Name William Alwyn Role Composer | Education Royal Academy of Music | |
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Died September 11, 1985, Southwold, United Kingdom Spouse Doreen Carwithen (m. 1975–1985) Compositions Miss Julie, Miss Julie, Naiades, Naiades, Autumn Legend, Autumn Legend, Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion, Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion, The Innumerable Dance (An English Overture), The Innumerable Dance (An English Overture), Symphony no 5 "Hydriotaphia", Symphony no 5 "Hydriotaphia", Violin Concerto: I Allegro ma non troppo, Violin Concerto: I Allegro ma non troppo, Slum Song, Slum Song, Invocations: A Song Cycle: No 6 Invocation to the Queen of Moonlight, Invocations: A Song Cycle: No 6 Invocation to the Queen of Moonlight, Mirages: A Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano: No 2 Aquarium, Mirages: A Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano: No 2 Aquarium, Concerto Grosso no 2 in G major for String Orchestra: II Adagio ed espressivo, Concerto Grosso no 2 in G major for String Orchestra: II Adagio ed espressivo, Concerto Grosso no 1 in B-flat major for Chamber Orchestra: II Adagio con moto (alla Siciliano), Concerto Grosso no 1 in B-flat major for Chamber Orchestra: II Adagio con moto (alla Siciliano), Elizabethan Dances: V Poco Allegretto e semplice, Elizabethan Dances: V Poco Allegretto e semplice, Concerto Grosso no 2 in G major for String Orchestra: I Allegro moderato e vigoroso, Concerto Grosso no 2 in G major for String Orchestra: I Allegro moderato e vigoroso, Seascapes: Four Songs for Soprano - Treble Recorder and Piano: No 4 Black Gulls, Seascapes: Four Songs for Soprano - Treble Recorder and Piano: No 4 Black Gulls, Lyra Angelica: IV Allegro jubiloso - Andante con moto, Lyra Angelica: IV Allegro jubiloso - Andante con moto, Mirages: A Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano: No 6 Portrait in a Mirror, Mirages: A Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano: No 6 Portrait in a Mirror, Invocations: A Song Cycle: No 2 Holding the Night, Invocations: A Song Cycle: No 2 Holding the Night, Lyra Angelica: III Moderato, Lyra Angelica: III Moderato, Violin Concerto: III Aleggro moderato alla marcia - Coda Allegro e Pesante, Violin Concerto: III Aleggro moderato alla marcia - Coda Allegro e Pesante, Elizabethan Dances: I Moderato e ritmico, Elizabethan Dances: I Moderato e ritmico, Piano Concerto no 2: I Allegro, Piano Concerto no 2: I Allegro, Mirages: A Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano: No 5 Paradise, Mirages: A Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano: No 5 Paradise, Invocations: A Song Cycle: No 7 Our Magic Horse, Invocations: A Song Cycle: No 7 Our Magic Horse, Mirages: A Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano: No 1 Undine, Mirages: A Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano: No 1 Undine, Six Nocturnes for Baritone and Piano: No 6 Response, Six Nocturnes for Baritone and Piano: No 6 Response, Sinfonietta for Strings: III Allegro, Sinfonietta for Strings: III Allegro, Overture to a Masque, Overture to a Masque, Symphony no 1: I Adagio - Allegro ritmico - Andante espressivo - Adagio, Symphony no 1: I Adagio - Allegro ritmico - Andante espressivo - Adagio, Pastoral Fantasia, Pastoral Fantasia, Festival March, Festival March, Invocations: A Song Cycle: No 3 Separation, Invocations: A Song Cycle: No 3 Separation, Strijkkwartet nr 3, Strijkkwartet nr 3, Seascapes: Four Songs for Soprano - Treble Recorder and Piano: No 1 Dawn at Sea, Seascapes: Four Songs for Soprano - Treble Recorder and Piano: No 1 Dawn at Sea, Lyra Angelica: II Adagio - ma non troppo, Lyra Angelica: II Adagio - ma non troppo, Six Nocturnes for Baritone and Piano: No 2 Summer Rain, Six Nocturnes for Baritone and Piano: No 2 Summer Rain, Invocations: A Song Cycle: No 1 Through the Centuries, Invocations: A Song Cycle: No 1 Through the Centuries, Strijktrio, Strijktrio, Symphony no 4: I Maestoso ma con moto - Allegro - A tempo primo, Symphony no 4: I Maestoso ma con moto - Allegro - A tempo primo, Elizabethan Dances: II Waltz tempo - languidamente, Elizabethan Dances: II Waltz tempo - languidamente, Symphony no 4: III Adagio e molto calmato - Allegro - Tempo primo - Maestoso, Symphony