One of his works was a setting of the Whitman poem
One of his works was a setting of the Whitman poem "From Noon to Starry Night" entitled The Mystic Trumpeter, and a work titled after his hometown was premiered alongside Walton's Balshazzar's Feast. This man's tour of the Sahara inspired his Beni Mora, which was published after his first of two Suites for Military Band. His time as a teacher inspired his Brook Green Suite, while eastern influence can be seen in his Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda and an opera about the title figure's appeal to Yama to spare Satyavan, entitled Savitri. His most famous work was expanded by Colin Matthews, and has movements like "The Bringer of War". FTP, name this English composer of St. Paul's Suite and The Planets.
One of his works was a setting of the Whitman poem "From Noon to Starry Night" entitled The Mystic Trumpeter, and a work titled after his hometown was premiered alongside Walton's Balshazzar's Feast.
Gustav {Holst}