Alan Rawsthorne was born in Haslingden, Lancashire, and is buried in Thaxted churchyard in Essex.
11 Facts About Alan Rawsthorne
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Alan Rawsthorne was born in Deardengate House, Haslingden, Lancashire, to Hubert Rawsthorne, a well-off medical doctor, and his wife, Janet Bridge.
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In 1925, Alan Rawsthorne was finally able to enroll at the Royal Manchester College of Music, where his teachers included Frank Merrick for the piano and Carl Fuchs for the cello.
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On his return to England in 1932, Alan Rawsthorne took up a post as pianist and teacher at Dartington Hall in Devon, where he became composer-in-residence for the School of Dance and Mime.
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In 1934, Alan Rawsthorne left for London to try his fortune as a freelance composer.
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The first in a line of completely assured orchestral scores, the Symphonic Studies, which can be heard as a concerto for orchestra in all but name, rapidly helped Alan Rawsthorne establish himself as a composer possessing a highly distinctive musical voice.
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Alan Rawsthorne died from pneumonia at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge on 24 July 1971.
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In 1934, Alan Rawsthorne married his first wife Jessie Hinchcliffe, a violinist in the Philharmonia Orchestra.
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Alan Rawsthorne's contemporaries included Andre Derain, Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon.
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Isabel Alan Rawsthorne was the widow of composer Constant Lambert and stepmother to Kit Lambert, manager of the rock group the Who, who died in 1981.
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Alan Rawsthorne was her third husband; Sefton Delmer was her first husband.