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Ballade for piano in g sharp minor

Ballade voor piano in gis kl.t.

Ballade für Klavier in gis-Moll

Ballade pour piano en sol dièse mineur

Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971)

Composer:Alan Rawsthorne

(source: wikipedia)

Alan Rawsthorne (2 May 1905 – 24 July 1971) was a British composer. He was born in Haslingden, Lancashire, and is buried in Thaxted churchyard in Essex.
Alan Rawsthorne was born in Deardengate House, Haslingden, Lancashire, to Hubert Rawsthorne (1868–1943), a well-off medical doctor, and his wife, Janet Bridge (1877/8–1927). Despite what appears to have been a happy and affectionate family life with his parents and elder sister, Barbara (the only sibling), in beautiful Lancashire countryside, as a boy... more