Bredon Hill

Song TitleBredon Hill (Search)
Composer(s):George Butterworth
Author(s):A. E. Housman (Alfred Edward)
Author Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Bells; Bredon; Chimes; Christmas; Churches; Clear; Coming; Countryside; Couples; Death; England; Funerals; Grooms; Happy; Humming; Larks; Love; Marriage; Morning; Mourners; Noise; Noisy; Pealing; People; Praying; Ringing; Sky; Snow; Sounding; Steeples; Stories; Story; Summer; Sunday; Thyme; Together; Tolling; Valleys; Weddings
First LineIn summertime on Bredon (Search)
Average Duration4:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1912 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8364
Larger WorkBredon Hill and Other Songs (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/7/74/IMSLP89633-PMLP183688-ButterworthBredonHill.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/03HePHvSeYKt6ry04gYMeI
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/bredon-hill-3/
Catalog DesignationBredon Hill and Other Songs, no. 1 (Search)
Range: D4 - G#5 (Search)
Original KeyG Major (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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