Alan Rawsthorne
Alan Rawsthorne ( born 2 May 1905 in Haslingden, Lancashire, † July 24, 1971 in Cambridge ) was an English composer. He created numerous musical works for the concert hall and the British cinema.
Life and work
After training trials in the fields of dentistry and architecture Rawsthorne finally decided to study in Manchester and Berlin music. 1932 to 1934 he was a music teacher at the Dartington Hall School, and then devoted himself entirely to composition.
The artistic breakthrough came Theme and Variations for Two Violins (1938 ) and the Symphonic Studies for Orchestra ( 1939). Other successful works Rawsthorne were a Viola Sonata (1937 ), two piano concertos (1939, 1951), an oboe concerto (1947 ), two violin concertos (1948, 1956 ), a Concerto for Orchestra (1949 ), and the Elegy for guitar (1971 ) that was written for Julian Bream, and completed by this after the composer's death. His works include a cello concerto, three string quartets recognized alongside other chamber music, as well as three symphonies (1950, 1959, 1964). Stylistically the works are Rawsthorne near the neoclassicism.
With his Symphony No.. Alan Rawsthorne was dedicated 1 / Symphony No. 1 was added to the list of winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society in 1950 after 1945.
Since the 1940s numerous film scores written for British cinema as 1946 Silent Heroes ( The Captive Heart ) for Basil Dearden ( School for Secrets ) for Peter Ustinov, 1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman ( Pandora and the Flying Dutchman ) for Albert Lewin, 1952 the Great Atlantic ( the Cruel Sea ) for Charles Frend or 1956: the Man Who never Was ( the Man Who never Was ) for Ronald Neame.