1. William Alwyn was born William Alwyn Smith in Northampton, England, the son of Ada Tyler and William James Smith.
10 Facts About William Alwyn
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William Alwyn showed an early interest in music and began to learn to play the piccolo.
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William Alwyn was a virtuoso flautist and for a time was a flautist with the London Symphony Orchestra.
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William Alwyn was a distinguished polyglot, poet, and artist, as well as musician.
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William Alwyn helped found the Composers' Guild of Great Britain, and was its chairman in 1949,1950 and 1954.
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William Alwyn was sometime Director of the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society, a Vice-President of the Society for the Promotion of New Music and Director of the Performing Right Society.
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William Alwyn was appointed a CBE in 1978 in recognition of his services to music.
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William Alwyn wrote more than 70 film scores from 1941 to 1962.
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William Alwyn relished dissonance, and devised his own alternative to 12-tone serialism.
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William Alwyn recorded his five symphonies as conductor for the Lyrita label in the 1970s, recordings that have since been reissued on CD.