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Saturn: The Bringer of Old Age
These four movements could create a symphony on their own, and they were sometimes performed that way. This is a come down like no other in music coming just after the explosive joy of Jupiter. Holst said that he disliked how Jupiter, ending with Jupiter, gave the impression of a happy ending because "in the real world, the end is not happy at all"
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