Table of Contents

Early years (1874-93); the student (1893-98); the orchestral musician (1898-1903); the teacher (1903-08); from Sanskrit to folk-music (1908-11); from school to Queen's hall (1911-13); astrology and the war (1913-16); music at Thaxted (1916-17); wartime in London (1917-18); barrack-room and university (1918-20); growing fame (1920-22); international acclaim (1922-24); "real composer and tame cat" (1924-25); lectures and festivities (1925-27); commision and competition (1927-28); "life is moderately pleasing" (1929-30); from Hammersmith to the USA (1930-32); final years (1932-34); epilogue (1934); the legacy; Holst's musical style - rhythm and metre, melody and counterpoint, tonality, harmony, form, orchestration and intrumental writing, choral and vocal writing; Holst's character - a pheneological analysis; Holst's compositions - a classified list; personalia - notes on people connected with Holst's career.