Uranus

Gustav Holst

Gustav Holst (trans. James Curnow)

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Subtitle: The Magician: From 'The Planets'

General Info

Year: 1916 / 1991
Duration: c. 5:45
Difficulty: IV+ (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $85.00; (digital) - $15.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00; (digital) - $15.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo I-II
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon
Contra-Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano/Harp
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III

(percussion detail desired)

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the solar system and its corresponding astrological character as defined by Holst.

Uranus was the primal Greek god personifying the sky. His equivalent in Roman mythology was Caelus. In ancient Greek literature, Uranus or Father Sky was the son and husband of Gaia, Mother Earth. According to Hesiod's Theogony, Uranus was conceived by Gaia alone, but other sources cite Aether as his father.

Uranus and Gaia were the parents of the first generation of Titans, and the ancestors of most of the Greek gods, but no cult addressed directly to Uranus survived into Classical times, and Uranus does not appear among the usual themes of Greek painted pottery.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

• Alabama: Class A
• Georgia: V
• Maryland: V
• Mississippi: VI-A
• Tennessee: VI
• Virginia: V

Performances

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• Terre Haute (Ind.) Community Band (Yvonne Newlin, conductor) – 15 June 2019
• Illinois State University (Normal) Symphonic Winds (Gavin Smith, conductor) – 16 November 2016
• Contra Costa Wind Symphony (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (Brad Hogarth, conductor) – 6 November 2016
• Los Alamos (N.M.) Community Winds (Ted Vives, conductor) – 21 May 2016
• Encore Concert Band (Mokena, Ill.) (Bill Schuetter, conductor) – 28 February 2016
• l'Orchestre à Vents Non Identifité (Montreal) – 13 December 2008

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Ave Maria (tr. Woodley) (1900)
• Brook Green Suite (tr. James Curnow) (1933/2006)
• Capriccio (tr. Boyd) (1932/1967/1974)
• Chorale from Jupiter (arr. James Curnow)
• Christmas Day (arr. Daehn) (1910/2011)
• Dance of the Spirits of Fire (trans. Harpham) (1918/1922/1971)
• Dirge for Two Veterans
• Fantasia on the "Dargason" (arr. Story) (1911/2000)
• First Suite in E-flat (1909/1921)
• First Suite in E-flat (ed. Matthews) (1909/1921/1984)
• First Suite in E-flat (arr. Longfield) (1909/2006)
• First Suite in E-flat for Military Band (ed. Fennell) (1909/2006)
• First Suite in E-flat Themes (arr. Sweeney) (1909/2007)
• A Fugal Overture (arr. Noble) (1922/2014)
• A Fugal Overture (trans. Ponto) (1922)
• Gustav Holst Band Classics (arr. Edwards) (2020)
• Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo (1930)
• Holst Suite (A) (trans. Thompson) (2018)
• I Vow to Thee, My Country (setting Vaughan Williams; ed. Grechesky) (1921/1988)
• I Vow to Thee, My Country (arr. Knorr) (1921/2017)
• Illumination (arr. Gene Milford)
• In the Bleak Midwinter. See: Winter Suite
• Intermezzo (arr. Stanton) (2017)
• Japanese Suite (adapt. Boyd) (1915/1982/1999)
• Jupiter from "The Planets" (arr. Pay and Smith) (1916/1924)
• Jupiter (arr Branchfield) from "The Planets" (arr. Branchfield) (1916/2014)
• Jupiter (arr. Brown) (1916)
• Jupiter (tr. Curnow) (1916/1990)
• Jupiter (arr Hurt) from "The Planets" (arr. Hurt) (1916)
• Jupiter Hymn (arr. de Meij) (1916/1921/1990)
• Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (tr. McAlister; ed. Reed) (1916/2003)
• March from "First Suite for Military Band" (arr. Story) (2011)
• Marching Song (1906/1930)
• Marching Song (arr. Moss) (1906/2006)
• Mars (arr. Bocook) (1916/1998)
• Mars from "The Planets" (tr. Pay and Smith) (1916/1924)
• Moorside March (arr. Gordon Jacob)
• A Moorside Suite (arr. Wright)
• Morris Dance Tunes (arr. Wagner) (1910/2010)
• On This Day the Earth Shall Ring (arr. Smith) (2001)
• The Perfect Fool (arr. Short) (1922/2005)
• The Planets (tr. Inagaki) (1916)
• The Planets (tr. Janssen) (1916/2017)
• The Planets (tr. Patterson) (1916)
• The Planets (arr. Schrijvers) (1916/2005)
• The Planets (tr. Vives) (1916/2007?)
• Planets, The (tr. Smith) (1916/1921)
• Second Suite in F (ed. Fennell; score assembly Schissel) (1911/2006)
• Second Suite in F (ed. Matthews) (1911)
• Second Suite in F (adapt. Longfield) (1911/2007)
• A Somerset Rhapsody (tr. Clare Grundman) (1906/1927/1980)
• Song of the Blacksmith, The (arr. Loest) (1911/2011)
• Songs of the West (arr. James Curnow) (1907/1986)
• Suite from "The Planets" (arr. Custer) (1916/1991)
• Uranus (tr. Curnow) (1916/1991)
• Winter Suite
  • On This Day Earth Shall Ring (arr. Smith) (1924/2001)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Giroux) (1906/2018)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Smith) (1906/1992)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Stamp) (1906/1996)
  • In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Bullock) (1906)
  • Old Brenton Carol (arr. Smith) (1910/2001)

Resources

• Holst, G.; Curnow, J. (1991). Uranus : the magician : from "The planets" [score]. Hal Leonard: Milwaukee, Wisc.
• The Planets, Wikipedia Accessed 23 March 2016
• Uranus (mythology), Wikipedia Accessed 23 March 2016