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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Predicate Object
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