{"product_id":"six-songs-from-a-shropshire-lad-song-settings-of-a-e-housmans-poems-from-a-shropshire-lad-9798863035888","title":"Six songs from A Shropshire Lad: Song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from A Shropshire Lad.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSchubertline\u003c\/b\u003e: Songs from this volume are available to transpose into a key of your choice at www.schubertline.co.uk. An online audio example of the songs is also available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchubertline first published online scores of songs, arias and lieder in 2001. Since then the library has grown in size to almost 4000 score files, covering many of the best known songs, arias and duets in the classical repertoire.\u003cbr\u003eSchubertline is hosted by the website, Score Exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Butterworth\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix Songs from A Shropshire Lad \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe song cycle is made up of a six poem setting taken from A. E. Housman's 1896 poem collection, A Shropshire Lad.\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoveliest of Trees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen I Was One-and-Twenty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLook Not In My eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThink No More, Lad\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lads in Their Hundreds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs My Team Ploughing?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix Songs from A Shropshire Lad, was written for bass baritone and piano and was composed by\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Sainton Kaye Butterworth in 1911. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe song cycle, Bredon Hill and Other Songs, also a setting of five poems from A Shropshire Lad was composed by George Butterworth in 1912.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred Edward Housman\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Worcestershire, England on March 26, 1859. He was the oldest of seven children.\u003cbr\u003eA year after his birth, Housman's family moved to Bromsgrove, where the poet grew up and had his early education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1877, he attended St. John's College, Oxford where he read Greats. His collection of poems 'A Shropshire Lad' was published in May 1896 and they have been in print continuously since that time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Sainton Kaye Butterworth\u003c\/b\u003e (12 July 1885 - 5 August 1916) was considered one of Britains most promising Edwardian composers. He was born in Paddington, London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot long after his birth, his family moved to York. George was the only child of Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth and his wife Julia Marguerite, née Wigan. Formally a professional singer she gave George his first music lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1899 George won a scholarship to Eton College (1899-1904). In 1904 he went up to Oxford where he read Greats at Trinity College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile at Oxford he became increasingly focused on music. He became President of the University Music Club. He also made friends with the folk song collector Cecil Sharp and the composer and folk song enthusiast Ralph Vaughan Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eButterworth and Vaughan Williams made several trips into the English countryside to collect folk songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the outbreak of the First World War, Butterworth joined the British army.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 5 August during the Battle of the Somme, George Butterworth died after being shot by a sniper. \u003cbr\u003eHe was 31 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. E. Housman, John Nicholson, George Butterworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798863035888\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42957550977139,"sku":"9.79886E+12","price":10.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_cbf1727c-e8f8-4758-9459-6a7a3c490692.jpg?v=1743589634","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/six-songs-from-a-shropshire-lad-song-settings-of-a-e-housmans-poems-from-a-shropshire-lad-9798863035888","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}