With the international media concentrating their obituary spotlight on the lives of high profile sportsmen and novelists in the last day or so, it may have gone un-noticed that the first newspaper obituaries celebrating the life of composer Arthur Butterworth have also started to appear.

Independent tribute

This tribute was published by The Independent yesterday:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/arthur-butterworth-composer-whose-work-was-suffused-with-his-love-of-the-landscapes-of-northern-england-and-the-scottish-highlands-9882759.html

Tovey tribute

Meanwhile, conductor and friend Bramwell Tovey has posted his own personal tribute at: https://www.facebook.com/579950405397373/photos/pb.579950405397373.-2207520000.1417045731./792985717427173/?type=1&theatre