Mars (Early Intermediate Version)

Sheet music for Mars, from The Planets, Op. 32 by Gustav Holst. A suite for orchestra written during World War I that features a different movement for each planet (except Earth), it is by far the most popular of Holst's compositions. Featured here is an early intermediate-level piano rendition of the first movement: Mars, the Bringer of War. Cast in the unusual meter of 5/4, the piece offers menacing chromatic harmonies over an ostinato pedal on the left hand. Arranged by Aron Bernstein, 3 pages.