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Alan Bush

1900 - 1995

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Alan Dudley Bush (22 December 1900 – 31 October 1995) was a British composer, pianist, conductor, teacher and political activist. A committed communist, his uncompromising political beliefs were often reflected in his music. He composed prolifically across a range of genres, but struggled through his lifetime for recognition from the British musical establishment, which largely ignored his works. Bush, from a prosperous middle-class background, enjoyed considerable success as a student at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in the early 1920s, and spent much of that decade furthering his compositional and piano-playing skills under distinguished tutors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Bush is the 1,383rd most popular composer (up from 1,399th in 2019), the 5,894th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,047th in 2019) and the 95th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alan Bush ranks 1,383 out of 1,451. Before him are Alexander Goehr, Oliver Knussen, Olga Neuwirth, Arne Nordheim, George Whitefield Chadwick, and David Newman. After him are Peter Sculthorpe, George Butterworth, Jerry Bock, Christophe Beck, Jesper Kyd, and Yuzo Koshiro.

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Among people born in 1900, Alan Bush ranks 332. Before him are Edna Best, Andy Auld, Aristidis Akratopoulos, Bill Aston, Ruth Clifford, and Taffy Abel. After him are Charles Farrell, Albert Hackett, Ian Hunter, Frederica Sagor Maas, Malvina Reynolds, and Mary MacLaren. Among people deceased in 1995, Alan Bush ranks 315. Before him are Terry Southern, Johnny Carey, Trevor Blokdyk, Vivian Blaine, Frank Perry, and Stuart Milner-Barry. After him are Tor Ulven, Charles L. Veach, Torfi Bryngeirsson, Art Taylor, Harry Golombek, and Albert Hackett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Bush ranks 5,896 out of 8,785. Before him are Naomi Mitchison (1897), Richard Seddon (1845), Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954), James Newman (1985), Iain Pears (1955), and Alan Minter (1951). After him are Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), Caryl Churchill (1938), John Stones (1994), Keith Devlin (1947), George Butterworth (1885), and Lawrence Hargrave (1850).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Alan Bush ranks 95. Before him are John Stainer (1840), Ray Noble (1903), Stephen Warbeck (1953), Lennox Berkeley (1903), Thomas Adès (1971), and Oliver Knussen (1952). After him are George Butterworth (1885), Elisabeth Lutyens (1906), William Alwyn (1905), Judith Weir (1954), Rupert Gregson-Williams (1966), and Benjamin Wallfisch (1979).

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