William Alwyn

William Alwyn is a type-setter British, born the November 7th 1905 with Northampton, and deceased the September 12th 1985 with Southwold (the United Kingdom).

Biography

William Alwyn was born with Northampton where it very early began its musical studies with the Piccolo. At fifteen years it integrates off the Royal Academy Music of London where it studies the Flûte and the composition. Flutist virtuoso he was initially flutist solo with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Alwyn was also professor of composition to the Royal Academy of 1926 with 1955. Let us note besides among its pupils, the English type-setter Geoffrey Grey.

William Alwyn was a remarkable man He was at the same time Polyglotte, Poète, and Artiste as well as musician.

Its work is important by its diversity including/understanding five symphonies, four operas, several concerti and string quartets.

Alwyn wrote some 70 film musics between 1941 and 1962. Its film musics on a traditional topic relate to following films: Odd Man Out , Serves Victory , Fires Were Started , The History off Mr. Polly , The Fallen Idol and The Black Tent .

Alwyn was a romantic type-setter of a single kind.

The concerto for Toothing-stone and string orchestra of Alwyn Lyra Angelica became popular when it was used by famous the skater Michelle Kwan like musical support at the time of its performance to the Winter Olympics of 1998.

William Alwyn lived with Larkrise , Dunwich Road, Blythburgh, in Suffolk and died out with Southwold, in Suffolk, in 1985.

William Alwyn was married in second weddings with the compositrice Doreen Carwithen.

Its work

Operas

The Fairy Fiddler
Farewell Companions
Juan, gold the Libertine
Miss Julie

Orchestral works

Symphonies

Symphonie No 1
Symphonie No 2
Symphonie No 3
Symphonie No 4
Symphonie No 5 Hydriotaphia

Concerto Enlarged

Concerto Grosso No 1
Concerto Grosso No 2
Concerto Grosso No 3

Sinfonietta for Strings
Elizabethan Dances
Scottish Dances
The Magic Island
The Innumerable Dance
Aphrodite in Aulis
Festival Overture
Overture To has Mask
Five preludes for Orchestre
Tragic Interlude

Concerting works

Concerto for piano No 1
Concerto for piano No 2
Concerto for violin
Concerto for oboe
Concerto for toothing-stone Lyra Angelica
Pastoral Fantasia , for viola and string orchestra
Fall Legend , for cor anglais and string orchestra

Chamber music

String quartets

String quartet No 1
String quartet No 2
String quartet No 3
Three Winter Poems
Novelette

Concerto for flute and octuor with wind
Rhapsody for quartet of piano
Continuation for oboe and toothing-stone
Sonata Impromptu , for violin and viola
Conversations , for violin, clarinet and piano
Trio for flute, violocelle and piano
Trio with cords
Naïades , fantasy sonata for flute and toothing-stone

Instrumental works

Divertimento , for flute solo
Ballade for viola and piano
Sonatine for viola
Sonata for flute
Sonata for oboe
Sonata for clarinet
Twilight , for toothing-stone

Works for piano

Hunter' S Moon (1920s)
Odd Moments - continuation for piano (1920s)
The Orchard (1920s)
Haze off Noon (1926)
Two Irish Parts
April Morn - 4 small parts (1924-26)
Fancy Free - 4 parts
Cruel Tales - homage to Paul Gaugin (1930-33)
By the Farmyard Spoils - 4 parts
From Ireland - 7 traditional tunes
Wooden Walls - continuation for piano
Midsummer Night - continuation for piano
Green Hills
Five Parts - continuation for piano
Two Intermezzi
Two Parts
Harvest Home - continuation for piano
The Tinker' S Tune
Down by the Riverside
Night Thoughts
Prelude & Fugues one year Indian scale (1945)
Sonata went Toccata (1946)
Nine Children' S Pieces
Fantasy-Waltzes
Twelve Preludes (1958)
Movements
Twelve Diversions for the Five Fingers

Film music

1937 : The Future' S in the Air
1941: Green Girdle
1941 : Western Isles
1941: Queen Knitting machine
1942: To border Weave
1942: Trinity House
1942: PEN off Pennsylvania
1942: They Flew Alone
1943 : Fires Were Started
1943: Squadron Leader X
1943: Victoire of the desert ( Serves Victory )
1943: Escape to Danger
1944: Soldier, Sailor
1944: Victoire of Tunisia ( Tunisian Victory )
1944: One Approval
1944: the Heroic parade ( The Way Ahead )
1944: General Medal for the
1945: Great Day
1945 : True glory ( The True Glory )
1945: the Honourable Mister off-handedness ( The Rake' S Progress )
1946: Land off Promised
1946: Total War in Britain
1946: I See has Dark Stranger
1946: the Color which kills ( Green for Danger )
1947: I seek the criminal ( Take My Life )
1947: Eight hours of deferment ( Odd Man Out )
1947: Captain Boycott
1947: The October Man
1948 : Escape
1948 : So Evil My Love
1948: The Winslow Servant boy
1948: the First disillusion ( The Fallen Idol )
1949: Daybreak in Udi
1949: The History off Mr. Polly
1950: The Cleans for Love
1950: Madeleine
1950: The Rocking Horse Winner
1950 : Secret State
1950: the gold Salamander ( Golden delicious Salamander )
1950: Sparrow of the Thames ( The Mudlark )
1950: the Magnet ( The Magnet )
1951: No Resting Places
1951: Limps It magic ( The Magic Box )
1951: Night Without Stars
1951: Lady Godiva Wrinkles Again
1951: The House in the Public garden
1952: The Long Memory
1952: Mandy
1952 : Saturday Island
1952 : Three ladies and have ( The Card )
1952: the red Corsair ( The Crimson Pirates )
1953: The Pound Million Notes
1953: Thunder on Malta ( Malted Story )
1953: The Master off Ballantrae
1953: a disconcerting business ( Personal Affair )
1954: The Rainbow Jacket
1954 : Moana, girl of the tropics ( The Seekers )
1954: Svengali
1955 : Geordie
1955 : The Ship That Died off Shame
1955: Bedevilled
1956 : The Black Tent
1956 : Safari
1956: Smiley
1956: Zarak the valorous ( Zarak )
1957: the Manor of the mystery ( Fortune Has Woman )
1957: Manuela
1957 : Under the smallest capital of the world ( The Smallest Show one Earth )
1958: Secret agent S.Z ( Carve Her Name with Pride )
1958: The Silent Enemy
1958 : the Business Dreyfus ( I Shows! )
1958: Atlantic, latitude 41° ( has Night to Remember )
1959: The Professionals
1959 : the Epopee in the shade ( Shake Hands with the Devil )
1959: the Third man on the mountain ( Third Man one the Mountain )
1959: Adventurers of Kilimandjaro ( Killers off Kilimanjaro )
1959: Devil' S Bait
1960: Robinsons of the South Seas ( Swiss Family Robinson )
1961: the naked Blade ( The Naked Edge )
1962: Burns, witch, burns! ( Night off the Eagle )
1962: Shown, you raise ( Life for Ruth )
1962: Children of the captain Grant ( In Search off the Castaways )
1963: the Second man ( The Running Man )

External bonds

William Alwyn on Internet Movie Database
William Alwyn on Music Web

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