the Pipe and Tabor compendium

the Pipe and Tabor compendium

essays on the three-hole pipe

England: famous people

Imogen Holst 1907 – 1984

photographed in 1926

Imogen Holst was a British composer, arranger, conductor, teacher, musicologist,
and festival administrator. The only child of the composer Gustav Holst, she is
particularly known for her educational work at Dartington Hall in the 1940s,
and for her 20 years as joint artistic director of the Aldeburgh Festival. In
addition to composing music, she wrote composer biographies, much
educational material, and several books on the life and works of her father.

She also played the pipe and tabor.

 

1925 Jane Schofield wrote:

“Amy [Stoddart] did 'Princess Royal' to Imo's accompaniment on pipe and tabor

Imo is Imogen Holst
‘Imogen Holst – A Life in Music’ by Christopher Grogan (page 27)

1951 Imogen Holst produced ‘Benedick and Beatrice’
A one-act opera in twelve scenes, the libretto adapted from Shakespeare’s
Much Ado About Nothing, for mixed voices 18 musicians and pipe and tabor.
It was only produced once.

‘Catalogue of Imogen Holst’s works’

   

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