Gustav Holst Sheet Music for Concert Band

The powerful and evocative music of Gustav Holst remains as relevant today as ever before. From The Planets here is a concise suite of the movements Mars, Venus and Jupiter.

Often imitated but never duplicated, the music from Holst's symphonic classic The Planets continues to thrill audiences and inspire performers. Even at this easy level, here is a setting of this famou...

Introduce your students to Gustav Holst's monumental work, 'The Planets' with this beautiful majestic chorale from the movement 'Jupiter. ' James Curnow's solid scoring of this work makes it a choice...

Gustav Holst has long been revered as a master composer. His work transcribes wonderfully for concert band. Douglas Wagner has chosen portions of The Planets to create a through-played medley for youn...

Based on the original opening of the first movement of Second Suite in F for Military Band, Holst replaced this section with the now-familiar morris dance tune, 'Glory Shears.' The 38-measure passage...

With gentle grace, this charismatic melody is introduced by your clarinet section, setting into motion one of Gustav Holst's most famous themes, scored here for young concert band. The legato styling...

With gentle grace, this charismatic melody is introduced by your clarinet section, setting into motion one of Gustav Holst's most famous themes, scored here for young concert band. The legato styling...

With gentle grace, this charismatic melody is introduced by your clarinet section, setting into motion one of Gustav Holst's most famous themes, scored here for young concert band. The legato styling...

Mike Story has skillfully re-scored the finale from Holst's Second Suite in F making the combination of 'Dargason Dance' and 'Greensleeves' approachable for young band. The key signature has been bett...

Mike Story has skillfully re-scored the finale from Holst's Second Suite in F making the combination of 'Dargason Dance' and 'Greensleeves' approachable for young band. The key signature has been bett...

Mike Story has skillfully re-scored the finale from Holst's Second Suite in F making the combination of 'Dargason Dance' and 'Greensleeves' approachable for young band. The key signature has been bett...

Christina Rossetti wrote the words to this famous Christmas carol in 1872 in response to a request from the magazine Scribner's Monthly for a Christmas poem. They were set to music by Gustav Holst (18...

The opening movement from the Gustav Holst First Suite is now available in the Build-A-Band format. This work is contrapuntal in nature and teaches the importance of independent playing. The flashy 16...

Arranged for Concert Band (grades 4-5) by Calvin Custer.

This is sure to be one of those orchestral transcriptions that finds a permanent place in the realm of concert band literature. Holst's ability to develop and explore folk melodies with rich, lyrical...

This diverse sampling of holiday music scored by Gustav Holst opens with ''In the Bleak Midwinter,'' likely Holst's most famous carol tune. Also included are ''Lullay My Liking'' and Holst's character...

Morris dancing has been part of English culture and tradition for more than five centuries and still flourishes today in all parts of the UK. Douglas Wagner has made use of Holst's charismatic style i...

Gustav Holst's beautiful melody serves as the foundation from which Robert W. Smith fashions this remarkable work. From a haunting single voice, a stunning climax is reached before giving way to a sim...

In all of music literature, there is little that is more breathtaking in its raw musical power than this movement from Gustav Holst's The Planets. A thundering war theme introduces the work in a drama...

This glorious Holst carol, the first movement of Holst's Winter Suite for Band, has been magnificently scored to be performed independently as a regal and solemn hymn or as a prelude to 'In the Bleak...

This glorious Holst carol, the first movement of Holst's Winter Suite for Band, has been magnificently scored to be performed independently as a regal and solemn hymn or as a prelude to 'In the Bleak...

This glorious Holst carol, the first movement of Holst's Winter Suite for Band, has been magnificently scored to be performed independently as a regal and solemn hymn or as a prelude to ''In the Bleak...

This glorious Holst carol, the first movement of Holst's Winter Suite for Band, has been magnificently scored to be performed independently as a regal and solemn hymn or as a prelude to 'In the Bleak...

This tender Holst melody has been magnificently scored to be performed independently as a beautiful serence carol or in conjunction with the other movements of The Holst Winter Suite for Band. The fir...