The Splendour Falls and the other songs from The Princess were written for a performance of tableaux from The Princess by the girls of James Allen Girls’ School in London, where Holst taught. The song is scored for Female Voices SA with a small echo choir, unaccompanied, and is full of recognizably Holstian shifting harmonies and Vocal effects. In 1847, Alfred Tennyson – later Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom – published a narrative poem, The Princess, that concerned the education of women. In The Princess, set at a summer fete, a new college for women is created by Princess Ida. A Prince and his friends infiltrate, dressed as women. A love story ensues. The Princess was also the source material for Gilbert and Sullivan’s Princess Ida.
| Instrument (fx guitar, sang m.m.) | SSA |
| Genrer (Fx Pop, Rock, Børn m.m.) | Post-1900, Romantic |
| Type (fx Instrumentskole o.lign.) | Vokal partitur, Vokal værk |
| Niveau | Prof. |
| Sideantal | 8 |
| Media (fx Bog, CD, DVD m.m.) | Noder |
| Publisher/Producent | Novello, Novello & Co Ltd. |
| Bidragydere | Holst, Gustav (Artist) |
| Sprog | Engelsk |