Gustav Holst 's Brook Green Suite , H. 190, was written in 1933 for St Paul's Girls' School junior orchestra for strings and consists of 3 movements.
12-418: Holst wrote the suite while in hospital in the year before he died. The intention was to create a piece easy enough to play for younger members of the orchestra that is not simply a watered down version aimed at younger players or simple orchestrations of keyboard pieces. The name is thought to originate from Brook Green , the place of his wedding to his wife Isobel in 1901, or because of the close proximity of
24-597: Is a pub at 13 Brook Green , Hammersmith , London W6. It was built in 1796, originally as two houses (13 and 14), built for two brothers as their out of town villas. A later resident at no 14 was the Marquis of Queensbury . The houses became the Queen's Head pub in the early 1900s. The highwayman Dick Turpin was a regular visitor. 51°29′46″N 0°13′16″W / 51.496169°N 0.22098720°W / 51.496169; -0.22098720 This pub -related article
36-527: The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham due to their proximity to leading schools such as St Paul's Girls' School , Bute House Preparatory School for Girls , St James Independent Schools , Ecole Francaise Jacques Prevert, and Kensington Wade. Brook Green has two main shopping areas, Shepherd's Bush Road and Blythe Road, the latter of which is home to a number of small, independent shops. Also tucked in behind
48-475: The Rudyard Kipling story of the same name which was first published in 1891. The story is a farce in which the narrator, who it is implied is William Thackeray , has to escort a drunken sailor back to his wife. Brook Green is also mentioned in chapter four of Patrick Hamilton's 1928 novel Twopence Coloured as a place where accommodation can be found. Queen%27s Head, Brook Green The Queen's Head
60-569: The Brook to the school, but most obviously arises from the location of the school on Brook Green in Hammersmith, London. The piece is composed in a more traditional idiom than most of his later pieces. The movements are: The first movement, the Prelude , is based on the C major scale, with the cellos covering 2 octaves of the scale. The composer used music resembling English folk melody with harmony in
72-600: The first informal performance in 1934, the last concert Holst attended. In early 1929, Holst heard a tune during a puppet show and he utilised it in the last movement. Brook Green Brook Green is an affluent sub-neighbourhood of Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham . Located approximately 3.6 miles (5.8 km) west of Charing Cross , it is bordered by Kensington , Holland Park , Shepherd's Bush , Hammersmith and Brackenbury Village . The Brook Green neighbourhood takes its name after
84-690: The green is a large Tesco supermarket. Brook Green is also close to Kensington High Street, King Street and Westfield London . The name Brook Green is first recorded in 1493, and the hamlet was established by the 16th century. The area was developed as industrialisation spread out of London. Businesses in Brook Green included the Osram Lamp Factory, now converted into social housing, J. Lyons and Co. and its complex at Cadby Hall , and Post Office Savings Bank Headquarters in Blythe Road. Brook Green
96-690: The green itself at the front and has a garden at the back. Brook Green boasts four English Heritage blue plaques : they commemorate the artist Sir Frank Short , the composer Gustav Holst , the Silver Studio of design, and the writer Elizabeth Anne Finn (founder of the charity now known as Elizabeth Finn Care). There is also Brook Green Market and Kitchen, a FARMA certified farmers market in Addison Primary School. Formerly: Places adjoining Brook Green: Stations: London Underground Lines: Brook Green, Hammersmith, appears as "Brugglesmith" in
108-399: The recreational park space also named Brook Green, which runs from Shepherd's Bush Road to Hammersmith Road. The area is principally composed of tree-lined streets with Victorian townhouses and boasts a significant French and Italian, as well as growing Chinese, expatriate community. Brook Green itself and adjacent streets are among the most prestigious and expensive residential addresses in
120-555: The second movement, the Air , but it is not based on a traditional folk piece. The structure is reminiscent of the counterpoint of Lyric Movement , also written in 1933, which has full enharmonic relations but remains austere. The final movement, the Dance , is based on a melody heard by Holst while in Sicily . The piece also originally contained a fourth movement, a Gavotte , which was removed after
132-530: The western end of Brook Green since 1886. The original brook, which was covered over in the 19th century, still flows under the hotel. The area's inns – the Brook Green Hotel and the Queen's Head – were originally coach houses, and became popular entertainment venues. Today, the Brook Green Hotel is a pub on ground level, along with a cocktail bar in the basement below and a hotel upstairs. The Queen's Head overlooks
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#1732858084849144-442: Was also home to St Mary's College from 1850 to 1925, when the college moved to Strawberry Hill . St Paul's Girls' School , one of the leading independent schools in the country, has been situated on Brook Green since its foundation in 1904. The composer Gustav Holst was Director of Music at the school from 1905 to 1934, and in 1933 wrote Brook Green Suite for the school's junior orchestra. The Brook Green Hotel has stood at
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