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	Delia Derbyshire (delia-derbyshire.org)
		Delia Derbyshire was born in Coventry, England, in 1937.
		Derbyshire was the first person there with any higher music qualifications, but as she wasn't supposed to be doing music, much of her early work remained anonymous under the umbrella credit 'special sound by BBC Radiophonic Workshop'.
		Delia's works from the 60s and 70s continue to be used on radio and TV some 30 years later, and her music has given her legendary status with releases in Sweden and Japan.
	www.delia-derbyshire.org (983 words)

	Delia Derbyshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Delia Derbyshire (May 5, 1937 - July 3, 2001) was a British musician and composer who was a pioneer of electronic music.
		Some of her most acclaimed work was done in the 1960s in collaboration with the British artist and playwright Barry Bermange, for the Third Programme (the radio station which later evolved into BBC Radio 3).
		Derbyshire's interpretation of Grainer's theme used electronic oscillators and magnetic audio tape editing (including tape loops and reverse tape effects) to create an eerie and unearthly sound that was quite unlike anything that had been heard before.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Delia_Derbyshire (600 words)

	Delia Derbyshire
		Derbyshire was the first Radiophonic employee with formal music qualifications, but she wasn't supposed to be creating music.
		Delia had found a paradise where she could combine her interests in the theory and perception of sound, modes and tunings, and the communication of moods using purely electronic sources.
		Derbyshire was called upon to do music for drama and documentary programs set in the distant past, the unseen future or deep in the human psyche - all areas in which an orchestra would sound out of place.
	www.angelfire.com /music6/archiveslp/delia.html (403 words)

	Tron Theatre : What's On : Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Through Delia, the show will examine the era of post-war Britain, the advent of the space race, mass broadcast media, the impact of new technologies on the creation of music and what it was that made so many people in the 1960s look to the future for their inspiration.
		Subtitled, with deliberate inaccuaracy, Delia Derbyshire in the 1960s, it is a clever and witty dramatisation of the ideas and events which shaped the most explosive period in the life of the woman behind the path-breaking theme tune for Dr. Who.
		Prosser, as the younger Derbyshire, has the combination of ijtense intellect, angry defensiveness and personal warmth, which we recognise in Davies’ exceptional playing of the composer as she travels back from the mid 1970s.
	www.tron.co.uk /whatson/whatsondetail.asp?ID=583 (2153 words)

	Standing Wave - Delia Derbyshire in the '60s
		Derbyshire was a sonic explorer, propelled by a love of mathematics, Catholic chants and abstract noise to prove it was possible to make “beautiful electronic sound”.
		Subtitled, with deliberate inaccuracy, Delia Derbyshire In The 60s, it is a clever and witty dramatisation of the ideas and events which shaped the most explosive period in the life of the woman behind the path-breaking theme tune for Dr Who.
		Derbyshire’s lonely monologue at New Year 1974 paints a picture of an intelligent and poetic character, with a child-like enthusiasm, who is also vulnerable and somewhat erratic.
	www.reelingwrithing.com /wave/reviews.htm (1852 words)

	Tron Theatre : Tron Theatre Company : Past Productions (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Delia Derbyshire was a remarkable person in a remarkable time and Standing Wave tells her story on stage and in music.
		Delia fell violently in and out of love through the ‘60s and to make things worse, she could not come to terms with the arrival of synthesizers that made all music ‘sound the same.’ Delia’s ability to create began to leave her.
		Neither of us had heard of Delia Derbyshire but we were immediately drawn to the description of her ability to transform the ‘dong’ of a metal lampshade into music and sound so completely new, it could have come from the future.
	www.tron.co.uk /trontheatre/pastproductions.asp (1470 words)

