Holst, Gustav. (1874 - 1934). Savitri. Op. 25 - SIGNED. London: Curwen. 1924. First edition. Full score. Upright folio. 43 pp. Curwen Edition 90765. Inscribed by the composer on the title page: "Thomas Whitney Surette from Gustav Holst May 1932." Surette (1861 - 1941) was a leading writer on classical music in the late Victorian/Edwardian period. Original gray wrappers, covers toned and detached at spine, moderate dampstaining to margins, overall very good.
"Whereas much of Gustav Holst's earlier work was saturated with influences from his favorite composer, Richard Wagner, in 1908 Holst composed the chamber opera Savitri. This small scale opera is performed in one movement and with no overture. It was considered revolutionary because there are only three characters and the accompanying orchestra consists of no more than 12 musicians.
Colin Matthews remarked that this approach in creating the opera is due to the story's plot. In Holst's last major opera before Savitri, Sita (1899-1906), the storyline was based on a great war in the Hindu "Ramayana." With this epic story, the musical forces required were also epic. Savitri is also based on Hindu literature, a setting in the Mahabhrata, yet the message is simple and clear. This simplicity is represented in the economy of Holst's musical composition....Savitri was the first English chamber opera since the end of the seventeenth century." (Kendric Taylor, "Gustav Holst")
"Whereas much of Gustav Holst's earlier work was saturated with influences from his favorite composer, Richard Wagner, in 1908 Holst composed the chamber opera Savitri. This small scale opera is performed in one movement and with no overture. It was considered revolutionary because there are only three characters and the accompanying orchestra consists of no more than 12 musicians.
Colin Matthews remarked that this approach in creating the opera is due to the story's plot. In Holst's last major opera before Savitri, Sita (1899-1906), the storyline was based on a great war in the Hindu "Ramayana." With this epic story, the musical forces required were also epic. Savitri is also based on Hindu literature, a setting in the Mahabhrata, yet the message is simple and clear. This simplicity is represented in the economy of Holst's musical composition....Savitri was the first English chamber opera since the end of the seventeenth century." (Kendric Taylor, "Gustav Holst")
Holst, Gustav. (1874 - 1934). Savitri. Op. 25 - SIGNED. London: Curwen. 1924. First edition. Full score. Upright folio. 43 pp. Curwen Edition 90765. Inscribed by the composer on the title page: "Thomas Whitney Surette from Gustav Holst May 1932." Surette (1861 - 1941) was a leading writer on classical music in the late Victorian/Edwardian period. Original gray wrappers, covers toned and detached at spine, moderate dampstaining to margins, overall very good.
"Whereas much of Gustav Holst's earlier work was saturated with influences from his favorite composer, Richard Wagner, in 1908 Holst composed the chamber opera Savitri. This small scale opera is performed in one movement and with no overture. It was considered revolutionary because there are only three characters and the accompanying orchestra consists of no more than 12 musicians.
Colin Matthews remarked that this approach in creating the opera is due to the story's plot. In Holst's last major opera before Savitri, Sita (1899-1906), the storyline was based on a great war in the Hindu "Ramayana." With this epic story, the musical forces required were also epic. Savitri is also based on Hindu literature, a setting in the Mahabhrata, yet the message is simple and clear. This simplicity is represented in the economy of Holst's musical composition....Savitri was the first English chamber opera since the end of the seventeenth century." (Kendric Taylor, "Gustav Holst")
"Whereas much of Gustav Holst's earlier work was saturated with influences from his favorite composer, Richard Wagner, in 1908 Holst composed the chamber opera Savitri. This small scale opera is performed in one movement and with no overture. It was considered revolutionary because there are only three characters and the accompanying orchestra consists of no more than 12 musicians.
Colin Matthews remarked that this approach in creating the opera is due to the story's plot. In Holst's last major opera before Savitri, Sita (1899-1906), the storyline was based on a great war in the Hindu "Ramayana." With this epic story, the musical forces required were also epic. Savitri is also based on Hindu literature, a setting in the Mahabhrata, yet the message is simple and clear. This simplicity is represented in the economy of Holst's musical composition....Savitri was the first English chamber opera since the end of the seventeenth century." (Kendric Taylor, "Gustav Holst")