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

[Kristjan Saag]

Angela Morley's contribution to the Goon Show may be interesting, but far 
more interesting is that she composed, arranged and conducted so much 
orchestral works in the 1950's and 1960's, from numerous production music 
recordings (see the Guild Light Music output, engineered by Alan Bunting) to 
orchestral arrangements and backgrounds to Scott Walker and other chart 
artists.
Kristjan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
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Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 8:58 PM
Subject: [78-L] Angela Morley obits (was: Good news on copyright extension)


> 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
>
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