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Daphne Oram

1925 - 2003

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Daphne Blake Oram (31 December 1925 – 5 January 2003) was a British composer and electronic musician. She was one of the first British composers to produce electronic sound, and was an early practitioner of musique concrète in the UK. As a co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, she was central to the development of British electronic music. Her uncredited scoring work on the 1961 film The Innocents helped to pioneer the electronic soundtrack. Oram was the creator of the Oramics technique for graphical sound. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Daphne Oram is the 1,728th most popular musician (down from 1,610th in 2019), the 4,571st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,150th in 2019) and the 282nd most popular British Musician.

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Among musicians, Daphne Oram ranks 1,728 out of 3,175. Before her are Enver İzmaylov, Doug Sampson, Tim Bogert, James Cotton, Jo Jones, and Charlie Byrd. After her are Charles Lloyd, Brad Mehldau, John Foxx, Richard Sinclair, Nick Menza, and Takeoff.

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Among people born in 1925, Daphne Oram ranks 439. Before her are Mel Tormé, Syed Nazrul Islam, Antonio Spallino, Solomon Marcus, Peter R. Hunt, and Charlie Byrd. After her are Darry Cowl, Jacques Grimonpon, Robert Hirsch, Fulvio Nesti, Lilyan Chauvin, and Yuriy Lituyev. Among people deceased in 2003, Daphne Oram ranks 295. Before her are Yuri Shchekochikhin, Valentin Gavrilov, Elliott Smith, Conrad Hall, Jesse Carver, and Stan Brakhage. After her are Koloman Sokol, Curt Hennig, Warren Zevon, Arne Månsson, Willem Slijkhuis, and Edwin Starr.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Daphne Oram ranks 4,572 out of 8,785. Before her are Peter R. Hunt (1925), Phoebe Dynevor (1995), Richard Haydn (1905), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690), and Kenneth More (1914). After her are John Braine (1922), John Beazley (1885), Ann Cleeves (1954), James Robertson Justice (1907), Eric Gill (1882), and Lindsay Hoyle (1957).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Daphne Oram ranks 282. Before her are Albert Lee (1943), Bev Bevan (1944), Sophie Muller (1962), Alan Clark (1952), Robin Trower (1945), and Doug Sampson (1957). After her are John Foxx (1948), Richard Sinclair (1948), Steve Hillage (1951), Bernie Marsden (1951), Jason Orange (1970), and Zak Starkey (1965).

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