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The log-frequency-axis [[spectrograms]] used here are my own work and unique to the wikidelia.
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The software used to produce the log-frequency-axis [[spectrograms]] used here was written specially for the WikiDelia.
  
If you are studying a piece of Delia's music for which I haven't done the spectrogram yet, you can [mailto:delia.derbyshire.net@gmail.com write] and I'll do it next.
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If you'd like spectrograms of your own music, you can [mailto:delia.derbyshire.net@gmail.com write].
  
 
==Undated==
 
==Undated==
 
===[[Air]]===
 
===[[Air]]===
 
{{Spectrogallery|Air}}
 
{{Spectrogallery|Air}}
===[[Door To Door]]===
 
{{Spectrogallery|Door To Door}}
 
 
===[[Music to Undress to]]===
 
===[[Music to Undress to]]===
 
Reconstructed from Delia's manuscript score and played on a cheesy MIDI piano
 
Reconstructed from Delia's manuscript score and played on a cheesy MIDI piano
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==1962==
 
==1962==
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=== [[Time On Our Hands]]===
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{{Spectrogallery|Time On Our Hands}}
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=== [[City Music]]===
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{{Spectrogallery|City Music}}
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=== [[Arabic Science and Industry]] ===
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{{Spectrogallery|Arabic Science and Industry}}
 
===[[Closed Planet]]===
 
===[[Closed Planet]]===
 
* Opening
 
* Opening
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* Ship takeoff and outro
 
* Ship takeoff and outro
 
{{Spectrogallery|Closed Planet - Ship takeoff and outro}}
 
{{Spectrogallery|Closed Planet - Ship takeoff and outro}}
 
=== [[Time On Our Hands]]===
 
{{Spectrogallery|Time On Our Hands}}
 
=== [[City Music]]===
 
{{Spectrogallery|City Music}}
 
=== [[Arabic Science and Industry]] ===
 
{{Spectrogallery|Arabic Science and Industry}}
 
  
 
==1963==
 
==1963==
=== [[Doctor Who]] ===
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=== [[Know Your Car]] ===<!-- Created before June 1963 -->
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{{Spectrogallery|Know Your Car}}
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=== [[Radio Newsreel]] ===<!-- "Work to start 26th July 1963" -->
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{{Spectrogallery|Radio Newsreel}}
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=== [[Doctor Who]] ===<!-- Composed after 26.7.63 -->
 
{{Spectrogallery|Doctor Who}}
 
{{Spectrogallery|Doctor Who}}
=== [[Know Your Car]] ===
 
{{Spectrogallery|Know Your Car}}
 
  
 
==1964==
 
==1964==
 
===[[Mattachin]]===
 
===[[Mattachin]]===
From [[BBC Radiophonic Music]]
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From [[BBC Radiophonic Music]]<BR>
 
{{Spectrogallery|Mattachin}}
 
{{Spectrogallery|Mattachin}}
 
=== [[Talk Out]] ===
 
=== [[Talk Out]] ===
 
{{Spectrogallery|Talk Out}}
 
{{Spectrogallery|Talk Out}}
 
=== [[Science and Health]] ===
 
=== [[Science and Health]] ===
From [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21]]
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From [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21]]<BR>
 
{{Spectrogallery|Science and Health}}
 
{{Spectrogallery|Science and Health}}
 
=== [[The Cyprian Queen]] ===
 
=== [[The Cyprian Queen]] ===
* Clip from [[Wee Have Also Sound Houses]]
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Clip from [[Wee Have Also Sound Houses]]<BR>
 
