Editing Gustav Holst (section)

==Legacy==
{{Quote box|width=246px|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|align=left|quote= "[Holst's] influence is lasting in the work of all of us who value directness and sincerity and who view music not so much a secret preserve for the leisured few as a vital part of everyday life"
|salign = left |source= ''A tribute from [[Edmund Rubbra]]''<ref>From "GH: An account of Holst's attitude to the teaching of composition, by one of his pupils", first published in ''Crescendo'', February 1949. Quoted by Short, p. 339</ref>}}
Warrack emphasises that Holst acquired an instinctive understanding—perhaps more so than any English composer—of the importance of folksong. In it he found "a new concept not only of how melody might be organized, but of what the implications were for the development of a mature artistic language".<ref name=dnb/> Holst did not found or lead a school of composition; nevertheless, he influenced both contemporaries and successors. According to Short, Vaughan Williams described Holst as "the greatest influence on my music",<ref name=Short336>Short, pp. 336–338</ref> although Matthews asserts that each influenced the other equally.<ref name=grove/> Among later composers, [[Michael Tippett]] is acknowledged by Short as Holst's "most significant artistic successor", both in terms of compositional style and because Tippett, who succeeded Holst as director of music at Morley College, maintained the spirit of Holst's music there.<ref name=Short336/> Of an early encounter with Holst, Tippett later wrote: "Holst seemed to look right inside me, with an acute spiritual vision".<ref>Tippett, p. 15</ref> Kennedy observes that "a new generation of listeners&nbsp;... recognized in Holst the fount of much that they admired in the music of Britten and Tippett".<ref name="OCM"/> Holst's pupil Edmund Rubbra acknowledged how he and other younger English composers had adopted Holst's economy of style: "With what enthusiasm did we pare down our music to the very bone".<ref name=H664/>

Short cites other English composers who are in debt to Holst, in particular William Walton and [[Benjamin Britten]], and suggests that Holst's influence may have been felt further afield.{{refn|Short observes that the rising fourths of "Jupiter" can be heard in [[Aaron Copland|Copland]]'s ''Appalachian Spring'', and suggests that the ''Hymn of Jesus'' might be considered as a forerunner of [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]]'s ''[[Symphony of Psalms]]'' "and the hieratic serial cantatas", though admitting that "it is doubtful whether Stravinsky was familiar with, or even aware of this work".<ref>Short, p. 337</ref> |group=n}} Above all, Short recognises Holst as a composer for the people, who believed it was a composer's duty to provide music for practical purposes—festivals, celebrations, ceremonies, Christmas carols or simple hymn tunes. Thus, says Short, "many people who may never have heard any of [Holst's] major works&nbsp;... have nevertheless derived great pleasure from hearing or singing such small masterpieces as the carol '[[In the Bleak Midwinter]]'".<ref>Short, p. 339</ref>
[[File:Holst memorial.jpg|alt=Memorial for Gustav Holst in Chichester Cathedral|thumb|upright|Memorial in Chichester Cathedral]]
On 27&nbsp;September 2009, after a weekend of concerts at Chichester Cathedral in memory of Holst, a new memorial was unveiled to mark the 75th anniversary of the composer's death. It is inscribed with words from the text of ''The Hymn of Jesus'': "The heavenly spheres make music for us".<ref>{{cite web|title=A New Memorial for Gustav Holst|url=http://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/a-new-memorial-for-gustav-holst-posted-15-jan-2010.shtml|publisher=Chichester Cathedral|accessdate=20 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422235240/http://www.chichestercathedral.org.uk/news/a-new-memorial-for-gustav-holst-posted-15-jan-2010.shtml#|archive-date=22 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In April 2011 a BBC television documentary, ''Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter'', charted Holst's life with particular reference to his support for socialism and the cause of working people.<ref>{{cite web|title=In the Bleak Midwinter|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010p530|publisher=BBC|accessdate=25 March 2013|archive-date=15 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015060149/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010p530|url-status=live}}</ref> Holst's birthplace, 4 Pittville Terrace (later known as 4 Clarence Road) in [[Pittville]], Cheltenham, is now a museum, the Holst Victorian House, and is open to visitors.<ref>[https://holstvictorianhouse.org.uk/ Holst Museum]. Retrieved 28 July 2021</ref>