On the trail of . . . Gustav Holst . . . in Salonika

November 11, 2018

The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month – one hundred years ago today – was only the beginning of the war effort for English composer Gustav Holst. Having sailed from Southampton October 29, 1918, Holst was less than half way into a month-long journey across worn-torn Europe on his way to Salonika, […]

2018 | Uncategorized | Tags: Allied Forces, Constantinople, Eastern Front, Gustav Holst, Gustavus Theodore von Holst, Holst Birthplace Museum, Istanbul, Ode to Death, Salonika, Thessaloniki, WW1, YMCA