no 4: III Adagio e molto calmato - Allegro - Tempo primo - Maestoso, Concerto Grosso no 2 in G major for String Orchestra: III Vivace (allegro ma non troppo), Concerto Grosso no 2 in G major for String Orchestra: III Vivace (allegro ma non troppo), Derby Day, Derby Day, Six Nocturnes for Baritone and Piano: No 4 Summer Night, Six Nocturnes for Baritone and Piano: No 4 Summer Night, Concerto Grosso no 3 for Woodwind - Brass and Strings: III Andante, Concerto Grosso no 3 for Woodwind - Brass and Strings: III Andante, Piano Concerto no 1, Piano Concerto no 1, Concerto for Oboe - Harp - and Strings: I Andante e rubato, Concerto for Oboe - Harp - and Strings: I Andante e rubato, Elizabethan Dances: IV Moderato, Elizabethan Dances: IV Moderato, Tragic Interlude, Tragic Interlude, Six Nocturnes for Baritone and Piano: No 3 Visitation: Andantino, Six Nocturnes for Baritone and Piano: No 3 Visitation: Andantino, Invocations: A Song Cycle: No 5 Spring Rain, Invocations: A Song Cycle: No 5 Spring Rain | ||
William alwyn piano concerto 1 1930 the themes of my fallout new vegas raw footage series
William Alwyn , born William Alwyn Smith (7 November 1905 – 11 September 1985), was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher.
Contents
- William alwyn piano concerto 1 1930 the themes of my fallout new vegas raw footage series
- William alwyn festival march 1951
- Life and music
- Selected works
- References
William alwyn festival march 1951
Life and music
William Alwyn was born William Alwyn Smith in Northampton, the son of Ada Tyler (Tompkins) and William James Smith. He showed an early interest in music and began to learn to play the piccolo. At the age of 15 he entered the Royal Academy of Music in London where he studied flute and composition. He was a virtuoso flautist and for a time was a flautist with the London Symphony Orchestra. Alwyn served as professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music from 1926 to 1955.
Alwyn was a distinguished polyglot, poet, and artist, as well as musician. In 1948 he became a member of the Savile Club in London. He helped found the Composers' Guild of Great Britain (now merged into the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors), and was its chairman in 1949, 1950 and 1954. He was also sometime Director of the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society, a Vice-President of the Society for the Promotion of New Music (S.P.N.M.) and Director of the Performing Right Society. For many years he was one of the panel engaged by the BBC to read new scores to help assess whether the works should be performed and broadcast. He was appointed a CBE in 1978 in recognition of his services to music.
His compositional output was varied and large and included five symphonies, four operas, several concertos, film scores and string quartets.
Alwyn wrote over 70 film scores from 1941 to 1962. His classic film scores included Odd Man Out, Desert Victory, Fires Were Started, The History of Mr. Polly, The Fallen Idol, The Black Tent, The Way Ahead, The True Glory and The Crimson Pirate. Some of the scores have been lost, although many scores and sketches are now in the William Alwyn Archive at Cambridge University Library. In recent years CD recordings have been made. Some works, for which only fragmentary sketches remained, were reconstructed by Philip Lane or Christopher Palmer from the film soundtracks themselves.
Alwyn relished dissonance, and devised his own alternative to twelve-tone serialism. For instance, in his third symphony (1955–56), eight notes of the possible twelve are used in the first movement, with the remaining four (D, E, F, and A♭) constituting the middle movement, and all twelve being combined for the finale. The work was premièred by Sir Thomas Beecham.
Alwyn's concerto for harp and string orchestra, Lyra Angelica, was popularized when the American figure skater Michelle Kwan performed to it at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
William Alwyn spent the last twenty-five years of his life at Lark Rise, Dunwich Road, Blythburgh, Suffolk, and died in Southwold, Suffolk, in 1985. He was survived by his second wife, the composer Doreen Carwithen. His great-grandson is actor Joe Alwyn. (The actor Gary Cooper was a cousin of his, on Alwyn's mother's side.)