霍尔斯特(1874—1934)是二十世纪上半叶有世界影响的英国现代作曲家,他善于运用一些前人所未用过的新颖手法,表现自己所要表达的音乐意境和效果。但绝不追求猎奇式的怪诞和炫耀无意义的音响和技巧,旋律写作通常都从民歌中产生。一生创作歇剧、舞剧十五部,管弦乐作品二十多部,其中最负盛名的是管弦乐组曲《行星》。霍尔斯特祖籍瑞典,其曾祖父于1807年移居英国,从曾祖父到他女儿,五代人都从事音乐工作,皆卓 Holst (1874-1934) is a modern English composer who has world influence in the first half of the twentieth century. He is adept at using some novel techniques never before experienced to express his musical conception and effect. But by no means pursuing curiosity and show off meaningless sounds and tricks, melodic writing usually comes from folk songs. Life creation break, dance drama 15, orchestral works more than 20, of which the most prestigious is the orchestra “planet.” Holst native to Sweden, his great-grandfather emigrated to England in 1807, from his great-grandfather to his daughter, five generations are engaged in music work, are Zhuo