The first major study of British communist composer Alan Bush, providing new perspectives on music and politics during the Cold War.

Born in 1900, Alan Bush, the English composer, conductor and pianist, studied with Corder and Matthay, and privately with John Ireland. He was appointed profess

The first major study of Alan Bush, this book provides new perspectives on twentieth-century music and communism. British communist, composer of politicised wor

Born in 1900, Alan Bush, the English composer, conductor and pianist, studied with Corder and Matthay, and privately with John Ireland. He was appointed profess

John Ireland (1879-1962) had a long and close friendship with Alan Bush (1900-1995) which lasted forty years, from 1922, until Ireland's death in 1962. The160 l