Egdon Heath

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Egdon Heath is an orchestral tone poem by Gustav Holst, inspired by Thomas Hardy’s fictional Wessex landscape and noted for its austere, atmospheric character.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concert work
orchestral tone poem
associatedPlaceInFiction Egdon Heath (fictional heath in Thomas Hardy’s novels)
linked to: Egdon Heath
associatedWith Thomas Hardy’s literature
Wessex
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
character atmospheric
austere
composer Gustav Holst
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts bleak heathland
timeless rural landscape
genre tone poem
hasSubject English countryside
landscape
mood of desolation
nature
influencedBy English pastoral tradition
inspiredBy Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy’s fictional Wessex landscape
linked to: Hardy’s Wessex
languageOfTitle English
musicalForces full orchestra
notedFor dark, brooding atmosphere
restraint and economy of musical material
subtle orchestration
period 20th-century classical music
relatedWorkOfComposer A Somerset Rhapsody
The Planets
scoredFor orchestra
style English orchestral music
titleOrigin Egdon Heath, a fictional location in Thomas Hardy’s works
linked to: Egdon Heath

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Gustav Holst notableWork Egdon Heath
Gustav Holst composed Egdon Heath
Wessex (fictional region) hasPart Egdon Heath
The Return of the Native setting Egdon Heath
The Return of the Native hasSymbol Egdon Heath
Egdon Heath titleOrigin Egdon Heath, a fictional location in Thomas Hardy’s works
linked to: Egdon Heath
Egdon Heath associatedPlaceInFiction Egdon Heath (fictional heath in Thomas Hardy’s novels)
linked to: Egdon Heath