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Suite pastorale: 1. Idylle
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pabmusic1

These are Butterworth's earliest surviving orchestral pieces. No. 1 is dated 1910-1911, No 2 is dated 1911. There is a third (more below). These two were first performed in February 1912 in Oxford.

The songs he used (as Butterworth titled them) were:

Idyll 1

Dabbling in the dew, noted by Francis Jekyll at Ticehurst, Kent, '06
Just as the tide was flowing, sung by Mr Weeks, Ticehurst, IV, '07
Henry Martin, sung by Mr G. Hillman, Shoreham Workhouse, I, '09

Idyll 2

The dark-eyed sailor. Two versions, the first sung by Mr Knight (c. 60), Horsham, IV '07.
The second version sung by Mr. Lockec. 70) Rollerby, Norfolk, IV '04

As I said, there is a full score in the Bodleian of "English Idyll III". It has never been performed, and was not really known about until Howard Ferguson deposited it there in the 1960s. Ferguson had got it from R. O. Morris, Butterworth's lifelong friend (they had met at a dancing class in York at the age of 6).

English Idtll III dates from 1912 and is, in effect, The Banks of Green Willow. But everything except the harmonies and structure is different - particularly rhythms and orchestration. Butterworth revised it in 1913, retitling it The Banks, etc.



pascal mayer

Merci David Magnifique ! Merci .George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, né le 12 juillet 1885 à Londres, disparu le 5 août 1916 à Pozières (Somme), est un compositeur de musique anglais.

Biographie
Son père, Sir Alexander Butterworth, était avocat, directeur général de la North Eastern Railway à York où George a grandi avant aller à l'Eton College.

Au collège, son talent musical se révéla. En 1904, il alla au Trinity College à Oxford. Il y rencontra Cecil Sharp et Ralph Vaughan Williams. Après ses études, il enseigna pendant un an à Radley puis étudia pendant une courte période au Royal College of Music. Il se consacra ensuite à la recherche de chansons folkloriques avec Vaughan Williams.

Engagé volontaire dans l'armée anglaise (British Army) dès la déclaration de guerre en 1914, il est affecté au 13e Bataillon d'infanterie légère de Durham avec le grade de lieutenant. Il fut décoré de la MC et cité à l'ordre du bataillon, pour sa défense d'une tranchée.

Envoyé en France lors de la Bataille de la Somme. Il y fut tué le 5 août 1916, abattu par un tireur d'élite et son corps n'a jamais été retrouvé. Son nom fut gravé sur un des piliers du Mémorial de Thiepval, à quelques pas de Pozières.

Œuvre
Sa musique est « simple et économe ». Aucun compositeur n'a mis avec autant de talent les poèmes de Housman (1859-1936) en musique.

En plus de ses compositions, il est également connu pour sa contribution à la renaissance de l'intérêt pour la musique et la danse folk anglaise au début du xxe siècle.

Il reste aujourd'hui une quinzaine d’œuvres de ce musicien, mort à l'âge de 31 ans.



pabmusic1

The tunes Butterworth used in these are (in order):

Idyll No. 1:

1. Dabbling in the dew (collected at Ticehurst, Kent, by GSKB and Timmy Jekyll, 1906)
2. Just as the tide was flowing (sung by Mr Weekes at Ticehurst, Kent, in 1907)
3. Henry Martin (sung by Mr G. Hillman, Shoreham Workhouse, Sussex,Jan. 1909)

Idyll No. 2:

Fair Phoebe and her dark-eked sailor (two versions - version 1 from Mr Knight of Horsham, April 1907; version 2 from Mr Locke, Rollerby, Norfolk, April 1910).

Butterworth wrote an 'English Idyll No. 3' (the score is in the Bodleian) that has never been performed, let alone recorded. It is from 1912 and is in effect a first version of The Banks of Green Willow. All the same tunes are there, treated similarly, but with dozens of small changes to rhythms. And it's scored very differently, using the same orchestra as the Two Idylls. He revised it in 1913, completely changing the orchestration and writing for a slightly smaller orchestra (and of course changing the title).

The tunes used in Idyll 3/Banks of Green Willow are:

1. The Banks of Green Willow (altered version of that collected from Mr & Mrs Cranstone of Billingshurt, Sussex, June 1907)
2. Green Bushes (an amalgam of several versions he collected, but most like that sung by Mr Puttock, Sutton, Pulborough, July 1907)
3. The Banks of Green Willow, second version (the violin solo near the end is from a phonograph recording of David Clements in Basingstoke Workhouse, recorded by Charles Gamblin in August 1906).



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Carlos Catam

Música de fundo linda e imagens admiráveis...... é uma verdadeira viagem 😍😍😍. Parabéns pelo ótimo vídeo. Grande abraço.

David Harris

Prazer, ainda bem que você gostou Carlos.

Merx Eddie

I found so many unknown (to me) wonderful artists on YouTube while accessing music.This combination is so appropriate. Thanks

hymer

Lovely landscaping, detailed farming animal paintings, clever compositions
When would they have been painted?

David Harris

Pleasure, glad you enjoyed it. Putting these videos together has been something of a learning experience for me too, I didn't know a thing about art and artists before I started doing it.

Mick B-H

Even without the pictures, just by closing your eyes you instinctively know that you are in England. Beautiful and relaxing music to relax with a medium sherry at the end of a trying day. Praise Jesus for the beautiful gifts talent he gives to millions of people.

Richard Bernard

English Idyll No. 2 was used to great effect as theme music for that wonderful British television series Six Centuries of Verse, written by Anthony Thwaite and presented by John Gielgud. Marvelous series! Sublime music! Thank you so much for sharing it.

David Harris

@Richard Bernard And yet the stupidity of war persists, usually fuelled by the insane greed and egotism of just a handful of people - think Putin.
The Halle and Sir Mark Elder have made some excellent recordings of British music, this is just one of them.

Richard Bernard

@David Harris I continue to be addicted to this marvelous performance of a sublime piece of music, especially the Second Idyll. It is awful to think of all the musicians, poets, husbands, wives, sons and daughters who were killed in that awful war.

David Harris

Glad you enjoyed it Richard and that it brought back memories of a pleasurable television series - not so many of those about these days.

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