George Butterworth
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George Butterworth was an English composer and folk song collector best known for his orchestral work "The Banks of Green Willow" and his settings of A. E. Housman's poems, who was killed in action during World War I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Butterworth canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7595614 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Butterworth Context triple: [Wolvercote Cemetery, hasNotableBurial, George Butterworth]
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A.
Herbert Howells
Herbert Howells was a 20th-century English composer and organist renowned for his choral and sacred music, particularly within the Anglican tradition.
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B.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams was a prominent 20th-century English composer known for his symphonies, choral works, and influential contributions to British ceremonial and folk-inspired music.
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C.
Charles Villiers Stanford
Charles Villiers Stanford was an influential Irish composer, conductor, and teacher of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his choral and orchestral works and for mentoring many leading British composers.
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D.
Edmund Rubbra
Edmund Rubbra was a 20th-century English composer best known for his symphonies and sacred choral music.
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E.
Arthur Bliss
Arthur Bliss was a prominent 20th-century British composer known for his orchestral works, film scores, and tenure as Master of the Queen’s Music.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Butterworth Target entity description: George Butterworth was an English composer and folk song collector best known for his orchestral work "The Banks of Green Willow" and his settings of A. E. Housman's poems, who was killed in action during World War I.
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A.
Herbert Howells
Herbert Howells was a 20th-century English composer and organist renowned for his choral and sacred music, particularly within the Anglican tradition.
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B.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams was a prominent 20th-century English composer known for his symphonies, choral works, and influential contributions to British ceremonial and folk-inspired music.
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C.
Charles Villiers Stanford
Charles Villiers Stanford was an influential Irish composer, conductor, and teacher of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for his choral and orchestral works and for mentoring many leading British composers.
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D.
Edmund Rubbra
Edmund Rubbra was a 20th-century English composer best known for his symphonies and sacred choral music.
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E.
Arthur Bliss
Arthur Bliss was a prominent 20th-century British composer known for his orchestral works, film scores, and tenure as Master of the Queen’s Music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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folk song collector ⓘ human ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
English folk song revival
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Royal College of Music (London) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | A Shropshire Lad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | killed in action ⓘ |
| colleague |
Gustav Holst
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collected | English folk songs ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1885-07-12 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1916-08-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Eton College
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Trinity College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Butterworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| friend | Ralph Vaughan Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | George Sainton Kaye Butterworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
English art song
ⓘ
classical music ⓘ |
| givenName | George NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
choral music
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orchestral music ⓘ song cycle ⓘ |
| influencedBy | A. E. Housman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryUnit | Durham Light Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | English pastoral school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | George Butterworth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Shropshire Lad (song cycles)
NERFINISHED
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Love Blows as the Wind Blows NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhapsody: A Shropshire Lad NERFINISHED ⓘ The Banks of Green Willow NERFINISHED ⓘ Two English Idylls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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folk song collector ⓘ music critic ⓘ schoolteacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
Paddington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
France
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Pozières NERFINISHED ⓘ Somme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedUnder |
Charles Villiers Stanford
NERFINISHED
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Hubert Parry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: George Butterworth Description of subject: George Butterworth was an English composer and folk song collector best known for his orchestral work "The Banks of Green Willow" and his settings of A. E. Housman's poems, who was killed in action during World War I.
Referenced by (4)
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