A Shropshire Lad (orchestral rhapsody)

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A Shropshire Lad is an orchestral rhapsody by George Butterworth that epitomizes the English pastoral style through its lyrical, elegiac evocation of the countryside inspired by A.E. Housman’s poetry.

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instanceOf orchestral rhapsody
alsoKnownAs Rhapsody: A Shropshire Lad NERFINISHED
associatedWith First World War era
basedOn A Shropshire Lad (poetry collection) NERFINISHED
poetry
catalogueNumber no opus number
characteristic elegiac
lyrical
composer George Butterworth NERFINISHED
conductorAtPremiere Arthur Nikisch NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
dedicatedTo no specific dedication known
depicts English countryside
firstRecordingDate 20th century
genre pastoral music
historicalContext pre-World War I England
inspiredBy A Shropshire Lad (poetry collection) NERFINISHED
A. E. Housman NERFINISHED
key G minor
languageOfTitle English
movementCount 1
notableInterpreter Richard Hickox NERFINISHED
Sir Adrian Boult NERFINISHED
Vernon Handley NERFINISHED
period 20th-century classical music
premiereDate 1913
premiereLocation Leeds, England NERFINISHED
publisher Stainer & Bell NERFINISHED
relatedWorkBySameComposer Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad NERFINISHED
scoring orchestra
structure single continuous movement
style English pastoral style
subjectMatter themes of youth and mortality
title A Shropshire Lad NERFINISHED
typicalDuration about 10 minutes
usesMaterialFrom songs from A Shropshire Lad

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English pastoral school associatedWork A Shropshire Lad (orchestral rhapsody)
A. E. Housman notableWork A Shropshire Lad (orchestral rhapsody)
this entity surface form: A Shropshire Lad