Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

This is the fourth piece in the planets suite. This piece is named after the Roman God Jupiter, the bringer of Jollity. This is quite a well known piece of music although many people don't know Gustav Holst composed it and they don't know that it is part of the planets suite. This piece starts forte and gets gradually louder to a fortissimo. It has an upbeat start using brass instruments for the main rhythm. This is the one piece that you can tell many different instruments are playing. This piece has brass- trumpets, trombones- percussion- drums- woodwind- flutes, clarinets- strings- violin, cello; you can tell it has been played by an orchester. There is a diminuendo about half way through and for four beats, the dynamics are very quiet. There are a few bars played piano, then no crescendo, just an immediate rise in the volume. There is a rhythm in mezzo forte that is the rhythm to I vow thee to my country by Sir Cecil Spring Rice. This continues for a few bars until there is a sudden drop in volume followed by a crescendo, then different rhythm in mezzo forte. The music speeds up then back to I vow thee to my country, again in mezzo forte. There is another drop in volume up to a quick rhythm in forte. Another chorus of the I vow thee to my country but in a very low pitch, then back to a normal mid pitch. The rhythm speeds up to a crescendo;forte dynamics; then a slight drop in volume, to an end. To describe this piece of music I would say it is well known, long, changes of rhythm and an interesting pitch and dynamics changes.