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' BOOKS AND THE WRITER '

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A. E. Housman , by Laurence Housman
Music-lovers who hear this talk may be interested to hear the broadcast by the BBC Northern Orchestra at 9.35 p.m. of George Butterworth 's rhapsody for orchestra' A Shropshire Lad ', which was inspired by Housman's poetry. A setting of ' Loveliest of Trees ', by Somervell, is also in the programme by the BBC Salon Orchestra at 3.30 p.m.

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E. Housman
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Laurence Housman
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George Butterworth
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