Alan Langford was the pen name of Alan Owen (28 February 1928 – 9 February 2011) a British radio producer and composer of
light music.
[Philip Lane]
Alan Langford biography
''Naxos Music'', accessed 16 November 2010
Born in London, he studied at the
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a conservatoire and drama school located in the City of London, United Kingdom. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jaz ...
with
Benjamin Frankel
Benjamin Frankel (31 January 190612 February 1973) was a British composer. His best known pieces include a cycle of five string quartets, eight symphonies, and concertos for violin and viola. He was also notable for writing over 100 film scores ...
.
[Philip Lane]
Vintage TV and Radio Classics
CD note For many years he was a BBC music producer for programmes such as ''Matinée Musicale'' and ''
Friday Night is Music Night'', and thus used his pseudonym to disguise his sideline in composition.
He is no relation of fellow light composer
Gordon Langford.
He is known for works such as ''Diversion and Interludes'', the ''Three Amusements'', ''Little French Suite'', ''Riding High'', ''Petite Promenade'' (a staple of the BBC
Test Card transmission music repertoire), the ''Waltz for String Orchestra'', the ''Concertante for Harmonica and Strings'' (written in 1981 for
Tommy Reilly), the ''Two Worlds Overture'' and the ''Pastoral Scherzetto''.
[Philip Scowcroft]
Garland 101
accessed 16 November 2010 Many of his pieces were written for the recorded
music libraries
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, and according to
Philip Lane, his compositions were frequently used for the crime serials of
Edgar Lustgarten in the 1950s and 1960s.
References
External links
*
Diversions and Interludes', from BBC Radio 3's 'Matinee Musicale', broadcast on 22 January 1979
*
Petite Promenade', Orchestra Raphaele
1928 births
2011 deaths
English composers
Light music composers
Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
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