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Gustav Holst:
English Composers Who Loved Folk Songs
Both Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughn Williams loved using folk music in their music. They were inspired by a "folk song revival" started by an English musician named Cecil Sharp collected thousands of folk tunes from around England in the early 1900's.
Music heard in this episode:
Holst: A Somerset Rhapsody
Traditional: High German
Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody #1
Traditional: Captain Ward
Grainger: Green Bushes
Traditional: Cutty Wren
Grainger: Brigg Fair
Delius: Brigg Fair
Traditional: Banks of Green Willow
Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
Stanford: Concert Variations on an English Theme
Traditional: Down Among the Dead Men
Traditional: High German
Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody #1
Traditional: Captain Ward
Grainger: Green Bushes
Traditional: Cutty Wren
Grainger: Brigg Fair
Delius: Brigg Fair
Traditional: Banks of Green Willow
Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
Stanford: Concert Variations on an English Theme
Traditional: Down Among the Dead Men
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