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Easy, low-key calm, gentler than 83% of our 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for focus.
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I Vow to Thee My Country by Gustav Holst is 60 BPM — Adagio (slow).
Half-time 30 BPM · Double-time 120 BPM
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Song DNA
Notes: The piece features a rich, melodic line with a warm and uplifting quality. Its orchestration creates a sense of grandeur and reverence.
Misophonia Triggers
Recommended for: emotional release meditation relaxation
An easygoing, settled feel. The track has a moderate quiet-to-loud range and never jolts you, over a densely layered texture. Soft, gentle vocals on top, at a slow pace. Even and easy to follow, it makes good background. Across the library, it reads gentler than 83% of everything we’ve measured.
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Moods: reflective, uplifting
Traditions: classical
Quiet Track
"I Vow to Thee My Country" sits at 60 BPM. Built for stillness.
This is well below typical speech rhythm. The body reads slow tempo as permission to rest. Layered texture and soft vocals keep the foreground spare. Good candidates for use: falling asleep, processing a hard day, slow mornings, study sessions where the music must not pull at you. Avoid for any task that needs alertness — the piece works against it.
How this song sits on each sensory axis
A dynamic range of 6/10 means this song moves. Expect a real volume climb between quiet sections and the loudest part of the arrangement — enough that you may want to set the initial volume below where you'd normally land.
Sudden changes: none. Transitions are musically signaled — nothing will surprise you if you're only half-listening.
Texture is layered — a full arrangement with clear separation between parts.
Predictability is high — the song telegraphs what it will do next. A sensory-sensitive listener can usually guess where it's going without close attention.
Vocal style: soft vocals.
Where this sits in Gustav Holst's catalog
We have 18 songs from Gustav Holst in the library. Of those, 4 are rated Safe, 13 Moderate, and 1 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 6/10 sits below the artist average of 7.1, making it the #17 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
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How fast is "I Vow to Thee My Country"?
60 BPM — Very slow (ballad / ambient)
For running
Too slow for most running; good for warm-up walks or cool-down.
For workouts
Warm-up, cool-down, yoga, stretching.
For daily life
Sleep, meditation, reading, focus work.
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When "I Vow to Thee My Country" works, and when it doesn't
Use-case verdicts computed from the song's tempo, dynamics, and sensory profile.
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Focus / studying
Maybe — fine for routine work, but the mid-song changes may pull attention during deep focus.
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Running / workout
No — 60 BPM is too slow for sustained cardio.
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Sleep / winding down
Maybe — calm overall, but tempo is a bit high for deep sleep. Better for winding down than falling asleep.
✓
Driving / road trip
Yes — predictable enough for safe driving attention, interesting enough to stay engaged.
✓
Cooking / dinner background
Yes — sits in the background without demanding attention.
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Emotional release / catharsis
Not really — it's pleasant but doesn't hit hard enough for cathartic listening.
Related reading
Editorial guides that cover this song's use cases, moods, or artist.
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Why this rating
We rate this song Safe because its dynamic range stays within our low-variance band, there are no unsignaled changes, and the texture and vocal style are both in the low-fatigue range. Our methodology uses an AND rule for Safe — a song has to clear every dimension to earn the rating.
This song in the Music Studio
27/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-04-16. Reviewed by the Music I Want editorial team against the documented methodology.
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By the numbers: how this song compares
Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.
Where it sits in 19,000 songs
This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 83% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 27/100 comes from a dynamic range of 6/10, layered texture, no sudden shifts, and soft vocals. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.
What makes it unusual
What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 100% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.
Feels almost identical to
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Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.
What it’s good for
Sleep8/10
Focus10/10
Workout1/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
Mixes smoothly with
Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.
The fingerprint
Intensity27
Dynamics56
Tempo11
Surprise0
Density33
Predictability0
Vocal force25
Trigger load0
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "I Vow to Thee My Country"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "I Vow to Thee My Country" by Gustav Holst?
"I Vow to Thee My Country" by Gustav Holst has a tempo of 60 BPM (Adagio (slow)). At half-time that is 30 BPM, and at double-time 120 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "I Vow to Thee My Country" by Gustav Holst?
"I Vow to Thee My Country" by Gustav Holst rates as Low-Intensity. Dynamic range 6/10, no sudden changes, layered texture. Our Low-Intensity rating means no single dimension triggers the higher-intensity thresholds.
How loud is "I Vow to Thee My Country" — what is its dynamic range?
"I Vow to Thee My Country" has a dynamic range of 6/10. Noticeable climb from quiet sections to loudest point. Set opening volume slightly lower than your preferred peak.
Does "I Vow to Thee My Country" have sudden or surprising changes?
No. "I Vow to Thee My Country" has no sudden unsignaled changes. Every transition is musically telegraphed.
What is "I Vow to Thee My Country" best for?
In our library "I Vow to Thee My Country" is recommended for: emotional release, meditation, relaxation. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
What is the emotional mood of "I Vow to Thee My Country"?
We tag "I Vow to Thee My Country" as reflective, uplifting. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "I Vow to Thee My Country"?
The vocal style is soft vocals.
Is "I Vow to Thee My Country" good for running?
Not really — at 60 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "I Vow to Thee My Country" good for studying?
Only partially. The song's dynamic range (6/10) means there will be loud moments that break focus during deep work.
Can I use "I Vow to Thee My Country" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Dynamic range is too high — quiet moments will be ambushed by louder ones.
Should I listen to "I Vow to Thee My Country"?
If you want gentle, low-arousal music, "I Vow to Thee My Country" is a solid pick — Low-Intensity across every sensory dimension.
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