The original intention of this book was to produce an account of ninety-three songs by the Leicester composer, Benjamin Burrows, written between 1927 and 1929. As work proceeded, it became clear that to consider the songs in isolation from the composer's life and other works would not be very informative to readers, since nothing had been previously written about him save for an article of mine in Luciadi, the student magazine of University College, Leicester, in May 1950. Moreover, though the songs represent Burrows's greatest creative achievement, many other compositions of his deserve attention. The book was, therefore, expanded to survey the composer's life and total output.