Alwyn, Kenneth (in full, Kenneth Alwyn Wetherall)
Alwyn, Kenneth (in full, Kenneth Alwyn Wetherall)
Alwyn, Kenneth (in full, Kenneth Alwyn Wetherall), English conductor and composer; b. Croydon, July 28, 1925. He received his training in London. In 1958 he began a long association with the BBC, conducting various radio and television broadcasts. In addition to composing many scores for films and television, he wrote Echoes for Narrator, Band, Chorus, and Orch. to commemorate D-Day (1995) and several marches.
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