Gustav Holst

United Kingdom, 1895–1934

English composer (1874-1934). The suite The Planets (1916), and particularly the 5/4 'Mars', established an orchestral vocabulary later drawn on extensively in film music.

MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Gustav Holst and 1 artist Gustav Holst influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.

Who influenced Gustav Holst?

• Richard Wagner — Early Holst was steeped in Wagner — operas like Sita are openly Wagnerian, before he forged his own austere idiom.

Which artists did Gustav Holst influence?

• King Crimson — 'The Devil's Triangle' (In the Wake of Poseidon) is Crimson's adaptation of Holst's 'Mars' — they played it live as 'Mars' from their first tours.