Rutland Boughton

The Birth of Arthur (Dodo Press) Rutland Boughton

Reginald R. Buckley (1882 -? ) was a poet and author. His works include: The Music Drama of the Future (1908), The Shakespeare Revival and the Stratford- Upon-Avon Movement (1911), St. Francis (1912), The Birth of Arthur (1914) and Arthur of Britain (1914). Rutland Boughton (1878-1960) was an English composer who became well known in the early 20th century as a composer of opera and choral music. A pupil of Charles Villiers Stanford and Walford Davies, Boughton's output included 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 world-wide. Other operas include: The Birth of Arthur (1914), The Round Table (1916), The Lily Maid (1934) and Avalon and Galahad (1945).