Brigg Fair

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Brigg Fair is a traditional English folk song famously arranged by composer Percy Grainger and later used by Frederick Delius as the basis for his orchestral rhapsody, becoming a key work of the English pastoral musical tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English folk song
traditional song
arrangedBy Percy Grainger NERFINISHED
associatedWith Frederick Delius NERFINISHED
Percy Grainger NERFINISHED
belongsToRepertoireOf English folk singers
collectedBy Percy Grainger NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin England
genre folk music
hasAlternativeName Brigg Fair (folk song) NERFINISHED
hasCulturalContext English folk revival NERFINISHED
hasHistoricalPeriod collected in early 20th century
hasMelodicSourceFor Delius’s Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody NERFINISHED
hasMusicalForm strophic song
hasSetting Brigg, Lincolnshire NERFINISHED
hasSubject annual fair at Brigg
hasTheme English countryside
rural fair
hasTitle Brigg Fair NERFINISHED
hasType folk ballad
influenced English pastoral style in classical music
isTraditional true
language English
notableArrangementBy Percy Grainger NERFINISHED
notableOrchestralUseBy Frederick Delius GENERATED
partOf English pastoral musical tradition
performanceTradition unaccompanied solo singing
region Lincolnshire NERFINISHED
usedAsBasisFor Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody NERFINISHED
orchestral rhapsody by Frederick Delius

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