{{Listenbutton|The Cyprian Queen - clip from Wee Have Also Sound Houses}}
 
{{Listenbutton|The Cyprian Queen - clip from Wee Have Also Sound Houses}}
  
 
=== [[The Anger of Achilles]] ===
 
=== [[The Anger of Achilles]] ===
* 1. Achilles' plea to his goddess mother Thetis (1:13) [[File:The Anger of Achilles 1.ogg]]
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* 1. Achilles' plea to his goddess mother Thetis (1:13)
* 2. Thunderclap (0:13) [[File:The Anger of Achilles 2.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|The Anger of Achilles 1}}
* 3. The sending of the false dream to Agamemnon (2:00) [[File:The Anger of Achilles 3.ogg]]
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* 2. Thunderclap (0:13)
* 4. Father Zeus' message, thunderclap, horse effects (1:08) [[File:The Anger of Achilles 4.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|The Anger of Achilles 2}}
* 5. Thetis theme reprise (0:36) [[File:The Anger of Achilles 5.ogg]]
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* 3. The sending of the false dream to Agamemnon (2:00)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Anger of Achilles 3}}
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* 4. Father Zeus' message, thunderclap, horse effects (1:08)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Anger of Achilles 4}}
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* 5. Thetis theme reprise (0:36)
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{{Spectrogallery|The Anger of Achilles 5}}
  
 
=== Invention for Radio #1: [[The Dreams]] ===
 
=== Invention for Radio #1: [[The Dreams]] ===
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=== Invention for Radio #2: [[Amor Dei]] ===
 
=== Invention for Radio #2: [[Amor Dei]] ===
* 1. [[Groping towards God]] [[File:Amor Dei - 1. Groping towards God.ogg]]
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* 1. [[Groping towards God]]
* 2. [[Rorate Coeli]] (9:02) [[File:Amor Dei - 2. Rorate Coeli.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Amor Dei - 1. Groping towards God}}
* 3. "[[I'd like to believe in God, but...]]" [[File:Amor Dei - 3. I'd like to believe in God but....ogg]]
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* 2. [[Rorate Coeli]] (9:02)
* 4. "[[There IS a God!]]" [[File:Amor Dei - 4. There IS a God!.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Amor Dei - 2. Rorate Coeli}}
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* 3. "[[I'd like to believe in God, but...]]"
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{{Spectrogallery|Amor Dei - 3. I'd like to believe in God but...}}
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* 4. "[[There IS a God!]]"
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{{Spectrogallery|Amor Dei - 4. There IS a God!}}
  
 
==1965==
 
==1965==
 
=== Invention for Radio #3: [[The Afterlife]] ===
 
=== Invention for Radio #3: [[The Afterlife]] ===
Recorded from the radio [[File:The Afterlife.ogg]]
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Recorded from the radio
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[[File:The Afterlife.ogg]]
 
with
 
with
 
* 1. "Death is going from shadow into reality" (7:47)
 
* 1. "Death is going from shadow into reality" (7:47)
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==1966==
 
==1966==
 
===[[Ziwzih Ziwzih OO-OO-OO]]===
 
===[[Ziwzih Ziwzih OO-OO-OO]]===
From [[BBC Radiophonic Music]]
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From [[BBC Radiophonic Music]]<BR>
 
{{Spectrogallery|Ziwzih Ziwzih OO-OO-OO}}
 
{{Spectrogallery|Ziwzih Ziwzih OO-OO-OO}}
  
 
===[[Moogies Bloogies]]===
 
===[[Moogies Bloogies]]===
From delia-derbyshire.org
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From delia-derbyshire.org<BR>
 
{{Spectrogallery|Moogies Bloogies}}
 
{{Spectrogallery|Moogies Bloogies}}
  
 
===[[Way Out]]===
 
===[[Way Out]]===
From [[Music from The Tomorrow People]]
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From [[Music from The Tomorrow People]]<BR>
 
{{Spectrogallery|Way Out}}
 
{{Spectrogallery|Way Out}}
  
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===[[Happy Birthday]]===
 
===[[Happy Birthday]]===
Score is dated "3.67"; first broadcast on 30th April 1968.
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Score is dated "3.67"; first broadcast on 30th April 1968.<BR>
 
{{Spectrogallery|Happy Birthday}}
 
{{Spectrogallery|Happy Birthday}}
  
 
===[[A New View of Politics]]===
 
===[[A New View of Politics]]===
From [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21]] [[File:A New View of Politics.ogg]]
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From [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21]]<BR>
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{{Spectrogallery|A New View of Politics}}
  
