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George Butterworth
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Apr 19, 2008
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yim



1. A Shropshire Lad - Loveliest of trees
Benjamin Luxon
3:29	
	  2. A Shropshire Lad - When I was one-and-twenty
Benjamin Luxon
1:23		
	  3. A Shropshire Lad - Look not in my eyes
Benjamin Luxon
2:31		
	  4. A Shropshire Lad - Think no more, lad
Benjamin Luxon
1:22		
	  5. A Shropshire Lad - The lads in their hundreds
Benjamin Luxon
2:30		
	  6. A Shropshire Lad - Is my team ploughing?
Benjamin Luxon
3:51		
	  7. Bredon Hill - 1. Bredon Hill
Benjamin Luxon
4:00		
	  8. Bredon Hill - 2. O fair enough are sky and plain
Benjamin Luxon
3:12		
	  9. Bredon Hill - 3. When the lad for longing sighs
Benjamin Luxon
1:45		
	10. Bredon Hill - 4. On the idle hill of summer
Benjamin Luxon
3:14		
	11. Bredon Hill - 5. With rue my heart is laden
Benjamin Luxon
2:19		
	12. A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
10:25		
	13. Two English Idylls
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
9:50		
	14. The Banks of Green Willow
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
6:10		

  	 
	 
 	English composer, folk song collector and soldier
     The too short life of George Butterworth gave us a mere glimpse of his true potential. Already regarded as the most promising of the younger generation of English composers, he put his manuscript paper aside to serve his country in "The Great War". How different things might have been if he had returned home alive to take his place among such names as Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Holst, and Britten?
     The body of music that he did not destroy before setting off for France, notably the settings of poems from A Shropshire Lad by Housman, and various short orchestral works is, in a word, exquisite. In addition to his compositions, he is also remembered for his contributions to the turn-of-the-century revival of interest in English folk music and dance.

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Hi, could you re-seed this one? Thanks!
OK will seed. yim