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George Butterworth

1885 - 1916

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George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC (12 July 1885 – 5 August 1916) was an English composer who was best known for the orchestral idyll The Banks of Green Willow and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from A Shropshire Lad. He was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry during the fighting at Pozières in the First World War, and died in the Battle of the Somme. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Butterworth is the 1,385th most popular composer (down from 1,350th in 2019), the 5,899th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,065th in 2019) and the 96th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, George Butterworth ranks 1,385 out of 1,451. Before him are Olga Neuwirth, Arne Nordheim, George Whitefield Chadwick, David Newman, Alan Bush, and Peter Sculthorpe. After him are Jerry Bock, Christophe Beck, Jesper Kyd, Yuzo Koshiro, Elisabeth Lutyens, and William Grant Still.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, George Butterworth ranks 267. Before him are Mór Kóczán, Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa, Birger Sjöberg, Lionel Atwill, Alain LeRoy Locke, and Art Ross. After him are George "Gabby" Hayes, and Harry Gribbon. Among people deceased in 1916, George Butterworth ranks 150. Before him are Guido Gozzano, Alexander Voeikov, Lydia Zvereva, Hermann Martens, Tom Clarke, and Joseph Plunkett. After him are Wilhelm Lützow, Seán Mac Diarmada, Thomas MacDonagh, Éamonn Ceannt, and Inez Milholland.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Butterworth ranks 5,901 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Minter (1951), Alan Bush (1900), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), Caryl Churchill (1938), John Stones (1994), and Keith Devlin (1947). After him are Lawrence Hargrave (1850), C. B. K. Beachcroft (1870), Soni Razdan (1956), Angie Sage (1952), Laurie Scott (1917), and Thomas Doherty (1995).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, George Butterworth ranks 96. Before him are Ray Noble (1903), Stephen Warbeck (1953), Lennox Berkeley (1903), Thomas Adès (1971), Oliver Knussen (1952), and Alan Bush (1900). After him are Elisabeth Lutyens (1906), William Alwyn (1905), Judith Weir (1954), Rupert Gregson-Williams (1966), Benjamin Wallfisch (1979), and Steven Price (1977).

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