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Alwyn's opera Miss Julie has been recorded twice: for Lyrita, and in 2019 for Chandos, conducted by Sakari Oramo. Personal life. Alwyn was married first to Olive Mary Audrey (Pull). He died in Southwold, Suffolk, in 1985. Alwyn was survived by his second wife, the composer Doreen Carwithen. His great-grandson is the actor Joe Alwyn.
Biography. 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 ...
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Biography. 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 ...
William Alwyn spent the last twenty-five years of his life at Lark Rise, Dunwich Road, Blythburgh, Suffolk, [9] and died in Southwold, Suffolk, in 1985. He was survived by his second wife, the composer Doreen Carwithen.
William Alwyn spent the last twenty-five years of his life at Lark Rise, Dunwich Road, Blythburgh, Suffolk, [9] and died in Southwold, Suffolk, England, in 1985. He was survived by his second wife, the composer Doreen Carwithen. (The actor Gary Cooper was a cousin of his, on Alwyn's mother's side.)
William Alwyn. Wikipedia. Categories: Composers. British Composers. 1905 Births. 1985 Deaths. William Alwyn Smith (7 November 1905, Northampton, UK - 11 September 1985, Southwold, UK) was a British composer, conductor, flautist and music teacher.
William was thrilled to discover after the war that his film scores were considered to be so important to public morale that he had been placed on a Nazi death list. Throughout the war as well as composing a string of morale boosting film scores William was busy playing flute at the National Gallery concerts, and also volunteered as an air-raid ...
