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   When did Doreen Carwithen start composing?

   • At the age of 16 Doreen Carwithen began composing by setting Wordsworth 's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" for voice and piano. In 1941 she entered the Royal Academy of Music and played the cello in a string quartet and with orchestras. She was a member of the harmony class of William Alwyn, who began to teach her composition.

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   Who is Doreen Carwithen?

   • Doreen Mary Carwithen (15 November 1922 – 5 January 2003) was a British composer of classical and film music. She was also known as Mary Alwyn following her marriage to William Alwyn . Doreen Carwithen was born at 8 High Street, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire on 15 November 1922, in the house attached to her father's bakery and grocery.

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   How did Doreen Carwithen become a musician?

   • Doreen studied both piano and violin with her from the age of four. Her sister Barbara Carwithen (born 1926) received similar tuition and also became a talented musician and composer. At the age of 16 Doreen Carwithen began composing by setting Wordsworth 's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" for voice and piano.

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   How did Doreen Carwithen change her name?

   • On 19 April 1961 Doreen Carwithen and William Alwyn travelled to Coventry. At the hotel they each wrote to their respective families explaining that they were now living together. From this point on, Carwithen changed her name by deed poll to Alwyn, and preferred to be called Mary. Her life had changed irrevocably. Friday: Working In The Movies

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   Doreen Mary Carwithen (15 November 1922 – 5 January 2003) was a British composer of classical and film music. She was also known as Mary Alwyn following her marriage to William Alwyn . Doreen Carwithen by Alec Davison (with permission of the William Alwyn Foundation) Biography.

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   Carwithen, Doreen - Classical Music. She put her career aside to promote that of her husband, William Alwyn - but Doreen Carwithen was a composer with an utterly captivating style all her own.

4. www.classicfm.com › discover-music › doreenDoreen Carwithen, the first full-time female film composer ...

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   Jun 29, 2022 · In 1946, Doreen Carwithen – also known as Mary Alwyn – became the first woman anywhere in the world to work full-time as a film composer. And in 2022, her centenary year, she will be celebrated in a new festival dedicated to her life and music.

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6. themusicdictionary.org › composers › doreen-carwithenDoreen Carwithen - composer information, album list, videos ...

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   Doreen Carwithen was a British composer born on December 15, 1922, in Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, England. Despite never receiving any formal musical training growing up, Carwithen began composing music at a young age. She attended the Royal Academy of Music, studying composition with William Alwyn.

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   There were now several recordings of Doreen’s Film Scores available, and her genius as a first-rate composer became more evident as I realised that she was the first full-time female film composer anywhere in the world. She began her career in 1946 working in a male dominated film industry.

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   tumblr. Doreen Carwithen Biography. by James Manheim. Despite gender discrimination, Doreen Carwithen became a significant composer of orchestral music, chamber music, and film music in the middle of the 20th century. Married in later life to composer William Alwyn, she also used the name, Mary Alwyn. Carwithen was born in Haddenham in England ...

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    Donald Macleod. Marking the centenary of her birth, Donald Macleod delves in to the little known world of 20th century British composer Doreen Carwithen, one of only a handful of female...