Alan Dudley Bush 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.
Alan Bush
The Royal Academy of Music
John Ireland, Bush's early mentor and enduring friend
The Friedrich-Wilhelm University, Berlin, as it was in the 1930s
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first Duke of Wellington.
Students take a lesson in fencing in 1944
The facade of the Royal Academy of Music
A violin lesson in 1944