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* CreatorBacklash: Towards the end of his life, Holst grew to be disillusioned with the popularity of ''The Planets'' as he felt it overshadowed his other work, which he felt superseded ''The Planets''. His distaste for the suite got to the point that when Pluto was discovered in 1930, he outright refused to write any music for it. [[HilariousInHindsight Serendipitously for Holst however]], Pluto would eventually be reclassified as a dwarf planet several decades later.
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* CreatorBacklash: Towards the end of his life, Holst grew to be disillusioned with the popularity of ''The Planets'' as he felt it overshadowed his other work, which he felt superseded ''The Planets''. His distaste for the suite got to the point that when Pluto was discovered in 1930, he outright refused to write any music for it. [[HilariousInHindsight Serendipitously Serendipitous for Holst however]], Pluto would eventually be reclassified as a dwarf planet several decades later.later, making it technically not a planet like Venus or Saturn are.
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* CreatorBacklash: Towards the end of his life, Holst grew to be disillusioned with the popularity of ''The Planets'' as he felt it overshadowed his other work, which he felt superseded ''The Planets''. His distaste for the suite got to the point that when Pluto was discovered in 1930, he outright refused to write any music for it.[[note]][[HilariousInHindsight Of course, now Pluto isn't considered a planet, so if Holst had written a piece for Pluto it wouldn't have been accurate anyway!]][[/note]]
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Disillusionment with the piece aside, Holst personally felt that "Saturn" was his favourite piece in ''The Planets'', rather than a more popular piece like "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" or "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity". He also thought that ''Edgon Heath'', a comparatively obscure tone poem dedicated to Creator/ThomasHardy, was his most perfectly realised composition, a sentiment shared by Music/RalphVaughanWilliams and others.
* ReclusiveArtist: ''The Planets'' was a huge hit that suddenly pushed him into the spotlight. Holst was always a shy man, preferring walks in the country or teaching young musicians to society events, and really didn't know how to handle his newfound celebrity.
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Disillusionment with the piece aside, Holst personally felt that "Saturn" was his favourite piece in ''The Planets'', rather than a more popular piece like "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" or "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity". He also thought that ''Edgon Heath'', a comparatively obscure tone poem dedicated to Creator/ThomasHardy, was his most perfectly realised composition, a sentiment shared by Music/RalphVaughanWilliams and others.
* ReclusiveArtist: ''The Planets'' was a huge hit that suddenly pushed him into the spotlight. Holst was always a shy man, preferring walks in the country or teaching young musicians to society events, and really didn't know how to handle his newfound celebrity.
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* CreatorBacklash: Towards the end of his life, Holst grew to be disillusioned with the popularity of ''The Planets'' as he felt it overshadowed his other work, which he felt superseded ''The Planets''. His distaste for the suite got to the point that when Pluto was discovered in 1930, he outright refused to write any music for it.[[note]][[HilariousInHindsight Of course, now [[HilariousInHindsight Serendipitously for Holst however]], Pluto isn't considered would eventually be reclassified as a planet, so if Holst had written a piece for Pluto it wouldn't have been accurate anyway!]][[/note]]
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Disillusionment with the piece aside, Holst personally felt that "Saturn" was hisfavourite best piece in ''The Planets'', rather than a more popular piece like "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" or "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity". He also thought that ''Edgon Heath'', a comparatively obscure tone poem dedicated to Creator/ThomasHardy, was his most perfectly realised composition, a sentiment shared by Music/RalphVaughanWilliams and others.
* ReclusiveArtist: ''The Planets'' was a huge hit that suddenly pushed him into the spotlight. Holst was always a shy man, preferring walks in the country or teaching young musicians to society events, and really didn't know how to handle his newfoundcelebrity.celebrity status.
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Disillusionment with the piece aside, Holst personally felt that "Saturn" was his
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Holst originally asked playwright [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Bax Clifford Bax]] to write the libretto for opera ''The Perfect Fool''. Holst eventually wrote it himself after Bax declined.
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** ''Series/{{Starstuff}}'' uses excerpts from ''The Planets'' for its opening and closing themes, and all incidental music.
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** ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'' has an episode revolving around ''The Planets'', with the characters visiting each planet accompanied by the corresponding music and then trying to choose a suitable piece of classical music to serve as a theme for Pluto.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'': "[[Recap/BlueySleepytime Sleepytime]]" revolves around Bingo dreaming about exploring the solar system, and the soundtrack quotes extensively from ''The Planets'', particularly "Jupiter". Holst is given a composer credit at the end of the episode.
** ''WesternAnimation/OscarsOrchestra'' has an episode revolving around ''The Planets'', with the characters visiting each planet accompanied by the corresponding music and then trying to choose a suitable piece of classical music to serve as a theme for Pluto.
