Composer

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George Butterworth

Genre

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Vocal

Style

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Song Cycle

Compose Date

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1912

Average_duration

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12:26

Movement_count

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5

Movement ....

George Butterworth's 'Bredon Hill and Other Songs (5)' is a collection of five songs composed for voice and piano. The work was composed in 1911 and premiered the same year at the Royal College of Music in London. The five movements of the work are 'Bredon Hill', 'Oh, fair enough are sky and plain', 'When I was one-and-twenty', 'The lads in their hundreds', and 'Is my team ploughing'. The first movement, 'Bredon Hill', is a setting of a poem by A.E. Housman. The song is characterized by its pastoral and nostalgic tone, with the piano accompaniment evoking the rolling hills and fields of the English countryside. The second movement, 'Oh, fair enough are sky and plain', is a setting of a poem by A.E. Housman. The song is characterized by its melancholic and introspective tone, with the piano accompaniment providing a sense of longing and yearning. The third movement, 'When I was one-and-twenty', is a setting of a poem by A.E. Housman. The song is characterized by its wistful and regretful tone, with the piano accompaniment providing a sense of resignation and acceptance. The fourth movement, 'The lads in their hundreds', is a setting of a poem by A.E. Housman. The song is characterized by its mournful and elegiac tone, with the piano accompaniment evoking the solemnity of a military funeral. The final movement, 'Is my team ploughing', is a setting of a poem by A.E. Housman. The song is characterized by its haunting and eerie tone, with the piano accompaniment providing a sense of foreboding and unease. Overall, 'Bredon Hill and Other Songs (5)' is a beautiful and evocative work that showcases Butterworth's skill as a composer and his deep love for the English countryside and its literature.

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