George Butterworth
6 Songs from A Shropshire Lad
George Butterworth
6 Songs from A Shropshire Lad
- Instrumentation Piano and Voice
- Composer George Butterworth
- Series Master Vocal Series - LudwigMasters
- Edition Sheet Music
- Publisher Ludwig Music Publishing Company
- Order no. LU-M119191
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Description:
George Butterworth (1885-1916), an English composer whose life was cut short at the Battle of the Somme, wrote two song cycles based on A SHROPSHIRE LAD, a collection of 63 poems by A.E. Housman. The first of these cycles, published for baritone and piano in 1911, includes six songs: 1. Loveliest of trees 2. When I was one and twenty 3. Look not in my eyes 4. Think no more, lad 5. The lads in their hundreds 6. Is my team ploughing?