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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)
Doreen Mary Carwithen (Haddenham, 15 de noviembre de 1922 - Forncett St Peter, 15 de enero de 2003) fue una compositora británica de música para películas y clásica. También fue conocida como Mary Alwyn.
- Reino Unido
- 15 de noviembre de 1922, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire
- Doreen Mary Carwithen
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
29 de jun. de 2022 · Listen to this article. Loading audio... 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.
- Maddy Shaw Roberts
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.
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 British composers who...
Died: 5th January 2003, Forncett St Peter, near Norwich. Nationality: British. Doreen Mary Carwithen was a British composer of classical and film music. The second wife of the English musician William Alwyn, she was also known as Mary Alwyn.
