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Rutland Boughton
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Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Born on 23rd of January 1878
Died on 25th of January 1960

Born 1878. Died 1960 - English composer.


Used subjects based on British legend. Founded the Glastonbury Festival (1914-26). Wrote the opera The Immortal Hour (1913), a choral drama Bethlehem (1915), The Queen of Cornwall and other stage, choral and instrumental works. General disapproval of his private life communist ideals.

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