About
Composer, author, and conductor who had a successful freelance music career from the 1930s to the 1970s.
Before Fame
She received her first musical training at the St. Paul's Girls' School.
Trivia
She authored a successful introductory music theory book "An ABC on Music" in 1963.
Family Life
She was the only child of 19th century composer Gustav Holst.
Associated With
She was Benjamin Britten's musical assistant during the first part of the 1950s.
