Whom the Gods Love: The Life and Music of George Butterworth

by Michael Barlow and Vernon Handley Michael Barlow

Book Overview

The first study of the life and music of the composer George Butterworth 1885-1916], including some of his own writings on music.

The career of the composer George Butterworth was cruelly cut short by a sniper's bullet at the Somme. His name is kept alive by the popularity of his orchestral tone-poems, such as The Banks of Green Willow and A Shropshire Lad, and his songs. In this book, the first full-length study of Butterworth, Michael Barlow...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0907689434
• ISBN13: 9780907689430
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Toccata Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.4"