{"title":"George Butterworth Sheet Music","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the orchestral and vocal works of George Butterworth (1885–1916), an English composer celebrated for his lyrical settings and folk-song arrangements. This collection features conductor scores and parts for full orchestra, including his masterpiece \u003cem\u003eA Shropshire Lad\u003c\/em\u003e (Rhapsody) and \u003cem\u003eThe Banks of Green Willow\u003c\/em\u003e, alongside vocal scores for medium and high voice with piano or string quartet accompaniment. Perfect for concert bands, orchestras, and chamber musicians seeking authentic early 20th-century English repertoire.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"love-blows-as-the-wind-blows-for-voice-and-string-quartet-or-piano-36-m290591","title":"Love Blows as the Wind Blows for Voice and String Quartet (or Piano): Medium Voice, Chamber Accompaniment, Score and Parts","description":"This collection of four songs by George Butterworth (1885-1916) sets the poetry of William Ernest Henley to music for medium voice and string quartet. In 1914, the composer orchestrated the accompaniment. 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Originally titled THE LAND OF THE LOST CONTENT, it looks back at an idyllic world threatened, perhaps prophetically, by the fear of uncertainty and loss. Instrumentation: 2.2+EH.2+BCl.2: 4.2.3.1: Timp: Hp: Str (9-8-7-6-5 in set).","brand":"Alfred Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44598435971208,"sku":"36-A718902","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/6104\/0520\/files\/36-A718902_large_a344e70d-1666-42c2-9cdf-d980601a68d8.jpg?v=1779255191"},{"product_id":"shropshire-lad-a-rhapsody-36-a718901","title":"Shropshire Lad, A (Rhapsody): Full Orchestra, Conductor Score","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.  Conceived as an epilogue, the orchestral rhapsody to A SHROPSHIRE LAD is widely considered to be his masterpiece.  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Composed in 1913, it premiered the following year in West Kirby, Cheshire, with combined members of the Hallé and Liverpool orchestras under the direction of Adrian Boult.  The first London performance took place on March 20, 1914, the last time that Butterworth would hear his own music played. 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Included: Yonder Stands a Lovely Creature; A Blacksmith Courted Me; Sowing the Seeds of Love; A Lawyer He Went Out; Come My Own One; The Cuckoo; A Brisk Young Sailor Courted Me; Seventeen Come Sunday; Roving in the Dew; The True Lover's Farewell; Tarry Trowsers.","brand":"Alfred Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44600783372424,"sku":"36-M202391","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0697\/6104\/0520\/files\/36-M202391_large_bc092520-d690-48d2-90fd-843fc195aeda.jpg?v=1779256281"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.alfred.com\/collections\/george-butterworth-sheet-music.oembed","provider":"Alfred Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}