Delia Derbyshire

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Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK

Delia Ann Derbyshire was an English musician and composer of electronic music. She carried out pioneering work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop during the 1960s, including her electronic arrangement of the theme music to the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who.

Known for

• Sisters with Transistors — Self (archive footage)2021
• Delia Derbyshire: The Myths And Legendary Tapes — Self2020
• The Delian Mode — Self (archive footage)2009
• Masters of Sound — Self (archive footage)2006
• The Alchemists of Sound — Self2003

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Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United Kingdom

Active from

1937-05-05

Active to

2001-07-03

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

57,344

Total plays

577,312

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

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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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