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ARTHUR BUTTERWORTH - CATALOGUE OF HIS MUSIC

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Arthur BUTTERWORTH M.B.E.,
Pohjola, 11 Dales Ave, Embsay, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 6PE, U.K. Phone: 01756 792968 Mobile: 0798 982 4359
e-mail: aebutterworth@tiscali.co.uk

Opus 1 -30

Title	Genre	Opus Number	Date	Publisher
			Date f.p.	Artists in f.p. and location f.p.
Now on Land and Sea descending	contralto and orchestra	Op. 1	1947	MS
			15 November 1948	Nancy Johnson (contralto) RMCM orchestra - conducted by composer
Organ Partita on a German chorale	organ	Op. 2	1947	MS
			April 1948	Eric Chadwick, Whitworth Hall (university), Manchester
Three German Folk Songs	tenor and piano	Op. 3	1947	MS
			June 1948	William Joyce (tenor), Philip Challis (piano) RMCM (New Music Concert)
Four Nocturnal Songs	soprano and piano	Op. 4	1948	MS
			May 1948	Marie Reidy (soprano), Edward Holmes (piano) RMCM (New Music concert)
Oboe Sonata	oboe and piano	Op. 5	1947	MS
			February 1949	Keith Wood (oboe), Edward Holmes (piano) RMCM recital.
Trio	oboe, clarinet and bassoon	Op. 6	1947	MS
			5 March 1949	Keith Wood (oboe) Timothy Ormerod (clarinet), David Johnson (bassoon) RMCM Recital
Modal Suite	flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, violin, viola, 'cello	Op. 7	1947	MS
			8 May 1949	RMCM students at Clitheroe, Lancashire (Quaker Hall)
Suite	string orchestra	Op. 8	1948	Peters
			October 1949	New London Strings c. Maurice Miles (Latin American Service of the BBC)
Sinfonietta	orchestra	Op. 9	1949	Peters
			18 July 1953	BBC Northern Orchestra c. John Hopkins. BBC Home Service
Lakeland Summer Nights	piano solo	Op. 10	1949	MS
			17 February 1950	Jean Barker (piano) RMCM recital
Legend	small orchestra	Op. 11	1950	Peters
			30 August 1950	Buxton Spa orchestra c. composer
Romanza	horn and strings (string quartet or piano)	Op. 12	1951	Peters
			20 February 1959	Ifor James (horn), BBC Northern orchestra c. George Hurst, studio broadcast
Suite	viola and `cello	Op. 13	1951	Peters
			8 November 1951	Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello). SPNM Recital
An Exmoor Suite (withdrawn)	brass band	Op. 14	1952?	MS
			October 2004	South Molton Band as part of the celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Exmoor National Park.
Symphony No. 1	orchestra	Op. 15	1957	Peters
			19 July 1957	Hallé Orchestra c. Barbirolli, Cheltenham Festival
Sextet	wind and piano	Op. 16	1957	Phylloscopus Publications (www.phylloscopus.co.uk)
			25 January 1957	Manchester Wind Ensemble. Stretford Public Library, Manchester
The Path across the Moors	orchestra	Op. 17	1959	Peters
			26 February 1959	BBC Northern Orchestra c. George Hurst. BBC studio broadcast
The Path across the Moors	brass band	Op. 17b	1964	Peters
			February 1964	Yorkshire Youth Brass Band
Three Nocturnes: Northern Summer Nights	orchestra	Op. 18	1959	Peters
			24 July 1959	BBC Scottish Orchestra c. Maurice Miles. Radio 3 broadcast.
Scherzo	brass quartet	Op. 19	1956	Peters
			12 November 1956	Hallé Brass Ensemble (schools' concert)
Three Dialogues	treble instruments	Op. 20	1962	Peters
			?	(commissioned by publisher for schools use)
The Quiet Tarn (Malham)	orchestra	Op. 21	1961	Peters
			4 January 1962	BBC Northern Orchestra c. George Hurst. Radio 3.
The Green Wind (Le vent vert)	orchestra	Op. 22	1961	Peters
			4 January 1962	BBC Northern Orchestra c. George Hurst. Radio 3.
Five Caprices	piano solo	Op. 23	1960	MS
			?	privately (Winifred Boult)
A Dales Suite (Embsay)	brass band	Op. 24a	1965	Peters
			1 April 1965	Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton, North Yorkshire
A Dales Suite (Embsay)	orchestra	Op. 24b	1981	MS
			12 July 1981	BBC Concert Orchestra c. Ashley Lawrence. Radio 3
Symphony No. 2	orchestra	Op. 25	1964	Chester
			30 October 1964	Hallé Orchestra c. Adrian Boult. Bradford (100th Season of Hallé-Bradford concerts)
The Moors - Suite	large orchestra and organ	Op. 26	1962	MS
			24 January 1963	BBC Northern Orchestra c. Stanford Robinson. BBC Studio - Radio 3.
Concertante	2 oboes, 2 horns and strings	Op. 27	1962	Novello
			15 March 1962	Northern Sinfonia Orchestra c. Michael Hall. Middlesbrough Town Hall
Trio	brass	Op. 28	1962	EMI Music
			April 1962	Colne Valley High School, Slaithwaite, Yorkshire
The Journey of the Kings	music for a school play	Op. 29	1963	MS
			November 1963	Guiseley School, near Leeds
The Castle of Perseverance	music for a school play	Op. 30	1964	MS
			October 1964	Guiseley School, near Leeds

Opus 31 - 60
Opus 61-140
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