George Butterworth

George Butterworth (1885-1916), compositeur anglais dont la vie a été interrompue lors de la bataille de la Somme, a écrit deux cycles de chansons basés sur A SHROPSHIRE LAD, un recueil de 63 poèmes d...

George Butterworth (1885-1916) was an English composer who died at a very young age, leaving behind few compositions. One of his best known and regularly played works is The Banks of Green Willow. Peo...

George Butterworth (1885-1916) was an English composer who died at a very young age, leaving behind few compositions. One of his best known and regularly played works is The Banks of Green Willow. Peo...

The Banks of Green Willow, la dernière œuvre achevée de George Butterworth (1885-1916), évoque à la fois le monde en déclin du pastoralisme édouardien et, à travers la vie tragiquement écourtée de son...

This work is in the nature of an orchestral epilogue to the same composer's two sets of songs, the words of which are taken from Mr A. E. Housman's poem, A Shropshire Lad.

The Banks of Green Willow begins in pastorale mode with the title tune established in the Strings with solo clarinet. The work builds to quite a passionate climax before re-establishing the pastorale...

Love Blows as the Wind Blows (versions for voice and string quartet, voice and piano, and voice and small orchestra)

The best known piece of the young composer George Butterworth is a pastoral setting based on two English folk song melodies (The Banks of Green Willow and Green Bushes), and is similar to the composit...

The best known piece of the young composer George Butterworth is a pastoral setting based on two English folk song melodies (The Banks of Green Willow and Green Bushes), and is similar to the composit...

The best known piece of the young composer George Butterworth is a pastoral setting based on two English folk song melodies (The Banks of Green Willow and Green Bushes), and is similar to the composit...

The best known piece of the young composer George Butterworth is a pastoral setting based on two English folk song melodies (The Banks of Green Willow and Green Bushes), and is similar to the composit...

The best known piece of the young composer George Butterworth is a pastoral setting based on two English folk song melodies (The Banks of Green Willow and Green Bushes), and is similar to the composit...

The best known piece of the young composer George Butterworth is a pastoral setting based on two English folk song melodies (The Banks of Green Willow and Green Bushes), and is similar to the composit...