Klarinet Archive - Posting 000745.txt from 1998/09

From: "Jim O'Briant" <jobriant@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Genesis Music
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 16:38:37 -0400

Jack Kissinger wrote:

> Uh, sorry. Holst was actually thinking of astrology when he wrote "The
> Planets."

Not so, I fear. Holst and his daughter, Imogene, stated many times that there is
no astrological significance nor astrological reference in "The Planets." Holst
took the names of the eight planets that were known at the time (Pluto wasn't yet
discovered), and composed movements for seven of them, omitting only Earth. The
titles and subtitles were simply the names of the Greek or Roman gods for whom the
planets were named, along with a phrase descriptive of that particular god as
he/she is depicted in mythology. Astrology was not involved in any way.

Jim O'Briant
Bayside Music Press
Gilroy, CA

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