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Japanese Suite
''Japanese Suite'', Op. 33 is a short orchestral work by the English composer Gustav Holst, composed in 1915. It was the first of Holst's works to be performed at a Queen's Hall Promenade Concert, on 1 September 1919, with the composer conducting the New Queen's Hall Orchestra. After this there were a small number of performances in the British provinces. Origin of the work The suite resulted from Holst's collaboration with the dancer Michio Itō, who intended to use it as an accompaniment for one of his London performances. On the title page of the score, kept in the British Library, Holst wrote "I composed this piece for the Japanese dancer Michio Ito, who provided the themes for the parts other than the marionette dance." In his paper, ''The Dancer Itō Michio and Japonisme: A Driving Force for the Formation of a New Genre'', Midori Takeishi says that Holst attended one of Itō's short performances at the London Coliseum in the period from 10 to 22 May 1915. In one of Hols ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Paul's Girls' School
St Paul's Girls' School is a private day school for girls, aged 11 to 18, located in Brook Green, Hammersmith, in west London, England. The school is included in The Schools Index as one of the world's 150 best private schools and among top 30 UK senior schools. In 2025 SPGS was named the London Independent School of the Year for Academic Excellence and the Independent School of the Year by Academic Excellence by the Sunday Times Newspaper (Parent's Power History St Paul's Girls' School was founded by the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1904, using part of the endowment of the foundation set up by John Colet, to create a girls' school to complement the boys' school he had founded in the sixteenth century. The governors hold proprietorial responsibility, and some are representatives of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London. The buildings for the school were designed by the architect Gerald Horsley, son of the painter John Callcott Horsley and one of the founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