 
===[[Ape and Essence]]===
 
===[[Ape and Essence]]===
Reconstructed from her manuscript and played on a cheesy MIDI piano [[File:Ape - Hunt Group A.ogg]]
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Reconstructed from her manuscript and played on a cheesy MIDI piano
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[[File:Ape - Hunt Group A.ogg]]
 
===[[Chromophone Band]]===
 
===[[Chromophone Band]]===
[[File:Chromophone Band.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Chromophone Band}}
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===[[Towards Tomorrow]]===
 
===[[Towards Tomorrow]]===
 
{{Spectrogallery|Towards Tomorrow}}
 
{{Spectrogallery|Towards Tomorrow}}
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==1968==
 
==1968==
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===[[Door To Door]]===
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{{Spectrogallery|Door To Door}}
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===[[Pot Au Feu]]===
 
===[[Pot Au Feu]]===
From [[BBC Radiophonic Music]]
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From [[BBC Radiophonic Music]]<BR>
 
{{Spectrogallery|Pot Au Feu}}
 
{{Spectrogallery|Pot Au Feu}}
  
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===[[The Naked Sun]]===
 
===[[The Naked Sun]]===
* "[[Heat Haze]]" [[File:Heat Haze.ogg]]
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* "[[Heat Haze]]"
* "[[Frozen Waste]]" [[File:Frozen Waste.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Heat Haze}}
* "[[Icy Peak]]" [[File:Icy Peak.ogg]]
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* "[[Frozen Waste]]"
* Scene 4 [[File:The Naked Sun - Scene 4.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Frozen Waste}}
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* "[[Icy Peak]]"
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{{Spectrogallery|Icy Peak}}
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* 01. Prologue
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 01. Prologue}}
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* 02. The Solarian Transport Capsule in motion
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 02. The Solarian Transport Capsule in motion}}
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* 03. Making contact with Doctor Thool
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 03. Making contact with Doctor Thool}}
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* 04. Making contact with Mrs Delmarre
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 04. Making contact with Mrs Delmarre}}
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* 05. Dramatic crescendo
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 05. Dramatic crescendo}}
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* 06. Gruer is poisoned
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 06. Gruer is poisoned}}
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* 07. Scene change
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 07. Scene change}}
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* 08. Contact with Doctor Leebig
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 08. Contact with Doctor Leebig}}
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* 09. She hated her husband
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 09. She hated her husband}}
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* 10. Landscape, peaceful and serene
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 10. Landscape, peaceful and serene}}
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* 11. Earth contact from Undersecretary Minnim
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 11. Earth contact from Undersecretary Minnim}}
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* 12. Scene change + busy, high pitched note
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 12. Scene change + busy, high pitched note}}
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* 13. Removing the robot's arm
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 13. Removing the robot's arm}}
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* 14. Filler
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 14. Filler}}
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* 15. Crash End
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 15. Crash End}}
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* 16. Epilogue
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{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 16. Epilogue}}
  
 
===[[Anything Goes]]===
 
===[[Anything Goes]]===
 
Reconstructed from her manuscript and played on a cheesy MIDI piano [[File:Anything Goes.ogg]]
 
Reconstructed from her manuscript and played on a cheesy MIDI piano [[File:Anything Goes.ogg]]
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===[[I Think in Shapes]]===
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{{Spectrogallery|I Think in Shapes - clip}}
  
 
===[[Work Is A Four Letter Word]]===
 
===[[Work Is A Four Letter Word]]===
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===[[Clothes]]===
 
===[[Clothes]]===
* [[File:Clothes.ogg]]
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Reconstructed from Delia's score and played on a cheesy electric piano
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[[File:Clothes.ogg]]
  
 
==1969==
 
==1969==
 
===[[Environmental Studies]]===
 
===[[Environmental Studies]]===
* From [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21]] [[File:Environmental Studies.ogg]]
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* From [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21]]
* From Gnutella, a semitone higher and with attack on the bells [[File:Environmental Studies from Gnutella.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Environmental Studies}}
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* From Gnutella, a semitone higher and with attack on the bells
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{{Spectrogallery|Environmental Studies from Gnutella}}
  
