George Butterworth

Composer

1885 – 1916

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Who was George Butterworth?

George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC was an English composer 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.

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Born
Jul 12, 1885
London
Also known as
  • George Sainton Kaye Butterworth
  • Butterworth, George
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Royal College of Music
  • Trinity College, Oxford
  • Eton College
  • Aysgarth School
Lived in
  • London
Died
Aug 5, 1916
Pozières

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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