St Pauls Suite

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St Paul's Suite. Suite for str. orch., Op.29 No.2, by Holst, comp. 1912–13. Written for sch. orch. of St Paul's Girls’ Sch., Hammersmith, where Holst was dir. of mus. from 1905. 4 movts. are Jig, Ostinato, Intermezzo, and Finale: the Dargason (in which the tune Greensleeves is used as a counterpoint).