Brigg Fair

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Brigg Fair is a traditional English folk song famously arranged by composer Percy Grainger and later used by Frederick Delius as the basis for his orchestral rhapsody, becoming a key work of the English pastoral musical tradition.

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instanceOf English folk song ⓘ
traditional song ⓘ
arrangedBy Percy Grainger ⓘ
associatedWith Frederick Delius ⓘ
Percy Grainger ⓘ
belongsToRepertoireOf English folk singers ⓘ
collectedBy Percy Grainger ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
genre folk music ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Brigg Fair (folk song) ⓘ
linked to: Brigg Fair
hasCulturalContext English folk revival ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod collected in early 20th century ⓘ
hasMelodicSourceFor Delius’s Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody ⓘ
hasMusicalForm strophic song ⓘ
hasSetting Brigg, Lincolnshire ⓘ
hasSubject annual fair at Brigg ⓘ
hasTheme English countryside ⓘ
rural fair ⓘ
hasTitle Brigg Fair ⓘ
hasType folk ballad ⓘ
influenced English pastoral style in classical music ⓘ
isTraditional true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableArrangementBy Percy Grainger ⓘ
notableOrchestralUseBy Frederick Delius ⓘ
partOf English pastoral musical tradition ⓘ
performanceTradition unaccompanied solo singing ⓘ
region Lincolnshire ⓘ
usedAsBasisFor Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody ⓘ
linked to: Brigg Fair

orchestral rhapsody by Frederick Delius ⓘ

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Frederick Delius → notableWork → Brigg Fair ⓘ
Brigg Fair → hasTitle → Brigg Fair ⓘ
Brigg Fair → hasAlternativeName → Brigg Fair (folk song) ⓘ
linked to: Brigg Fair
Brigg Fair → usedAsBasisFor → Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody ⓘ
linked to: Brigg Fair