Bill butterworth biography
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Arthur Butterworth obituary
The composer Arthur Butterworth, who has died aged 91, started his musical career as a trumpeter in the Scottish (now Royal Scottish National) and Hallé orchestras.
Bill butterworth biography
But in his late 30s he gave up playing professionally to focus on conducting, instrumental teaching and, primarily, composition. At the same time, he moved to North Yorkshire, where he lived for 50 years, participating fully in local musical life and in other activities important to him, such as campaigning against blood sports.
He wrote more than 150 pieces and was drawn to traditional genres, producing seven symphonies, and concertos for violin, viola, cello, guitar, bassoon, trumpet and organ.
Among his chamber works, the two piano trios are especially fine, and there are sonatas for instruments with scant repertoire such as the double bass, saxhorn and heckelphone.
As music director of the National Youth Brass Band (1975-81), Butterworth was closely associated with the brass band moveme