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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Shropshire Lad | 1 |
| A Shropshire Lad (orchestral rhapsody) canonical | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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
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ⓘ
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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A Shropshire Lad