Carey Blyton, the Glossary
Carey Blyton (14 March 1932 – 13 July 2002) was a British composer and writer best known for his song "Bananas in Pyjamas" (1969)—which later became the theme tune for an Australian children's television series—and for his work on Doctor Who.[1]
Table of Contents
46 relations: Angelo Gilardino, Arrangement, Bananas in Pyjamas, BBC, Beckenham, Benjamin Britten, Chamber music, Copenhagen, Counterpoint, Crumhorn, Curlew River, Cyberman, Death to the Daleks, Doctor Who, Doctor Who and the Silurians, Enid Blyton, Faber Music, Grammar school, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Gustav Holst, Harmony, Harpsichord, Italy, Japan, Kent, Lecturer, London, Music history, Music sequencer, Musical analysis, Ophicleide, Orchestration, Orientalism, Owen Wingrave, Piano, Polio, Post-polio syndrome, Professor, Revenge of the Cybermen, Serpent (instrument), Sheet music, Sherlock Holmes, Suffolk, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, Viola, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
- British light music composers
- People educated at Beckenham and Penge County Grammar School
Angelo Gilardino
Angelo Gilardino (16 November 1941 – 14 January 2022) was an Italian composer, guitarist, and musicologist.
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Arrangement
In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition.
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Bananas in Pyjamas
Bananas in Pyjamas is an Australian children's television series that first aired on 20 July 1992 on ABC.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
Beckenham
Beckenham is a town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. Prior to 1965, it was part of Kent. It is situated north of Elmers End and Eden Park, east of Penge, south of Lower Sydenham and Bellingham, and west of Bromley and Shortlands, and south-east of Charing Cross. Its population at the 2011 Census was 46,844.
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Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist.
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Chamber music
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room.
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen (København) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the urban area.
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Counterpoint
In music, counterpoint is a method of composition in which two or more musical lines (or voices) are simultaneously played which are harmonically correlated yet independent in rhythm and melodic contour.
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Crumhorn
The crumhorn is a double reed instrument of the woodwind family, most commonly used during the Renaissance period.
Curlew River
Curlew River – A Parable for Church Performance (Op. 71) is an English music drama, with music by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by William Plomer.
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Cyberman
The Cybermen are a fictional race of cyborgs principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who.
Death to the Daleks
Death to the Daleks is the third serial of the 11th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 23 February to 16 March 1974.
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Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963.
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Doctor Who and the Silurians
Doctor Who and the Silurians is the second serial of the seventh season in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
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Enid Blyton
Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies.
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Faber Music
Faber Music is a British sheet music publisher best known for contemporary classical music.
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Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school.
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Guildhall School of Music and Drama
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and drama school located in the City of London, England.
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Gustav Holst
Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher.
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Harmony
In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds together in order to create new, distinct musical ideas.
Harpsichord
A harpsichord (clavicembalo, clavecin, Cembalo; clavecín, cravo, клавеси́н (tr. klavesín or klavesin), klavecimbel, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Kent
Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.
Lecturer
Lecturer is an academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country.
London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Music history
Music history, sometimes called historical musicology, is a highly diverse subfield of the broader discipline of musicology that studies music from a historical point of view.
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Music sequencer
A music sequencer (or audio sequencer or simply sequencer) is a device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically CV/Gate, MIDI, or Open Sound Control, and possibly audio and automation data for digital audio workstations (DAWs) and plug-ins.
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Musical analysis
Musical analysis is the study of musical structure in either compositions or performances.
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Ophicleide
The ophicleide is a family of conical-bore keyed brass instruments invented in early 19th-century France to extend the keyed bugle into the alto, bass and contrabass ranges.
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Orchestration
Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra.
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Orientalism
In art history, literature and cultural studies, orientalism is the imitation or depiction of aspects of the Eastern world (or "Orient") by writers, designers, and artists from the Western world.
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Owen Wingrave
Owen Wingrave, Op.
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Piano
The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.
Polio
Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.
Post-polio syndrome
Post-polio syndrome (PPS, poliomyelitis sequelae) is a group of latent symptoms of poliomyelitis (polio), occurring at about a 25–40% rate (latest data greater than 80%).
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Professor
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.
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Revenge of the Cybermen
Revenge of the Cybermen is the fifth and final serial of the 12th season of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 19 April to 10 May 1975.
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Serpent (instrument)
The serpent is a low-pitched early wind instrument in the brass family developed in the Renaissance era.
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Sheet music
Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece.
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Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Suffolk
Suffolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is a music and dance conservatoire based in Greenwich, London, England.
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Viola
The viola is a string instrument that is usually bowed.
Woodbridge, Suffolk
Woodbridge is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.
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See also
British light music composers
- Carey Blyton
- Charles Ancliffe
- Fred Hartley
- Gareth Glyn
- Ignatius de Orellana
- Jack Coles
- Peter Hope
- Procida Bucalossi and Ernest Bucalossi
- Rae Jenkins
- Ray Martin (orchestra leader)
- Robert Farnon
- Roger Quilter
- Ronald Hanmer
- William Monk Gould
People educated at Beckenham and Penge County Grammar School
- Bill Wyman
- Carey Blyton
- Derek Underwood
- Hugh Bean
- John Clifford Strong
- John Tyndall (far-right activist)
- Keith Lewin
- Michael Finnissy
- Patrick Ground
- Ronald Dick