▁an ▁ensemble ▁of ▁ass orted ▁wind ▁instruments ▁lack ed ▁the ▁t onal ▁coh es iveness ▁to ▁produce ▁significant ▁music . ▁ ▁The ▁Su ite ▁in ▁E ▁was ▁Hol st ' s ▁first ▁composition ▁written ▁for ▁military ▁band . ▁Frederick ▁F enn ell , ▁in ▁Time ▁and ▁the ▁W inds , ▁obser ves ▁that ▁Hol st ' s ▁scoring ▁for ▁the ▁work ▁is ▁so ▁well ▁conce ived ▁and ▁organ ised ▁for ▁the ▁band ▁medium , ▁that ▁he ▁must ▁have ▁had ▁some ▁previous ▁experiences ▁with ▁groups ▁of ▁this ▁kind . ▁Indeed , ▁Hol st ▁was ▁himself ▁a ▁form id able ▁trom bon ist , ▁having ▁already ▁performed ▁several ▁seasons ▁with ▁the ▁Scottish ▁Orchestra ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁composition ▁of ▁the ▁suite . ▁In ▁addition , ▁while ▁still ▁in ▁college , ▁he ▁performed ▁during ▁the ▁sum mers ▁with ▁various ▁se as ide ▁bands , ▁and ▁was ▁admitted ly ▁uns atisf ied ▁with ▁the ▁music ▁that ▁those ▁ens emb les ▁performed . ▁Even ▁though ▁these ▁experiences ▁likely ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁composition ▁of ▁the ▁suite , ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁recorded ▁commission ▁for ▁the ▁work , ▁and ▁the ▁reason ▁for ▁Hol st ' s ▁writing ▁of ▁the ▁suite ▁is ▁unknown . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁being ▁a ▁serious ▁work ▁written ▁for ▁band , ▁the ▁orch estr ation ▁of ▁the ▁suite ▁was ▁tail ored ▁to ▁handle ▁the ▁inher ent ▁challeng es ▁of ▁the ▁military ▁band . ▁As ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁standard ised ▁instrument ation , ▁Hol st ▁scored ▁the ▁suite ▁for ▁ 1 9 ▁instruments , ▁with ▁ 1 7 ▁remaining