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Alan Rawsthorne (May 2 1905 – July 24 1971) was a British composer.

Rawsthorne was born in Haslingden, Lancashire. After attempting careers in dentistry and architecture, he decided instead to study music in Manchester and Berlin. His breakthrough came with the Theme and Variations for two violins (1938) and Symphonic Studies for orchestra (1939). Other acclaimed works by Rawsthorne include 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), a piece written for and completed by Julian Bream after the composer's death. Other works include a violoncello concerto, three acknowledged string quartets among other chamber works, and three symphonies.

Rawsthorne was married to Isabel Rawsthorne (née Isabel Nichols), an artist, model and muse well-known in the Paris and Soho art scenes. Her contemporaries included Andre Derain, Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon. Isabel Rawsthorne was the widow of composer Constant Lambert and step-mother to Kit (Christopher Sebastian) Lambert, manager of the rock group The Who, who died in 1981. Isabel died in 1992. Alan Rawsthorne was her third husband; Sefton Delmer (the journalist and member of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War) was her first husband. Isabel was Alan Rawsthorne's second wife, his first wife being Jessie Hinchcliffe, a violinist in the Philharmonia Orchestra. Jessie did not re-marry.

Alan Rawsthorne died in 1971 and is buried in Thaxted churchyard in Essex. He was a great-grandson of Dr. Jonathan Bayley, the famous educationalist and Swedenborgian minister who is remembered for his philanthropic work in Accrington, Lancashire and in London.

Selected List of Works

Symphony No. 1 (1950)
Symphony No. 2 A Pastoral Symphony (1959)
Symphony No. 3 (1964)
Concerto for String Orchestra (1949)
Piano Concerto No. 1 (1939)
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1951)
Violin Concerto No. 1 (1948)
Violin Concerto No. 2 (1956)
Cello Concerto
Oboe Concerto (1947)
Clarinet Concerto
Symphonic Studies (1939)
String Quartet No. 1
String Quartet No. 2
String Quartet No. 3
Viola Sonata
Elegy for guitar (1971)

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