Seiber arranged The Handsome Butcher from a folksong that was collected by Bartok. The body of the song concerns the striking attributes of the butcher in fanfare-like tonic-dominant structures, but there is a staccato presto sting the tail.The Hungarian composer and teacher Matyas Seiber, who spent most of his life in Britain, had a remarkably broad musical understanding. In his oeuvre can be discerned influences of Schoenberg, Bartok, jazz and, clearly in The Handsome Butcher, folksong both British and Continental.
| Instrument | Piano, Unison Voice |
| Genre (Fx Pop, Rock, Barn m.m.) | Folksong, Klassisk |
| Typ (fx Lärobok, samling m.m.) | Vokalverk |
| Niveau | Låg Intermediär |
| Sidor | 4 |
| Media | Noter |
| Publisher/Producent | J. Curwen and Sons Ltd, J. Curwen and Sons Ltd. |
| Bidragsgivare | Traditional (Composer) Seiber, Mátyás (Arranger) |
| Språk | Engelska |