Gustav Holst : the man and his music / by Short, Michael, 1937-

Heirs and rebels; letters written to each other and occasional writings on music, by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst. by Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

Guides to band masterworks / by Garofalo, Robert Joseph

Table of Contents: “…Overture for band/Felix Mendelssohn -- Trauersinfonie/Richard Wagner -- First suite in E /Gustav Holst -- Second suite in F/Gustav Holst -- Chester overture/William Schuman -- George Washington bridge/William Schuman.…”

Parry to Finzi : twenty English song-composers / by Hold, Trevor

Table of Contents: “…Hubert Parry -- Charles Stanford -- Edward Elgar -- Frederick Delius -- Arthur Somervell -- Ralph Vaughan Williams -- Gustav Holst -- Roger Quilter -- Frank Bridge -- John Ireland -- Arnold Bax -- George Butterworth -- Denis Browne -- Armstrong Gibbs -- Ivor Gurney -- Herbert Howells -- Charles Orr -- Peter Warlock -- E.J. …”

A new English music : composers and folk traditions in England's musical renaissance from the late 19th to the mid-20th century / by Rayborn, Tim, 1968-

The symphony / by Cuyler, Louise, 1908-1998

Table of Contents: “…The background and heritage of the classical symphony -- The earlier Viennese period: the symphonies of Haydn and Mozart -- The later Viennese period: the symphonies of Beethoven and Schubert -- A time of temporizing: Mendelssohn and Schumann -- Brahms: a great mediator of classical and romantic styles -- The end of a tradition: Bruckner and Mahler -- The symphony in France: The symphonies of Berlioz -- The symphonies of Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Sibelius, and Ives -- A parasymphonic type: the symphonic poem: Liszt: Les Preludes ; Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche ; Debussy: Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un faune -- The symphony in the twentieth century: England: Sir Edward Elgar ; Gustav Holst ; Ralph Vaughan Williams ; Benjamin Britten -- France: Darius Milhaud ; Arthur Honegger ; Olivier Messiaen -- Germany and Austria: Paul Hindemith ; Arnold Schoenberg -- The United States: Howard Hanson ; Walter Piston ; Roy Harris ; Samuel Barber ; Aaron Copland -- Russia: Nikolai Miaskovsky ; Sergei Prokofiev ; Dmitri Shostakovich ; Igor Stravinsky.…”

Wind band excerpts for trumpet and cornet /

Table of Contents: “…Song of the blacksmith / Gustav Holst -- Variations on America / Charles Ives -- Barnum and Bailey's favorite / Karl L. …”