Tag: Philippa Tudor

• Under-rated heroes and forgotten wives

  

  Happy anniversary, Gustav and Isobel Holst A guest post by author Philippa Tudor Fame and fleeting, modest fortune Aspiring but not-yet-famous composer Gustav von Holst and Isobel Harrison were married on 22 June 1901. It was a quiet wedding in Fulham Register Office (a former workhouse), witnessed by Isobel’s brother and Gustav’s aunt, who had…

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  June 22, 2022

  Book reviews, book shops, Circaidy Gregory Press, Uncategorized, women

  Ann Oakley, Gustav Holst, Isobel Holst, Julian Rushton, Jupiter, Michael Short, Philippa Tudor, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Raymond Head, Tony Palmer

• Book signing at Thaxted

  

  What is the best way of launching a new biography in Covid-19 times? As 26 March 2022 would have been the birthday of Isobel Holst (born in 1876), singing in the Dulwich Choral Society concert on that day, with a programme featuring works by her husband Gustav and daughter Imogen, as well as by their…

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  April 25, 2022

  Book reviews, book shops, women

  Gifted, Mrs Gustav Holst, Philippa Tudor, Thaxted