Holst:IntheBleakMidwinter

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  • Thefirsteverfull-lengthfilmaboutGustavHolst,compos… Thefirsteverfull-lengthfilmaboutGustavHolst,composerandrevolutionary-amanwhotaughthimselfSanskrit;livedinastreetofbrothelsinAlgiers;cycledintotheSaharaDesert;alliedhimselfduringtheFirstWorldWarwitha'redpriest'whopinnedonthedoorofhischurch'prayersatnoonforthevictimsofImperialAggression';hatedthewordsusedtohismostfamoustune,IVowtoTheeMyCountry,becauseitwastheoppositeofwhathebelieved;anddistributedanewspapercalledtheSocialistWorker.Holst'smusic-especiallythePlanets-owedlittleornothingtoanyone,leastofalltheEnglishfolksongtradition,buthewasagreatcomposerwhodiedofcancer,brokenanddisillusioned,beforehewas60.