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Alan Rawsthorne(1905-1971)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
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Alan Rawsthorne was born on 2 May 1905 in Haslingden, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Floods of Fear (1958), The Inheritance (1947) and Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951). He was married to Isabel Nicholas and Jessie Hinchcliffe. He died on 24 July 1971 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
BornMay 2, 1905
DiedJuly 24, 1971(66)
BornMay 2, 1905
DiedJuly 24, 1971(66)
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Known for

Floods of Fear (1958)
Floods of Fear
6.6
  • Composer
  • 1958
The Inheritance (1947)
The Inheritance
6.6
  • Composer
  • 1947
James Mason and Ava Gardner in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
6.9
  • Composer
  • 1951
Ivory Hunter (1951)
Ivory Hunter
6.2
  • Composer
  • 1951

Credits

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Composer

  • A Tale of Two Cities
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • Vidunderhunden bara
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1961
  • Floods of Fear (1958)
    Floods of Fear
    6.6
    • Composer
    • 1958
  • Vildmarkssommar (1957)
    Vildmarkssommar
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 1957
  • The Legend of the Good Beasts
    6.2
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • The Man Who Never Was (1956)
    The Man Who Never Was
    7.4
    • Composer
    • 1956
  • Lease of Life (1954)
    Lease of Life
    6.8
    • Composer
    • 1954
  • Sheila Sim and Anthony Steel in West of Zanzibar (1954)
    West of Zanzibar
    5.6
    • Composer
    • 1954
  • The Drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1953
  • Jack Hawkins in The Cruel Sea (1953)
    The Cruel Sea
    7.4
    • Composer
    • 1953
  • Waters of Time
    6.8
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1951
  • Ivory Hunter (1951)
    Ivory Hunter
    6.2
    • Composer
    • 1951
  • James Mason and Ava Gardner in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
    Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
    6.9
    • Composer
    • 1951
  • The Dancing Fleece
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1950
  • Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood in Saraband (1948)
    Saraband
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 1948

Music Department

  • A Tale of Two Cities
    8.0
    TV Series
    • conductor
    • 1965
  • James Mason and Ava Gardner in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
    Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
    6.9
    • conductor
    • 1951
  • The Overlanders (1946)
    The Overlanders
    6.5
    • additional orchestrator (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • What's the Next Job? (1945)
    What's the Next Job?
    6.2
    Short
    • music supervisor
    • 1945
  • The New Lot (1943)
    The New Lot
    6.9
    Short
    • conductor (uncredited)
    • 1943

Personal details

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  • Born
    • May 2, 1905
    • Haslingden, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Died
    • July 24, 1971
    • Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
  • Spouses
      Isabel Nicholas1951 - July 24, 1971 (his death)

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    Pianist and cellist, as well as composer/conductor of 1940's and 50's British films, a graduate of the Royal College of Music, Manchester. In addition to his 1939 Symphonic Studies, he also wrote a viola sonata (1937), two piano concertos (1939, 1951), an oboe concerto (1947), two violin concertos (1948, 1956), a concerto for string orchestra (1949), and an Elegy for guitar (1971).

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