Albert Arlen AM (10 January 1905 â€" 24 March 1993) was a Turkish
Australian pianist, composer, actor and playwright. He is best known
for his musical The Sentimental Bloke (to the poetry of C. J. Dennis),
the "Alamein Concerto", and his setting of Banjo Paterson's Clancy of
the Overflow.Albert Aarons was born in Sydney in 1905 to Turkish
immigrants. He was educated at Cleveland Street Public School and
Crown Street High School. He studied at the New South Wales State
Conservatorium (graduated in 1924) and the École Normale de Musique
de Paris. He then worked in London where he played various roles in
West End repertory productions, as well as writing his own musical
compositions and plays such as The Son of the Grand Eunuch (January
1937). He was known professionally as Albert Arlen and legally changed
his name in 1948.In 1939, he joined the Royal Air Force as a pilot's
assistant, serving in the Middle and Far East. These experiences
inspired a concerto for piano and orchestra, which he called the
"Alamein Concerto". This was first performed in Cairo in 1944, with
pianist Phil Finch and conductor Hugo Rignold. It was recorded by
Monia Liter with the Mantovani Orchestra. Pathé used the music in
their documentary on the anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein.
After the war Arlen was sent to Singapore, and wrote musical revues
which were seen in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaya and Ceylon. Albert Arlen Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter