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'''George Butterworth''', (1885-1816), [[English]] composer, was a keen collector of folk tunes and used the traditional music of the English countryside as his inspiration. He is well known for his settings (in two “cycles”) of eleven of the poems from [[A.E. Housman]]’s “''A Shropshire Lad''” and two orchestral suites, “''Banks of Green Willow''”, and “''A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody''”.
'''George Butterworth''', (1885-1816), [[English]] composer, was a keen collector of folk tunes and used the traditional music of the English countryside as his inspiration. He is well known for his settings (in two “cycles”) of eleven of the poems from [[A.E. Housman]]’s “''A Shropshire Lad''” and two orchestral suites, “''Banks of Green Willow''”, and “''A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody''”.
He had no chance to write more – he was killed in action on the [[Somme]] in 1916, aged 31.
He had no chance to write more – he was killed in action on the [[Somme]] in 1916, aged 31.
One of the better known Houseman songs - ''The lads in their hundreds''. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4kPNyQc5Ro The words can be found at [[Ludlow]].
[[Category: Composers]]
[[Category: Composers]]
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