1934
The Planets
Opus 32,
Suite for Large Orchestra. Edited by Imogen Holst
and Colin Matthews.
detail of 2-piano arrangement of "Mars"
(Appendix)
Collected Facsimile Edition of Autograph
Manuscripts of the Published Works, III. London,
1979. 27 x 36 cm, xiv, 239 pp. 2-color halftone of the autograph fair
copy. A highly complex
and fascinating manuscript scored for quadrupled woodwind, bass flute
and bass oboe, full
brass section with 6 horns and 2 tubas, percussion section requiring 5
players and 2
timpanists, as well as 2 harps, organ and strings. Includes a careful
collation of the
discrepancies between the manuscript and the various printed editions,
a detailed analysis of
the various “hands” in the manuscript, a reproduction of Holst’s
2-piano arrangment of “Mars”
and 2-organ arrangement of “Neptune”. Handsome binding with green linen
boards and gold
lettering. $95
(see other
facsimiles of 20th-century works)
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