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Gustav was born into a musical family and his father taught him how to play piano.
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His mom dies.
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He gets started on his compositions and when he attends the Royal Academy of Music in 1893; he meets the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, who becomes his best friend.
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Gustav leaves the Academy in 1898 to become a professional trombonist and pianist and then joins the Carl Rosa Opera Company.
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Deciding to put more time into compositions, he quits the orchestra to become a music teacher at a London girl’s school. He moves on to head of music at St. Paul's Girls School, a position he held until death.
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Holst begins his large orchestras The Planets and Mars, the Bringer of War.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHVsszW7Nds Mars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo Jupiter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rErPKeZmn5w Neptune -
Returning to London, he finds his music shortly being popular, thanks to the success of The Planets and a choral work, Hymn to Jesus. He continues to write music, fulfilling commissions for the New York Symphony. He visits the U.S. and then teaches at Harvard.
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He dies.
