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- William Alwyn CBE (born William Alwyn Smith; 7 November 1905 – 11 September 1985), was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher.
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William Alwyn CBE (born William Alwyn Smith; [1] 7 November 1905 – 11 September 1985), [2] was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher.
William Alwyn was born in Northampton on the 7 th November 1905, and died in Southwold Suffolk on 11 th September 1985 just two months short of what would have been his eightieth birthday. He began his musical studies in 1920 aged just fifteen studying flute, piano, and composition at London’s Royal Academy of Music where in 1926, at the age ...
William Alwyn was born in Northampton on the 7th November 1905, and died in Southwold Suffolk on 11th September 1985. He began his musical studies in 1920, studying flute, piano, and composition at London’s Royal Academy of Music - where in 1926, he was appointed Professor of Composition; a position that he was to retain for almost thirty years.
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.
Jun 8, 2018 · William Alwyn was the most successful British example of a composer dividing his creativity between absolute music and film composition. Between 1941 and 1963 he scored almost 80 films, while at the same time producing an extensive catalogue of concert, choral, and chamber works.
Oct 2, 2024 · One of the most prolific British composers of the 20th century, William Alwyn composed for most genres: opera, ballet, orchestral, chamber, instrumental and song. Additionally, he contributed around 200 scores for the cinema and was a noted flautist and teacher.
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.
