Famous People with Name Cruse

Bruce Andrew Cruse            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bruce Andrew Cruse: was an Australian first class cricketer who played for the Tasmanian Tigers from 1985 to 1992. A left arm orthodox spinner, he struggled to keep a regular spot in the Tasmanian team. As of 2008 he works with the ECB as national funding and facilities manager.

Bernhard Henrik Crusell            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Bernhard Henrik Crusell: was a Swedish-Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator, the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born Classical composer and indeed, the outstanding Finnish composer before Sibelius. Although a foreigner to Stockholm,[1] he rose to a prominent position in the Swedish music world.He made his last visit to his home country in summer 1801, when he performed in Turku and Helsinki. In those days, Finland was undeniably a musical backwater. The centre of musical activities was Turku, where the Turku Society of Music (Turun Soitannollinen Seura), founded in 1790, had done invaluable work in promoting music and had set up an orchestra of its own.