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''A Moorside Suite'' (H.173) is a work for brass band by the English composer
Gustav Holst Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite ''The Planets'', he composed many other works across a range ...
. It was commissioned by the
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and the National Brass Band Festival Committee in 1927 for the final of the 1928
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. The suite comprises three movements - Scherzo, Nocturne and March. Holst's biographer Michael Short notes that the suite features many of the hallmarks of the mature composer "from the skipping 6/8 of the opening Scherzo, to the vigorous melodic fourths of the concluding March, the intervening Nocturne bearing a family resemblance to the slow-moving procession of ''Saturn''" rom_''The_Planets''_suite.html" ;"title="The_Planets.html" ;"title="rom ''The Planets">rom ''The Planets'' suite">The_Planets.html" ;"title="rom ''The Planets">rom ''The Planets'' suite Holst was himself a trombone player, and had already written works for military band, but this was his first and only work for brass band. The composer attended the competition and heard all 15 performances. The competition was won by the
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conducted by William Halliwell, who also conducted several of the other bands that day. The composer was said to be delighted and wrote to the magazine '' The British Bandsman'' "Last Saturday I listened to musicians conducted by musicians". Holst also arranged the "Nocturne" for string orchestra and in 1952 composer
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also arranged the entire suite for strings. The success of the commission led to a number of new works for brass band by leading British composers of the day being commissioned for the Championship Section Final, many of them now staples of the genre, including Sir
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's '' The Severn Suite'' (1930),
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's '' A Downland Suite'' (1932) and ''Comedy Overture'' (1934),
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's ''Prometheus Unbound'' (1933), Sir
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's suite ''Kenilworth'' (1936) and
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' suite ''Pageantry'' (1937).


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moorside Suite, A Suites by Gustav Holst Compositions for brass band 1928 compositions