Music manuscripts of George Sainton Kaye Butterworth comprising:
- 'Orchestral prelude " The cherry tree"', final title '"Shropshire lad" rhapsody', 1st violin part only in a copyist's hand.
- 'Idyll for small orchestra, "The banks of green willow"'. Composed 1913. Copyist's ink score, with title-page in the hand of the composer's father Sir A. Kaye Butterworth, and a note by him dated Jan. 1917. Copied from the first version of the autograph score (MS. Mus. c. 301), and with the engraver's markings in pencil for the edition published, London, Stainer & Bell, 1918.
Dates
- Creation: 1913-[c. 1917]
Extent
2 shelfmarks
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Mus. c. 540].
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Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Mus. c. 540-1
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13602
Biographical / Historical
George Sainton Kaye Butterworth (1885-1916) was a composer and folk song collector. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Other Finding Aids
A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to the Library in 1992.
Topical
- Title
- Music Manuscripts of George Sainton Kaye Butterworth
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Susan Thomas
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk