Roger Hecht <[log in to unmask]> wrote:j

>>I can't say whether the Planets influenced the great 20th century English
>>composers, but the dates of composition are right (1914-16), and I hear
>>more Holst in VW, et al.  than I do Elgar.

and Keith Bizeray replied:

>No doubt one of the erudite Listers from BMUSIC will give a full reply,
>but I wonder whether the Holst you hear in RVW is not in reality the
>traditional / folk influence to be found in both.

Probably so. As I said, I swung back and forth between VW and Holst.

Roger Hecht