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Article: William Alwyn: The Art of Film Music.(Book review)
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William Alwyn: The Art of Film Music. By Ian Johnson. Rochester, NY: The Boydell Press, 2005. [viii, 357 p. ISBN 1843831597. $47.95.] Illustrations, music examples, bibliography, discography, filmography, index.
William Alwyn (1905-1985) was one of the most important and prolific composers in the history of British film music. He entered the profession in 1936 and quickly became a major participant in the British Documentary Movement. During the Second World War, he scored such influential propaganda films as Fires Were Started (1943) and Desert Victory (1943). Around the same time, he began his fruitful collaboration with director Carol Reed, who inspired Alwyn ...
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Article: Review; WILLIAM ALWYN CD Royal Liverpool Philharmonic ...
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);
January 4, 2007 ;
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... ... sequence of recordings devoted to the music of William Alwyn. Having dispatched Alwyn's two piano concertos, with Peter Donohoe as soloist ... disc, largely under the composer's direction. Alwyn was an experienced creator for film: his many scores ...
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