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What are the names of the movements in Gustav holsts the planets?
The movements in Gustav Holst's "The Planets" are: Mars, the Bringer of War Venus, the Bringer of Peace Mercury, the Winged Messenger Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age Uranus, the Magician Neptune, the Mystic
What nationality is Gustav holsts grandfather?
Latvia
What are the instruments played in holsts mars?
recorder triangle drum chello and tambarine
Why did the Holsts change their surnmane from 'Von Holst'?
to try and prevent them being seen as German during ww1
Is the oboe and bassoon are alike?
The oboe and bassoon are members of the double-reed family. This means that they produce their sounds by means of a reed which is made up of two pieces of 'reed' (Arundo Donax, actually a type of cane) which allow air to pass between them. The vibration of these reeds against each other produces the sound which is modified for pitch and tone by the body of the instrument, the fingering pattern used, and the effect of lips on the reed and the oral cavity around it. Notes are started and stopped with the tongue, in both cases. Both instruments have a (mostly) conical bore, and overblow at the octave. Beyond that, much is different between the two instruments. The oboe derives from the Shawm family of renaissance instruments, while the bassoon hails from the dulcian/fagott family, which are distinguished from other renaissance reed instruments in having the characteristic conical bore which is folded. The bassoon bore travels from the reed to the 'wing joint' perpindicular to the rest of the bassoon's body through the "bocal". The wing joint bore leads directly into the 'boot joint' bore, then folds at the bottom of the instrument and returns parallel to itself through the 'bass joint' and the bell. Both instruments are fingered through a combination of open holes, closed by the pads of the fingers, and keys. The oboe's system is quite complicated, while the bassoon's basic octaves are fingered in a simple manner. The complex keys of the bassoon are limited, largely, to extending the range up into higher harmonics of the tube, and down the bell to the lowest notes. The oboe's keying simultaneously adjusts for irregularities in the bore's porting and extends the range. The oboe belongs to its own family, the oboe family, which currently consists of the oboe, the oboe d'amore and English horn, and the baritone or bass oboe. The oboe and English horn are very common and moderately common in the symphony orchestra and symphonic bands. The oboe d'amore has an extensive baroque literature. The baritone oboe is limited to a few orchestral pieces where it is invoked for effect, such as Gustav Holsts' "The Planets." The bassoon also has its own family, consisting of two instruments in common use now: the bassoon and the contrabassoon. The contrabassoon sounds an octave lower than the bassoon, and doesn't have as high a range, relatively speaking. It is used for effect as well as for reinforcement of the lower instruments of the orchestra. It is most noticeable in Ravel's "Sourceror's Apprentice" where it has a solo passage (associated in the Mickey Mouse segment of the original Fantasia with the chopped-up broom pieces starting to move again!)
