{"id":6,"date":"2023-03-01T05:37:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T05:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusic.xt\/articles\/?p=6"},"modified":"2023-03-01T05:37:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T05:37:42","slug":"william-alwyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.justsheetmusic.com\/blog\/composers\/william-alwyn\/","title":{"rendered":"William Alwyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7 alignleft\" title=\"William Alwyn\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/william-alwyn.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Born 7 November 1905. William Alwyn was an English composer, music teacher and conductor.\u00a0 Beside his musical talent he was also a polyglot, poet and artist.<\/p>\n<p>In 1920 William Alwyn started studying the flute and compositions at the\u00a0 Royal Academy of Music in London and after this study he served there as professor of composition until 1955.<\/p>\n<p>From 1941 till 1962 he wrote over 70 sheet music titles for films, some of those are.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0035796\/\">Desert Victory<\/a> (1943),<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0035881\/\">Fires Were Started<\/a> (1943)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0039677\/\">Odd Man Out<\/a> (1947)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0041469\/\">The History of Mr Polly<\/a> (1949) By H.G. Wells<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0040325\/\">Escape<\/a> (1948)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2zqBuF1fl0o\">Escape 1948 Theme music by William Alwyn<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<h1 id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading\">William Alwyn<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born 7 November 1905. William Alwyn was an English composer, music teacher and conductor.\u00a0 Beside his musical talent he was also a polyglot, poet and artist. 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