St Paul's Suite

St Paul's Suite (Op. 29, No. 2), originally titled Suite in C,^[1] is a composition for string orchestra by the English composer Gustav Holst. It was written in 1912, but due to revisions was not published until 1922. It is named after the St Paul's Girls' School in the United Kingdom, where Holst was Director of Music from 1905 to 1934. It was written in gratitude to the school which had built a soundproof studio for him. This suite is the most famous of the many pieces he wrote for students at St. Paul's.^[2]

The suite has four movements:

• I. Jig: Vivace (alternating between 6/8 and 9/8 time)
• II. Ostinato: Presto
• III. Intermezzo: Andante con moto (labeled "Dance" in the manuscript)
• IV. Finale (The Dargason): Allegro (arranged from the "Fantasia on the Dargason" from his Second Suite in F for Military Band)

Notes

External links

• St. Paul's Suite: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• "Gustavus Theodore Holst: St. Paul Suite Op. 29 #2" at Classical Net

Gustav Holst
Opera	Sāvitri The Perfect Fool At the Boar's Head The Wandering Scholar
Orchestral works	Beni Mora St Paul's Suite The Planets Egdon Heath Brook Green Suite
Concert band pieces	First Suite in E-flat for Military Band Second Suite in F for Military Band
Choral music	Ode to Death "I Vow to Thee, My Country" First Choral Symphony A Choral Fantasia
Film score	The Bells
Named for Holst	Holst Peak Holst Singers
Related articles	Imogen Holst Snape Maltings Theodor von Holst
List of compositions by Gustav Holst Category:Compositions by Gustav Holst