Dr. Alan Dudley Bush 1900 - 1995
Dr. Alan Bush, died on 31st October
1995 in Watford, Herts. He was born at Dulwich on 22 December, 1900.
At the time of his death he was England's oldest composer, and was generally
recognised as one of the most important of his generation. He joined
the Communist party in 1935. In the folowing year he organised the Workers'
Music Association and from 1941 remained its president for the rest of
his life. The music of Alan Bush was the voice of the British Labour
movement from the general Strike of 1926 through the Hunger Marches of
the Depression of the Thirties on to the achievements of the Attlee Government.
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'The deep humanity with which Alan's music
is imbued was integral also to his personality. He was a person
equally kind, interested in and sympathetic to whoever he came
in contact with, no matter from which walk of life.'
Aubrey Bowman, Former President WMA |