HOLST GUSTAV Autograph Musical Quotation dated and Signed G

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WRITTEN TWO YEARS PRIOR TO PUBLIC PREMIERE OF "THE PLANETS" HOLST, GUSTAV. Autograph Musical Quotation dated and Signed, "G T Holst," one bar from "Mars" of his The Planets, notated on a hand-drawn stave, on a leaf probably removed from an autograph album. 1/4 page, 6 3/4x5 inches; printed description pasted on recto at lower edge. Np, 29 October 1918

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Although some performances of The Planets were given prior to 1920, the first public performance of the complete work was given by the London Symphony Orchestra on November 15 in that year.