Aug. 5 marks 100 years since George Butterworth was killed in the opening weeks of the Battle of the Somme in World War I. As a lieutenant in command of the Durham Light Infantry's 13th Battalion, ...

THE MUSICAL world today (Friday) commemorates the centenary of the death of one of the most promising young composers of his age – killed in action in the Battle of the Somme while leading North-East ...

ALL My Life's Buried Here presents a portrait of pioneering composer and folk song collector George Butterworth for the first time in a film documentary. On Sunday, filmmaker Stewart Morgan ...

A long-lost Christmas song has been discovered at Oxford, and yes, it’s about drinking. The score by George Butterworth, an English composer who died in the trenches of World War I, was uncovered at ...

(2) English Idylls Aachen Symphony Orchestra Kazem Abdullah, Conductor George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer (A) Shropshire Lad George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth, Composer Aachen Symphony ...

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