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Alwyn was a flautist with the LSO and wrote symphonies, operas, chamber music and film scores ...
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William Alwyn was born William Alwyn Smith, a grocer's son, in Northampton in 1905. The shop was named 'The Shakspere [sic] Stores', an indication of his father's interest in literature (quotations from Shakespeare were even printed on the flour bags), which was also to become a love of his son's.
Feb 11, 2017 · William Alwyn. Svengali (1954) - Libera Me (reconstructed by Philip Lane) Singer: Susan Bullock. Director: Jeffrey Wynn Davies. Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic.
Ian Johnson's evaluation of Alwyn's film music places his achievement in the context of wider movements within the film industry. William Alwyn was a leading composer of British film music in the 1940s and '50s, a time when the British film industry was at its peak.
by Hubert Culot. (This article first appeared in the British Music Society Journal: Volume 7 1985) 1905. William Alwyn was born in Northampton in 1905. His father was a grocer, and his family totally unmusical, though they all shared a passion for literature and the visual arts. "We all shared father's literary enthusiasm and his less ...
The William Alwyn Foundation was established by a Trust Deed in April 1990 at the instigation of the composer’s widow Mary Alwyn (née Doreen Carwithen), with the intention of perpetuating the performance, recording and broadcast of Alwyn’s work, thus furthering knowledge of the composer’s achievements. Since the centenary of the composer ...