 
===[[Chronicle]]===
 
===[[Chronicle]]===
[[File:Chronicle.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Chronicle}}
  
 
===[[John Peel's Voice]]===
 
===[[John Peel's Voice]]===
[[File:John Peel's Voice.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|John Peel's Voice}}
  
 
===[[Great Zoos of the World]]===
 
===[[Great Zoos of the World]]===
From [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21]] [[File:Great Zoos of the World.ogg]]
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From [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21]]<BR>
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{{Spectrogallery|Great Zoos of the World}}
  
 
===[[Shakespeare's Hamlet]]===
 
===[[Shakespeare's Hamlet]]===
* 1st apparition [[File:Shakespeare's Hamlet - 1st apparition.ogg]]
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* 1st apparition
* 2nd apparition [[File:Shakespeare's Hamlet - 2nd apparition.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Shakespeare's Hamlet - 1st apparition}}
* 3rd apparition [[File:Shakespeare's Hamlet - 3rd apparition.ogg]]
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* 2nd apparition
* 4th apparition [[File:Shakespeare's Hamlet - 4th apparition.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Shakespeare's Hamlet - 2nd apparition}}
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* 3rd apparition
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{{Spectrogallery|Shakespeare's Hamlet - 3rd apparition}}
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* 4th apparition
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{{Spectrogallery|Shakespeare's Hamlet - 4th apparition}}
  
 
===[[ESL104]]===
 
===[[ESL104]]===
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=== [[Aztec]] ===
 
=== [[Aztec]] ===
* 01. Chronicle Title Theme [[File:Aztec - 01. Chronicle Title Theme.ogg]]
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* 01. Chronicle Title Theme
* 02. Mayan architecture [[File:Aztec - 02. Mayan architecture.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 01. Chronicle Title Theme}}
* 03. The Aztec Empire [[File:Aztec - 03. The Aztec Empire.ogg]]
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* 02. Mayan architecture
* 04. Aztec Culture at Tenochtitlan [[File:Aztec - 04. Aztec Culture at Tenochtitlan.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 02. Mayan architecture}}
* 05. Human Sacrifice and Aztec Gods [[File:Aztec - 05. Human Sacrifice and Aztec Gods.ogg]]
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* 03. The Aztec Empire
* 06. Portents of Doom [[File:Aztec - 06. Portents of Doom.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 03. The Aztec Empire}}
* 07. Running Red with Human Blood [[File:Aztec - 07. Running Red with Human Blood.ogg]]
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* 04. Aztec Culture at Tenochtitlan
* 08. Between Two Great Volcanoes [[File:Aztec - 08. Between Two Great Volcanoes.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 04. Aztec Culture at Tenochtitlan}}
* 09. Five human hearts, still warm and steaming [[File:Aztec - 09. Five human hearts, still warm and steaming.ogg]]
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* 05. Human Sacrifice and Aztec Gods
* 10. Skull racks [[File:Aztec - 10. Skull racks.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 05. Human Sacrifice and Aztec Gods}}
* 11. Exquisite featherwork [[File:Aztec - 11. Exquisite featherwork.ogg]]
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* 06. Portents of Doom
* 12. The Smoking Mirror [[File:Aztec - 12. The Smoking Mirror.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 06. Portents of Doom}}
* 13. La Noche Triste [[File:Aztec - 13. La Noche Triste.ogg]]
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* 07. Running Red with Human Blood
* 14. The Final Assault, Impaled heads and the Defeat of the Aztecs [[File:Aztec - 14. The Final Assault, Impaled heads and the Defeat of the Aztecs.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 07. Running Red with Human Blood}}
* 15. The Fall of Tenochtitlan [[File:Aztec - 15. The Fall of Tenochtitlan.ogg]]
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* 08. Between Two Great Volcanoes
* 16. What Remains is Regret [[File:Aztec - 16. What Remains is Regret.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 08. Between Two Great Volcanoes}}
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* 09. Five human hearts, still warm and steaming
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 09. Five human hearts, still warm and steaming}}
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* 10. Skull racks
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 10. Skull racks}}
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* 11. Exquisite featherwork
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 11. Exquisite featherwork}}
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* 12. The Smoking Mirror
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 12. The Smoking Mirror}}
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* 13. La Noche Triste
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 13. La Noche Triste}}
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* 14. The Final Assault, Impaled heads and the Defeat of the Aztecs
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 14. The Final Assault, Impaled heads and the Defeat of the Aztecs}}
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* 15. The Fall of Tenochtitlan
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 15. The Fall of Tenochtitlan}}
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* 16. What Remains is Regret
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{{Spectrogallery|Aztec - 16. What Remains is Regret}}
  
