From Noon to Starry Night," The Mystic Trumpeter.
This composer's interest in the poetry of Walt Whitman is evidenced by his early Overture: Walt Whitman and a setting of Whitman's "From Noon to Starry Night," The Mystic Trumpeter. He paid homage to Thomas Hardy with the tone poem, Egdon Heath, and he used a fantasia on "The Dargason" for the finale of two other suites: his St. Paul's Suite and his Second Suite for Military Band. His most famous composition ends with a "fadeout" effect from an offstage choir, opens with a militaristic theme in 5/4, and has movements subtitled "The Winged Messenger" and "Bringer of Jollity." For 10 points, name this British composer of The Planets.
This composer's interest in the poetry of Walt Whitman is evidenced by his early Overture: Walt Whitman and a setting of Whitman's "
Gustav Holst