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Rawsthorne was born in Haslingden , Lancashire . After attempting careers in Dentistry and Architecture , he decided instead to study Music in Manchester and Berlin . His breakthrough came with the ''Theme and Variations'' for two Violin s ( 1938 ) and ''Symphonic Studies'' for Orchestra ( 1939 ). Other acclaimed works by Rawsthorne include a Viola Sonata ( 1937 ), two Piano Concerto s (1939, 1951 ), an Oboe concerto (1947), two Violin Concerto s ( 1948 , 1956 ), a Concerto for orchestra ( 1949 ), and the ''Elegy'' for Guitar ( 1971 ), a piece written for and completed by Julian Bream after the composer's death. Other works include a Violoncello Concerto , three acknowledged String Quartet s among other chamber works, and three Symphonies . Rawsthorne was married to Isabel Rawsthorne (née Isabel Nichols), an artist, model and muse well-known in the Paris and Soho art scenes. Her contemporaries included Andre Derain , Alberto Giacometti , Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon . Isabel Rawsthorne was the widow of composer Constant Lambert and step-mother to Kit Lambert, manager of the rock group The Who , who died in 1981. Isabel died in 1992. Alan Rawsthorne was her third husband; Sefton Delmer (the journalist and member of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War ) was her first husband. Isabel was Alan Rawsthorne's second wife, his first wife being Jessie Hinchcliffe, a violinist in the Philharmonia Orchestra. Jessie did not re-marry. Alan Rawsthorne died in 1971 and is buried in Thaxted churchyard in Essex . He was a great-grandson of Dr. Jonathan Bayley, the renowned educationalist, Latin scholar and Swedenborgian minister who is remembered for his philanthropic work in Accrington, Lancashire and in London. SELECTED LIST OF WORKS
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