	Delia Derbyshire Interview (delia-derbyshire.org)
		Now Delia is being discovered and, 30 years on, time seems to be catching up with her ideas.
		Delia just said that she was not terminally ill and she wasn't sure how this rumour had got around - nor did she have a problem talking about it; she had been on Radio Four's Woman's Hour doing just that the previous week!.
		Delia Derbyshire - the music is unique and, as they say, out of this world - the personality is inspiring.
	www.freaknet.org /martin/mp3/D-D/sites/interview_boa.php.html (1404 words)

	A History of the Doctor Who Theme
		Delia left the Workshop in 1973, frustrated by the internal workings of the BBC and feeling that her creativity was being stifled by petty bureaucracy.
		Delia Derbyshire, with assistant Dick Mills, created the original version of the theme in August 1963 using techniques, described here, that applied for years, whether the sound sources were electronic or concrete.
		Delia Derbyshire recalls that Ron Grainer was delighted with the result and, realising that the music worked perfectly well as it stood, abandoned his original plan of overdubbing a small instrumental ensemble (as in Giants of Steam).
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Mark_Ayres/DWTheme.htm (6686 words)

	s1play: film detail (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Delia is described as 'a remarkable person in a remarkable time' who joined the BBC grey-suited-man's world of the early 60s.
		Neither of us had heard of Delia Derbyshire but we were immediately drawn to the description of her ability create a sound so completely new it could have come from the future.
		Delia's work is now recognised as an influential source for what became ambient, electronic dance, 80s synth pop and 70s progressive rock.
	www.s1play.com /theatre/theatre_features.cgi?edl_id=38103 (655 words)

	Staggering Stories - Odd Event Reviews... The Generic Sci-Fi Quarry (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1963, Delia Derbyshire was a studio manager at the Radiophonic Workshop, a BBC department in Maida Vale established to provide special sound for experimental radio programmes.
		Derbyshire died last year, aged 64, just as she was being rediscovered by a new generation of practitioner-fans: the Chemical Brothers, Aphex Twin, Sonic Boom, Bobby Bird.
		Such practices hark back to the days when Derbyshire and her Radiophonic Workshop technicians used reversed and reverberated toilet flushes to furnish the roars of robotic Yeti, and harvested the howls of the fearsome swamp-dwelling Drashigs from the noise of screeching rubber tyres.
	staggeringstories.port5.com /genericscifiquarry2.html (1258 words)

	Doctor Who - Title Sequences & History (TV-ARK ON-LINE MUSEUM - CULT PROGRAMMES) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Delia Derbyshire's extraordinary original arrangement of the famous Ron Grainer theme music accompanies this footage, in its day the most alien-sounding piece of music ever recorded and still prone to sending a shiver up the spine.
		Delia Derbyshire tweaked her music by mixing in some spooky "spangle" sound effects over the opening bars.
		Delia Derbyshire's theme arrangement was given a third new edit, retaining the spangles but shortening the opening bars and, for series 7-9 adding a "stutter start".
	www.tv-ark.org.uk /cult/drwhomain-new.html (1163 words)

	snarkout: delia derbyshire
		The name "Delia Derbyshire" may not be familiar to you, but if you were even a marginally geeky child in junior high, you've probably heard her work.
		Derbyshire, who died this July at the age of 64, wanted to be a recording engineer for Decca, but was turned away because she was a woman.
		Derbyshire worked on the David Vorhaus' first White Noise album, for which she received credit for "electronic sound realisation".
	www.snarkout.org /archives/2001/08/10 (323 words)

	Delia Derbyshire: A Personal Tribute
		This tribute is to Delia, the girl I knew long before the first note of her music was conceived.
		Delia was born in Coventry, England, on Wednesday, May 5th, 1937 to Emmie (nee Dawson) and Ted Derbyshire.
		Delia Derbyshire as a teenager was very talented, she was highly intelligent, she was personable, lively and witty.
	www.freaknet.org /martin/audio/D-D/harris_tribute.html (1458 words)

