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Rutland Boughton
12+ albums
britishcomposerClassicalromantic periodPost-Romantic
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Rutland Boughton (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire January 23, 1878 – London, January 25, 1960) was an English composer who became well known in the early 20th century as a composer of opera and choral music. A pupil of Charles Villiers Stanford and Walford Davies, Boughton's output included three symphonies, several concertos, part-songs, songs, chamber music and opera (which he called "Music Drama" after Wagner). His best known work was the opera The Immortal Hour. His Bethlehem (1915), based on the Coventry Nativity Play and notable for its choral arrangements of traditional Christmas carols also became very popular with choral societies world-wide. Other operas by Boughton were: The Birth of Arthur (1913), The Round Table (1916), The Lily Maid (1934), Avalon and Galahad (1945) (all four from the Arthurian cycle of music dramas), The Moon Maiden (1919), Alkestis (1922), and The Queen of Cornwall (1924). Through the Boughton Trust (see below), many of his major works have been recorded and are available on disc including The Immortal Hour, Bethlehem, Symphony No 1 “Oliver Cromwell”, Symphony No 2, Symphony No 3, Oboe Concerto No 1, string quartets and various chamber pieces and songs. In addition to his compositions, Boughton is remembered for his attempt to create an "English Bayreuth" at Glastonbury, establishing the first series of Glastonbury Festivals . (They ran with enormous success from 1914 until 1926). From 1927 until his death in 1960, he lived at Kilcot near Newent
top songs
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Faery Song (from "The Immortal Hour")
4292Symphony No. 2 "Dierdre", A Celtuc Symphony: The Young Girl : The Old King or the Young Lover (Allegro vivace)
173The Immortal Hour, Act I Scene 1: No. 1, Prelude
174The Immortal Hour, Act I Scene 1: No. 2, By Dim Moon-Glimmering Coasts and Sad Sea Wastes (Dalua)
175The Immortal Hour, Act I Scene 1: No. 6, Hail, Son of Shadow! (Spirit Voice)
176The Immortal Hour: Act II - How Beautiful They Are (Faery Song)
167The Immortal Hour, Act II: How beautiful they are, "Faery Song"
168The Immortal Hour, Act I Scene 1: No. 7, I Am Old; More Old, More Ancient Than the Gods (Dalua)
169The Immortal Hour, Act I Scene 1: No. 8, Brother and Kin to All the Twilit Gods (Spirit Voice)
1610The Immortal Hour, Act I Scene 1: No. 9, [The Sound of Mocking Laughter Is Heard from the Wood]
15albums
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Rutland Boughton: The Immortal Hour
Rutland Boughton 'for Joyance'
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Rutland Boughton: Symphony No. 2
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Rutland Boughton; Songs
Rutland Boughton: Aylesbury Games; Concerto for Strings & Other Works
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Opera! The English School
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Great Operatic Arias (Sung in English), Vol. 5 - Yvonne Kenny
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The Art of Kenneth McKellar
Rutland Boughton: Songs
Boughton: Bethlehem
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Angelic Voices - The Sound of the Boy Treble
Boughton: String Quartets & Oboe Quartet No. 1