Q.1.
Which of the following British composers were influential teachers and/or friends of Holst, during and beyond his period of study at the Royal College?
Q.2.
In which British spa town was he born, in 1874?
Q.3.
Another movement from Holst's , , contains the magnificent slow theme also known widely as the tune for the hymn . In hymnals and organ-lofts it is known by the name of which East Anglian village, where Holst had a house?
Q.4.
Apparently, the guardians of Holst's estate and heritage filed a lawsuit in 2006, complaining that the score for a blockbusting movie had clearly 'borrowed' identifiable elements from his : which, allegedly, was the offending film?
Q.5.
What was the title of Holst's later opera, from which he also extracted an orchestral ballet suite?
Q.6.
Which were Holst's original instruments, in his own right as a performing musician?
Q.7.
Which of these was his correct full name, as born and baptised?
Q.8.
Besides the neuritic arm, Holst's health was dogged, all his life, by two other problems: what were they?
Q.9.
His first work was performed in 1893 while he was still in his teens. What was it?
Q.10.
Which of his instruments did he principally play to earn extra money while studying at the Royal College of Music?