2003-02-04
... ? Delia Derbyshire (deliaderbyshire.org) Delia Derbyshire was born in Coventry, England, in 1937. Educated at Coventry Grammar School and Girton College, Cambridge, where she was awarded a degree in mathematics and music. In 1959, on approaching Decca records, Delia was told that the company DID NOT employ women in their recording studios, so she went to work for the UN in Geneva before returning to London to work for music publishers Boosey & Hawkes..... She, of course, later went onto to create the classic DR WHO theme...amongst other proto-techno gems.... Another unremembered nodal point in music...Theres a film to made here...