	The British Theatre Guide: Standing Wave
		The other Delia will be fixed at a point in time of around 1967, making music throughout the show and accumulating sounds to create a full composition at the show's peak.
		Delia's work is now recognised as an influential source for what became ambient, electronic dance, 80s synthesizer pop and 70s progressive rock.
		One of them was known by Delia Derbyshire; Drew Mulholland, a composer and musician who works in retro-electronica, who's piece has been produced on an authentic 1960s synthesiser as used in the original Radiophonic workshop.
	www.britishtheatreguide.info /news/standingwave.htm (515 words)

	Delia Derbyshire - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Though electronic composer Delia Derbyshire has been referred to as "the unsung heroine of British electronic music," it wouldn't be a stretch to expand upon the accolade and call her an unsung heroine of music, period -- regardless of nationality, regardless of field.
		Early in her stint with the Workshop, Derbyshire recorded the legendary Dr. Who theme with the use of tape loops, filters, and valve oscillators.
		Frustrated with the state of music and the prospect of where it was headed, Derbyshire left the Radiophonic Workshop in 1972 and went to work at museums, bookshops, and art galleries.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,422609,00.html (864 words)

	Obituary: Delia Derbyshire \| News \| The Guardian
		Delia was born in Coventry and educated at Coventry Grammar School and Girton College, Cambridge, where she took a degree in music and mathematics.
		But Delia was never starstruck; she cheerfully devoted as much time to encouraging young students as to talking with celebrities.
		Delia became involved in an early electronic music concert at the New Mill Theatre in Newbury that also featured a pioneering light projection show by Hornsey College of Art and magnetic sculptures by Paul Takis.
	www.guardian.co.uk /news/2001/jul/07/guardianobituaries1 (1398 words)

	Delia Derbyshire Audiological Chronology
		Delia Derbyshire is one of the earliest and most influential electronic sound synthesists.
		Delia was born on the 5th of May 1937.
		Delia died on the 3rd of July 2001 in hospital of liver/kidney failure.
	delia-derbyshire.ecol.net (7341 words)

	Delia Derbyshire Review
		“Delia believed that the way the ear / brain perceives sound should have dominance over any basic mathematical theory, but as with most things in life it is important to know the rules in order to advantageously bend or break them.
		Derbyshire was also involved in several of the earliest electronic music events in England, including shows at the Watermill Theatre, Nr Newbury, the Chalk Farm Roundhouse [with Paul McCartney], The Royal Festival Hall and the first electronic music fashion show!
		By the mid 1970s Derbyshire was disillusioned by the apparent future of electronic music and withdrew from the medium.
	arc.co.uk /419985.arx (197 words)

	MySpace.com - Delia Derbyshire - UK - Other / Other / Other - www.myspace.com/deliaderbyshirefan
		Delia Derbyshire (May 5, 1937 - July 3, 2001) was a British musician and composer who was a pioneer of electronic music.
		Derbyshire's interpretation of Grainer's theme used electronic oscillators and magnetic audio tape editing (including tape loops and reverse tape effects) to create an eerie and unearthly sound that was quite unlike anything that had been heard before.
		Derbyshire's original Doctor Who theme is believed to have been the first television theme to be created and produced by entirely electronic means.
	www.myspace.com /deliaderbyshirefan (858 words)

	Delia
		Delia Derbyshire produced the single most important piece of electronic music in history and one which I guarantee that all of you in the UK will have heard - the original "Dr. Who" theme from 1963.
		Derbyshire worked in a world before synthesisers, when her music had to be made by recording and treating recorded noises from natural and electronic sources and constructed a note at a time on tape loops.
		Delia Derbyshire managed the singular feat of realising one of the best known, influential and loved pieces of music of the late 20th century, yet remaining virtually anonymous to the world throughout her life.
	www.cosmicsurfer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Delia.html (932 words)

