Never compose anything unless the not composing of it becom… - Gustav Holst

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Never compose anything unless the not composing of it becomes a positive nuisance to you.

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Gustavus Theodore von Holst (21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer and music teacher. He is best remembered for his choral music and works for orchestra, of which the most famous is certainly The Planets. He changed his name to Gustav Holst during the First World War because of prevalent anti-German feeling.

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Birth Name: Gustavus Theodore von Holst

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The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of The Planets enables the mind to acquire some comprehension of the vastness of space where rational understanding fails.

Music, being identical with heaven, isn't a thing of momentary thrills, or even hourly ones. It's a condition of eternity.

Always ask for advice but never take it.

Never compose anything unless the not composing of it becomes a positive nuisance to you. - Gustav Holst

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