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Rutland Boughton
1878-1960 GB, Aylesbury
Composer of Classical
Rutland Boughton (23 January 1878 – 25 January 1960) was an English composer who became well known in the early 20th century as a composer of opera and choral music.His oeuvre includes 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 worldwide.
Popular Tracks 
Faery Song (from "The Immortal Hour") on Kenneth McKellar - The Decca Years by Kenneth McKellar Faery Song, The Immortal Hour opera - Voice on Paradise Road by Leny van Schaik, Women's Choir of Haarlem, Holland The Immortal Hour, Act I Scene 1: No. 1, Prelude on Rutland Boughton: The Immortal Hour by Rutland Boughton, Anne Dawson, Patricia Taylor, Maldwyn Davies, David Wilson-Johnson, Roger Bryson, Roderick Kennedy, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, English Chamber Orchestra & Alan G. Melville The Immortal Hour: How beautiful they are on Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 5 by Yvonne Kenny, David Parry & Philharmonia Orchestra The Immortal Hour, Act I Scene 1: No. 2, By Dim Moon-Glimmering Coasts and Sad Sea Wastes (Dalua) on Rutland Boughton: The Immortal Hour by Rutland Boughton, Anne Dawson, Patricia Taylor, Maldwyn Davies, David Wilson-Johnson, Roger Bryson, Roderick Kennedy, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, English Chamber Orchestra & Alan G. Melville The Immortal Hour, Act I Scene 1: No. 11, Fair Is the Moonlight (Etain) on Rutland Boughton: The Immortal Hour by Rutland Boughton, Anne Dawson, Patricia Taylor, Maldwyn Davies, David Wilson-Johnson, Roger Bryson, Roderick Kennedy, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, English Chamber Orchestra & Alan G. Melville The Immortal Hour, Act I Scene 1: No. 3, Though You Have Travelled from One Darkness to Another (Voices in the Wood, Dalua) on Rutland Boughton: The Immortal Hour by Rutland Boughton, Anne Dawson, Patricia Taylor, Maldwyn Davies, David Wilson-Johnson, Roger Bryson, Roderick Kennedy, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, English Chamber Orchestra & Alan G. Melville 3 Folk Dances: I. Hornpipe. Rollicking, But Not Too Fast on Rutland Boughton: Aylesbury Games; Concerto for Strings & Other Works by Rutland Boughton, Emily Beynon, New London Orchestra & Ronald Corp Flute Concerto in D Major: I. Allegro on Rutland Boughton: Aylesbury Games; Concerto for Strings & Other Works by Rutland Boughton, Emily Beynon, New London Orchestra & Ronald Corp Symphony No. 2 "Dierdre", A Celtuc Symphony: The Young Girl : The Old King or the Young Lover (Allegro vivace) on Rutland Boughton: Symphony No. 2 by Rutland Boughton, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Edward DownesTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'For Joyance': Mark Baigent Plays The Complete Chamber Music For Oboe | Rutland Boughton | 2017 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 In C Minor / Symphony No. 1 'Oliver Cromwell' | Edgar Leslie Bainton • Rutland Boughton, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Roderick Williams | 2007 | Album |
| Aylesbury Games • Flute Concerto • Concerto For Strings | Rutland Boughton - Emily Beynon • The New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp | 2000 | Album |
| String Quartets • Oboe Quartet No.1 | Rutland Boughton - Sarah Francis • Rasumofsky Quartett | 1997 | Album |
| Bethlehem | Rutland Boughton | 1993 | Album |
| Symphony No 3 / Oboe Concerto | Rutland Boughton - Sarah Francis · The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra · Vernon Handley | 1989 | Album |
| The Immortal Hour | Rutland Boughton - Anne Dawson, Patricia Taylor, Maldwyn Davies, David Wilson-Johnson, Roger Bryson, Roderick Kennedy, The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Alan G. Melville | 1984 | Album |
| The Composers Conduct | Frank Bridge / Julius Harrison / Sir Hamilton Harty / Rutland Boughton | 1982 | Compil. |
| The Immortal Hour | Rutland Boughton | 1979 | Album |
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