	Delia Derbyshire: A Personal Tribute
		Delia was born in Coventry, England, on Wednesday, May 5th, 1937 to Emmie (nee Dawson) and Ted Derbyshire.
		Delia remarked what a gorgeous dress it was, to which I made some derogatory response.
		Delia Derbyshire as a teenager was very talented, she was highly intelligent, she was personable, lively and witty.
	delia-derbyshire.dyndns.org /harris_tribute.html (1458 words)

	Delia Derbyshire interviewed on BBC Radio Scotland
		This is a transcript of an interview from 1997 by John Cavanagh of Delia Derbyshire and Drew Mulholland, interspersed with audio tracks of Delia's creation.
		Delia, the version that we actually opened today's program with extra whooshes and things which is on a CD called "Music from the Tomb of the Cybermen" on Via Satellite Records but that one, your original, is the one that has your own stamp of approval I believe.
		Delia, the whole concept of the kind of music that you were making at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop tended to run very much counter to your formal musical training.
	delia-derbyshire.dyndns.org /BBCScotlandInterview.html (2228 words)

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		In that time, Delia Derbyshire and Dick Mills were to 'realise' the music based upon Lambert's and Grainer's suggestions (Verity had wanted something akin to the noise of wet fingers on glass, and Grainer's score called for effects including "wind bubble and clouds").
		In 1972, BBC Records contacted Delia Derbyshire to ask if she would mind the commercial release of the contemporary theme (as used since The Faceless Ones and last updated in 1970).
		The first 45 seconds are from the original 1967 tape; the remainder is a combination of the original Derbyshire recording with a similar echo effect, and some of the original spangles and effects from the master tapes.
	www.millenniumeffect.co.uk /audio/theme.html (3791 words)

	Derbyshire - Business Link Derbyshire (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Derbyshire boasts some of the finest country houses in England, Derbyshire's local government: The County of Derbyshire is governed by a two tier system
		Derbyshire rails against "buggery" and the humiliations of "being penetrated" John Derbyshire jumps to defend Bailey against the new formal complaint at
		Derbyshire was the first person there with any higher music qualifications, but as she wasn't
	onlinewebinfo.org /?q=derbyshire (388 words)

	dozer mp3 blog
		'In 1959, on approaching Decca records, Delia was told that the company DID NOT employ women in their recording studios...In 1960 Delia joined the BBC as a trainee studio manager.
		She excelled in this field, but when it became apparent that the fledgling Radiophonic Workshop was under the same operational umbrella, she asked for an attachment there - an unheard of request, but one which was, nonetheless,granted.
		Delia remained 'temporarily attached' for years, regularly deputising for the Head, and influencing many of her trainee colleagues...Within a matter of months she had created her recording of Ron Grainer's Doctor Who theme, one of the most famous and instantly recognisable TV themes ever.
	dozerblog.blogspot.com /2004_09_01_dozerblog_archive.html (831 words)

	WFMU's Beware of the Blog: Karen Dalton, Delia Derbyshire, and that evil Siren of pop.
		As Dalton is the secret pioneer of the folk revival, so is Delia Derbyshire the secret pioneer of electronic music.
		Derbyshire was an inspiring collaborator, and hardly anyone who she worked with or worked near her didn't go on to greatness, while she herself remained mostly in the background.
		For me she is. Her music is mystic, how it has the ability to connect poles of modern music trough loops in time and space, white noise, klf, sonic boom, trunk, ergo phizmiz,… she lives eternaly in fl matter.
	blog.wfmu.org /freeform/2006/12/karen_dalton_de.html (666 words)

	Theatrical Tribute to Electronic Music Pioneer, Delia Derbyshire - Intuitive Music (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The life of Delia Derbyshire, who tragically passed away in 2001, will be brought to life by the Reeling and Writhing Theatre Company.
		The theatre production will be entitled "Standing Wave: Delia Derbyshire in the 1960s" with a script by Nicola McCartney and accompanying electronic music.
		Derbyshire got her start working in electronic music gy working at the BBC in 1960.
	www.intuitivemusic.com /content/view/952/0 (193 words)

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