Delia Derbyshire's papers
Last updated: 28 July 2012
Here is a set of 1170 photos of Delia Derbyshire's papers, going through each folder from start to finish.
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Here is a quick index to the start of each folder in the collection
and to papers regarding identified musical pieces and performances.
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There are also many unidentified scores and other papers here:
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- Red Folder
- Folder "Concert" (of Electronic Music, Bagnor, 10 Sept 1966)
- Folder "G. inc. U.D.P."
- "Medea"
- Folder "The Living World"
- Brown Folder
- Blue folder "Delia"
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Brighton Festival,
Bruce Lacey: Automata and Humanoids,
Newley,
Macbeth,
Work,
Philips,
ICI fashion show,
Liverpool,
Way out in Piccadilly,
Spin,
Work Is A Four Letter Word scores,
Lear,
On The Level,
Searching,
Cloud,
On The Level,
London Lemons,
The Business of Good Government,
Bring Back,
Bank,
Tiger talks,
The Coloured Wall,
Who Is
- Poets in Prison
- Folder "Filing"
- Folder "Rorate Coeli"
- Folder "R. W."
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Inventions for Radio,
Science & Health,
Silence / Martinis,
Music to Midnight,
"Cool on the outside",
Michelle,
Science & Health (again),
"You can come if you like",
Easter 64,
Chronicle,
Delta 60/61,
Radio Two,
Anything Goes 2,
Look Out,
First Time Out,
Radio Solent,
Environmental Studies,
Pont Mirabeau,
Anything Goes 1,
BBC1 Ident,
Joan Elliot Calls,
Radio Leeds,
Scarfe: Violence,
N.U. / Trademark Britain,
Towards Tomorrow,
Ape,
S.F. / Munich,
Maths prog,
Pot Au Feu,
Finnish
- Folder "Current"
- Folder "Current DD"
- Pink folder "Delia"
- Folder "TRW 7598: Wildlife Safari to the Argentine"
- Folder "TRW 6891 Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun"
- Folder "DD332"
- Folder "DD333"
- Folder "DD334"
- Folder "DD335": An Electric Storm and letters from Kaleidophon
- Folder "DD336": The Legend of Hell House
Radiophonic Workshop: Television and Radio Commitments 1970
Various RW papers
First draft of "Radiophonic Workshop: Facilities available" document
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Folder "Concert" (of Electronic Music, Bagnor, 10 Sept 1966)
Draft of concert programme - see also the final version
Athos films: "Science All Around" or "What's going to happen next?"
Left pocket
Brochure for "The first exhibition of automata and humanoids by Bruce Lacey, June 1963"
Newspaper clipping: Paul McCartney
"Spin",
for a Proctor and Gamble washing powder advert, 1966.
Right pocket
"Searching", a 30-second score by Sandy Brown for an advert for Bristow's Lanalin Shampoo, realised by Delia 1-10 Feb 1966
Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool programme for "On The Level"
Martin Landau, Brian Epstein, Produced by Wendy Toye, Music by Ron Grainer
"Bank": Signature tune for Bank of Canada, 20 November 1967
Sound track for "The Coloured Wall"
(Association of Electrical Engineers exhibition, 1968)
"Who Is" series signature for Allan King Associates, Toronto, 22 March 1968
"Game of Loving" manuscript and foreign-language texts
Bass Cpt. to Undressing - see also dd155635
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Envelope "DD307": Newspaper clippings for various works
"Orpheus", a play by Ted Hughes, 18 Nov 1970 - 19 Jan 1971. See also its VCS3 dope sheets
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"Michelle" (version of Beatles song)
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"Dr Who + Peladon"
"Radiophonic Workshop in Concert" script
Woman's Guardian article 3 Sept 1970: "Dial a tune" by Kirsten Cubitt
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils/The Curse of Peladon
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Logistics for IEE100 "Radiophonic Workshop in Concert", 3rd May 1971
Eduardo Paolozzi, Autumn 1971
Omnibus about Goya, 25.2.71
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Brochures from O.R.T.F., Paris / Pierre Schaffer 1966-68
Two extracts from "The Long Polar Walk" on TRW 7463 are used in
film documentary "On The Rim - Spitzbergen", 28 Oct 1971
"I Measured The Skies" biography (Kepler), 10 Mar 1970
Brochure from Studio di Fonologia Musicale di Firenze: Esperienze di Computer Music, Jan 1969
Brochure: "Peter Logan's experiments towards mechnical ballet",
3-9 Mar 1969
Various notes for Kaleidophon
The Dark Ages
BBC "Clanfolk" magazine review of "An Electric Storm" album
Letters re "The Bagman" or "The Impromptu of Muswell Hill" Italia Prize 1970, "The Dreams" and more
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Chronicle: Pompeii, final dubbing script
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Draft of Letter re Erik Satie
Bundle "Stuart Layton"
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Unit Delta Plus: Concert of Electronic Music programme - see also "Concert" folder
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Radio Newsreel (see Radio Newsreel)
Time Out review of "An Electric Storm" album
BBC Radiophonic Workshop: "Facilities available in experimental music studios" and "Catalogue of Works 1957-1963"
Description of Doctor Who theme
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"BBC Engineering Division Monograph, November 1963: Radiophonics in the BBC"
"The BBC Radiophonic Workshop"
EMS brochure
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Summer course at Dartington Hall 11-25 Aug 1962
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Dartington Summer School of Music 1962: General Information
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"The Legend of Hell House: music measurements"
Martin Guy <martinwguy@gmail.com>, 3 May 2010.
Last revision: 13th May 2017.