George Butterworth

English composer (1885–1916).

Born July 12th, 1885 in London. [ref]

Died August 5th, 1916 at 31 years old in Pozières. [ref]

Occupations
composer, musicologist
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel