[78-L] Angela Morley obits (was: Good news on copyright extension)

[Michael Biel]

While Alan Bunting's article about copyright was very interesting, the
article that preceded it at  http://www.rfsoc.org.uk/news.shtml  was
even MORE interesting.  I had not heard that Angela Morley had died in
January.  Who is Angela Morley I hear many of you asking.  Angela Morley
had been Wally Stott until 1972.  Wally Stott, of course, was the music
director of The Goon Show, and it turns out had been the music director
of Phillips Records in the early 50s.  In the last couple of decades I
have seen occasional credits of the Goon Show music being conducted by
Angela Morley but was never able to find any conclusive answers to the
OBVIOUS question.  Now I have them.  There is also an explanation of
where the very different name came from, and confirms why there was a
substitute conductor for "The Last Goon Show Of Them All".  Check out
the obit from The Guardian which has some wonderful comments by Max
Geldray and a picture of Angela with several of her Emmys.  

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/jan/23/angela-morley-obituary-wally-stott

There is a reprint of The Times obit at:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.goons/browse_thread/thread/1b46d979edf5fb36

It is interesting to see the gender change in the obits when discussing
Wally as a he and Angela as a she.  There's loads of other things there,
just google "ANGELA MORLEY (formerly WALLY STOTT)"

Mike (formerly Professor) Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com