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'': "[[Recap/BlueySleepytime Sleepytime]]" revolves around Bingo dreaming about exploring the solar system, and the soundtrack quotes extensively from ''The Planets'', particularly "Jupiter". Holst is given a composer credit at the end of the episode.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The use of the "Thaxted" tune from "Jupiter" for "I Vow To Thee My Country" mentioned on the main page happened by accident. An overworked Holst was commissioned to set the poem to music, and he was relieved to no end when he realized the words fit the tune perfectly.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The use of the "Thaxted" tune from "Jupiter" for "I Vow To Thee My Country" mentioned on the main page happened by accident. An overworked Holst was commissioned to set the poem to music, and he was relieved to no end when he realized the words fit the tune perfectly.perfectly.
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* ReclusiveArtist: ''The Planets'' was a huge hit that suddenly pushed him into the spotlight. Holst was always a shy man, preferring walks in the country or teaching young musicians to society events, and really didn't know how to handle his newfound celebrity.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Holst personally felt that "Saturn" was his favourite piece in ''The Planets'', rather than a more popular piece like "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" or "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity". He also thought that ''Edgon Heath'', a comparatively obscure tone poem dedicated to Creator/ThomasHardy, was his most perfectly realised composition, a sentiment shared by Music/RalphVaughanWilliams and others.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Disillusionment with the piece aside, Holst personally felt that "Saturn" was his favourite piece in ''The Planets'', rather than a more popular piece like "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" or "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity". He also thought that ''Edgon Heath'', a comparatively obscure tone poem dedicated to Creator/ThomasHardy, was his most perfectly realised composition, a sentiment shared by Music/RalphVaughanWilliams and others.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Holst personally felt that "Saturn" was his favourite piece in ''The Planets'', rather than a more popular piece like "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" or "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity". He also thought that ''Edgon Heath'', a comparatively obscure tone poem dedicated to Creator/ThomasHardy, was his most perfectly realised composition, a sentiment shared by Ralph Vaughan Williams Music/RalphVaughanWilliams and others.
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Holst personally felt that "Saturn" was his favourite piece in ''The Planets'', rather than a more popular piece like "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" or "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity".
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* MagnumOpusDissonance: Holst personally felt that "Saturn" was his favourite piece in ''The Planets'', rather than a more popular piece like "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" or "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity". He also thought that ''Edgon Heath'', a comparatively obscure tone poem dedicated to Creator/ThomasHardy, was his most perfectly realised composition, a sentiment shared by Ralph Vaughan Williams and others.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The the use of the "Thaxted" tune from "Jupiter" for "I Vow To Thee My Country" mentioned on the main page happened by accident. An overworked Holst was commissioned to set the poem to music, and he was relieved to no end when he realized the words fit the tune perfectly.
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The the use of the "Thaxted" tune from "Jupiter" for "I Vow To Thee My Country" mentioned on the main page happened by accident. An overworked Holst was commissioned to set the poem to music, and he was relieved to no end when he realized the words fit the tune perfectly.
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* CreatorBacklash / MagnumOpusDissonance: Holst personally felt that "Saturn" was his favourite piece in ''The Planets'', rather than a more popular piece like "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" or "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity". Further, Holst felt that ''The Planets'' was not his favourite work of his. Towards the end of his life, Holst grew to be disillusioned with the popularity of ''The Planets'' as he felt it overshadowed his other work, which he felt superseded ''The Planets''. His distaste for the suite got to the point that when Pluto was discovered in 1930, he outright refused to write any music for it.[[note]][[HilariousInHindsight Of course, now Pluto isn't considered a planet, so if Holst had written a piece for Pluto it wouldn't have been accurate anyway!]][[/note]]
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* CreatorBacklash / MagnumOpusDissonance: Holst personally felt that "Saturn" was his favourite piece in ''The Planets'', rather than a more popular piece like "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" or "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity". Further, Holst felt that ''The Planets'' was not his favourite work of his. CreatorBacklash: Towards the end of his life, Holst grew to be disillusioned with the popularity of ''The Planets'' as he felt it overshadowed his other work, which he felt superseded ''The Planets''. His distaste for the suite got to the point that when Pluto was discovered in 1930, he outright refused to write any music for it.[[note]][[HilariousInHindsight Of course, now Pluto isn't considered a planet, so if Holst had written a piece for Pluto it wouldn't have been accurate anyway!]][[/note]] anyway!]][[/note]]
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Holst personally felt that "Saturn" was his favourite piece in ''The Planets'', rather than a more popular piece like "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" or "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity".
* MagnumOpusDissonance: Holst personally felt that "Saturn" was his favourite piece in ''The Planets'', rather than a more popular piece like "Mars, the Bringer of War", "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" or "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity".
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* CreatorBacklash: Towards the end of his life, Holst grew to be disillusioned with the popularity of ''The Planets'' as he felt it overshadowed his other work. His distaste for the suite got to the point that when Pluto was discovered in 1930, he outright refused to write any music for it.[[note]][[HilariousInHindsight Of course, now Pluto isn't considered a planet, so if Holst had written a piece for Pluto it wouldn't have been accurate anyway!]][[/note]]
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* SerendipityWritesThePlot: The the use of the "Thaxted" tune from "Jupiter" for "I Vow To Thee My Country" mentioned on the main page happened by accident. An overworked Holst was commissioned to set the poem to music, and he was relieved to no end when he realized the words fit the tune perfectly.
