Egdon Heath
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Egdon Heath is an orchestral tone poem by Gustav Holst, inspired by Thomas Hardy’s fictional Wessex landscape and noted for its austere, atmospheric character.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concert work
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orchestral tone poem ⓘ |
| associatedPlaceInFiction | Egdon Heath (fictional heath in Thomas Hardy’s novels) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Thomas Hardy’s literature
NERFINISHED
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Wessex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
atmospheric
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austere ⓘ |
| composer | Gustav Holst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
bleak heathland
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timeless rural landscape ⓘ |
| genre | tone poem ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
English countryside
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landscape ⓘ mood of desolation ⓘ nature ⓘ |
| influencedBy | English pastoral tradition ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Thomas Hardy
NERFINISHED
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Thomas Hardy’s fictional Wessex landscape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| musicalForces | full orchestra ⓘ |
| notedFor |
dark, brooding atmosphere
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restraint and economy of musical material ⓘ subtle orchestration ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfComposer |
A Somerset Rhapsody
NERFINISHED
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The Planets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scoredFor | orchestra ⓘ |
| style | English orchestral music ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | Egdon Heath, a fictional location in Thomas Hardy’s works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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