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Angela Morley
Born March 10, 1924
Flag of England Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Angela Morley (born March 10, 1924) is an English composer and conductor. March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (70th in leap years). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England_(bordered). ... Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (70th in leap years). ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A conductor conducting a band at a ceremony A conductors score and batons Conducting is the act of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. ...


Life

Angela Morley was born Wally Stott, in Leeds, Yorkshire on 10 March 1924. Attributing entry into successful composing and arranging largely to the influence and encouragement of the Canadian light music composer Robert Farnon. Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Light Music is a generic term applied to a mainly British musical style of light orchestral music, which began post-World War One and had its heyday during the mid-20th Century, although arguably lasts to the present day. ... Robert Farnon album Robert Joseph Farnon (July 24, 1917 – April 22, 2005) was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player. ...


Wally Stott Underwent sex reassignment surgery in the 1970s and now lives as Angela Morley, a transsexual woman, in Scottsdale, Arizona, and has been awarded 3 Emmy Awards for work in television musical scoring. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... A transsexual (sometimes transexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at birth) sex. ... Scottsdale (Oodham S-vaá¹£ai Vaá¹£onÄ­) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, adjacent to Phoenix. ... Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  Ranked 6th  - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ... An Emmy Award. ...


Works

Angela Morley is perhaps best known as a composer of light music, with the jaunty Rotten Row the best known piece. Also notable is A Canadian in Mayfair, a homage to Robert Farnon's Portrait of a Flirt. Light Music is a generic term applied to a mainly British musical style of light orchestral music, which began post-World War One and had its heyday during the mid-20th Century, although arguably lasts to the present day. ... Robert Farnon album Robert Joseph Farnon (July 24, 1917 – April 22, 2005) was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player. ...


In 1953, he began a long association with the Philips record label, arranging for and accompanying the company's artists, as well as releasing records under his original name, including the 1958 LP 'London Pride'.


Wally is also well known for writing the theme tune and incidental music for Hancock's Half Hour and was the musical director for The Goon Show from the third series in 1952 to the last show in 1960. As Morley she wrote most of the score for the 1978 film version of Watership Down, although the prelude and opening was by Malcolm Williamson. Another very short, but fondly remembered, theme was the 12-note "Ident Zoom-2", written for Lew Grade's Associated TeleVision (ATV) and in use until the demise of ATV in 1982. The theme music of a radio or television program is a melody closely associated with the show, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits. ... Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program or some other form not primarily musical. ... Hancocks Half Hour was a famous BBC radio comedy series of the 1950s starring Tony Hancock. ... The Goon Show was a popular and influential British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1951 to 1960 on the BBC Home Service. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Watership Down is an animated film directed by Martin Rosen and based on the book Watership Down by Richard Adams. ... Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson CBE, AO (November 21, 1931 – March 2, 2003) was an Australian composer. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Lew Grade, Baron Grade (birth name Louis Winogradsky) (December 25, 1906 - December 13, 1998) was an influential showbusiness impresario and television company executive in the United Kingdom. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


In 1962 and 1963, Wally Stott arranged the United Kingdom entries for the Eurovision Song Contest, Ring-A-Ding Girl and Say Wonderful Things, both sung by Ronnie Carroll. The former was conducted on the Eurovision stage in Luxembourg by him as well. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The modern logo was introduced for the 2004 Contest to create a consistent visual identity. ... Ronnie Carroll (18 August 1934) (born Ronald Cleghorn) is a British singer and entertainer, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...


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Angela Morley at AllExperts (278 words)
Angela Morley (born March 10, 1924) is an English composer and conductor.
Angela Morley was born in Leeds, Yorkshire on 10 March 1924.
Angela Morley lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, and has been awarded 3 Emmys for her work in television musical scoring.
Robert Farnon Society (2533 words)
At age ten, Angela remembers having had a month-long love affair with the violin but her grandfather, a prankster who didn’t like the violin, smeared butter on her bow and very effectively brought her career as a violinist to an end.
Angela started to score films under her own name (she had ‘ghost’-written two scores the previous year) and was writing all the cues for a top BBC comedy show: ‘Hancock’s Half Hour’ and doing the same, plus conducting, for ‘The Goon Show’; which was probably the most successful BBC radio comedy show of the 1950s.
Angela still returns to Britain and Europe on regular occasions, and in 2001 she was at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London where the John Wilson Orchestra recorded on CD sixteen of her older arrangements entitled ‘Soft Lights and Sweet Music’ for Vocalion Records.
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