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A Guide to Holst and the Planets Suite

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Last updated 13 May 2013, created 23 April 2012, viewed 3,006

This PowerPoint presentation introduces Gustav Holst and the music of The Planets Suite. There is information about Holst’s life and the first performance of the music. Each movement has two slides. The first has facts about that planet’s Roman God and a hyperlink to a BBC Proms broadcast. The secon More…d has a ‘Did you know?’ slide highlighting an instrument from the movement or an interesting fact about the music. Please leave feedback if you find this resource useful.

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This is a great powerpoint - thank you, I'm really looking forward to using it.

from daise3, 13 May 2013 		(report comment) 3 out of 5

Thank you so much - I have used most of your powerpoint and amended to make it suitable for KS1.

from choralsongster, 16 March 2013 		(report comment) 4 out of 5

Love this! Thank you! Particularly love the links to the orchestra playing the pieces of music.

from svr, 25 June 2012 		(report comment) 5 out of 5
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