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 the Battle of Pozières in the First World War, and died during 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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