George Butterworth

George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC (12 July 1885 – 5 August 1916) was an English composer who was best known for the orchestral idyll The Banks of Green Willow and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from A Shropshire Lad. He was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry during the fighting at Pozières in the First World War, and died in the Battle of the Somme.

Butterworth: Orchestral Works & Works for Voice & Orchestra - 2016-06-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Song Cycles by Vaughan Williams and Butterworth - 2015-03-20T00:00:00.000000Z

The Complete Butterworth Songbook - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Complete Butterworth Songbook - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

English Song Series, Vol. 20: Butterworth - 2010-07-27T00:00:00.000000Z

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