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Delia Derbyshire
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English musician and composer of electronic music (1937–2001)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1937-05-05
- Active to
- 2001-07-03
experimental electronicmusique concrètetape music
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 57,344
- Total plays
- 577,312
Tags
experimentalelectronicAvant-GardeBBC radiophonic workshopelectronica
Delia Ann Derbyshire (5 May 1937 – 3 July 2001) was an English musician and composer of electronic music. She was best known as member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and the performer of the original theme song for "Doctor Who" (which was composed for the series by Ron Grainer). She was also a member of the electronic music group White Noise with other BBC Radiophonic Workshop musicians. Born in Coventry, England, Delia Derbyshire was educated at Barr's Hill Grammar School & Girton College (Ca
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Delia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Coventry
- Place of death
- Northampton
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- Girton College
- Employer
- BBC
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- electronic music
- Official website
- www.delia-derbyshire.org
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- cause of death
- kidney failure
- Commons category
- Delia Derbyshire
- date of birth
- 1937-05-05
- date of death
- 2001-07-03
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
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