St Michael's College Choir, Tenbury(UK) This have done for my True Love.wmv

Gustav Holst(1874-1934)

(1916) This have I done for my true love Op. 34 No.1

Holst wrote This have I done for my true love for the 1916 Whitsun Festival at Thaxted. His friend, Conrad Noel, had introduced him to some medieval Cornish carols, and upon reading them, Holst was drawn to set them to music. His experience in Sanskrit literature had led him to see the relationship between dance and religion as something beautiful. And his studies and arrangements of English folksong taught him how to get a musical idea across with utmost economy. The result of these two forces working together is a tune that fits so well with the text that many thought it was based on folksong, even though the tune was Holst's own. Holst is said to have acknowledged this piece as his best part-song.

An interesting side note is that Stravinsky later set this text as a part of his Cantata.

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[titussenlair]

Très beau ! Merci Denis

Les Loupiots

[treblechoir99]

@titussenlair Bienvenu les Loupiots.

[mmbmbmbmb]

Wonderful Harmonies ~ Thank You! (... also for the extended information)

[treblechoir99]

@mmbmbmbmb You're very welcome.

[loupblanc26]

Merci pour ta splendide vidéo. Magnifique!

[treblechoir99]

@loupblanc26 Bienvenu loupblanc

[TullyBascombe]

It reminds me of "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day". Is there a connection?

[mcfrdmn]

Lovely musical performance

[hiroshi2020]

Bon magnifique! Can't say that more! Beautiful. Thank you for uploading, God Bless!

[rossendgri]

Gràcies Denis, per oferir-nos aquests nou regal !!!