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Whom the Gods Love

By Michael Barlow

Whom the Gods Love

By Michael Barlow

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The career of the composer George Butterworth was cruelly cut short by a sniper's bullet at the Somme. His name is kept alive by the popularity of his orchestral tone-poems, such as 'The Banks of Green Willow' and 'A Shropshire Lad'and his songs. In this book, the first full-length study of Butterworth, Michael Barlow traces his brief life: from preparatory school through Eton and Oxford, a teaching post at Radley, study at the Royal College of Music, a period as a music critic for 'The Times' - and his enlisting in August 1914 which, two years later, led to his heroic death at the Somme. All of Butterworth's surviving compositions are discussed, and important chapters examine his Housman settings and his friendship with Vaughan Williams. Butterworth was also prominent in the folksong revival, and chronicled here for the first time are his extensive activities as a folksong and dance collector. The book also includes some of Butterworth's own writings on music.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
206
Release Date:
2009-07-17
Publication Date:
2009-05-21
Publisher:
Toccata Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0907689434
ISBN13:
9780907689430
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
298 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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