 
==1970==
 
==1970==
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Created in February 1970, broadcast in March.
 
Created in February 1970, broadcast in March.
 
* 1. Opening theme
 
* 1. Opening theme
[[File:The Bagman - 1. Opening Theme.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|The Bagman - 1. Opening Theme}}
 
* 2. Dreaming in Highgate Wood
 
* 2. Dreaming in Highgate Wood
[[File:The Bagman - 2. Dreaming in Highgate Wood.ogg]] reissued as [[Phantoms of Darkness]] [[File:Phantoms of Darkness.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|The Bagman - 2. Dreaming in Highgate Wood}}
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reissued as [[Phantoms of Darkness]]<BR>{{Spectrogallery|Phantoms of Darkness}}
 
* 3. Dreaming at the Ministers
 
* 3. Dreaming at the Ministers
[[File:The Bagman - 3. Dreaming at the Ministers.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|The Bagman - 3. Dreaming at the Ministers}}
 
* 4. Vocal fanfare
 
* 4. Vocal fanfare
[[File:The Bagman - 4. Vocal Fanfare.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|The Bagman - 4. Vocal Fanfare}}
 
* 5. Percussive Phantoms
 
* 5. Percussive Phantoms
[[File:The Bagman - 5. Percussive Phantoms.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|The Bagman - 5. Percussive Phantoms}}
 
* 6. The Little People
 
* 6. The Little People
[[File:The Bagman - 6. The Little People.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|The Bagman - 6. The Little People}}
 
* 7. Huge Steel-Shod Foot
 
* 7. Huge Steel-Shod Foot
[[File:The Bagman - 7. Huge Steel-Shod Foot.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|The Bagman - 7. Huge Steel-Shod Foot}}
 
* 8. The Gypsy Woman
 
* 8. The Gypsy Woman
[[File:The Bagman - 8. The Gypsy Woman.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|The Bagman - 8. The Gypsy Woman}}
 
* 9. Closing theme
 
* 9. Closing theme
[[File:The Bagman - 9. Closing Theme.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|The Bagman - 9. Closing Theme}}
  
 
=== [[Music of Spheres]] ===
 
=== [[Music of Spheres]] ===
Completed shortly before 10th March 1970; first broadcast 4 November 1970
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Completed shortly before 10th March 1970; first broadcast 4 November 1970<BR>
[[File:Music of Spheres.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Music of Spheres}}
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=== [[Petya's Dream]] ===
 
=== [[Petya's Dream]] ===
First broadcast 28th April 1970
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First broadcast 28th April 1970.<BR>
[[File:Petya's Dream.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Petya's Dream}}
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=== [[Radio Solent]] ===
 
=== [[Radio Solent]] ===
[[File:Radio Solent.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Radio Solent}}
  
 
==1971==
 
==1971==
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=== [[Tutankhamun's Egypt]] ===
 
=== [[Tutankhamun's Egypt]] ===
[[File:Tutankhamun's Egypt.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Tutankhamun's Egypt}}
  
 
=== [[Travelling in Winter]] ===
 
=== [[Travelling in Winter]] ===
[[Dreaming]] from [[Out Of This World]] [[File:Dreaming.ogg]]
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* [[Dreaming]] from [[Out Of This World]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Dreaming}}
  
 
=== [[O Fat White Woman]] ===
 
=== [[O Fat White Woman]] ===
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=== [[Circle of Light]] ===
 
=== [[Circle of Light]] ===
[[File:Circle of Light.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Circle of Light}}
  
 
=== [[Shadow of the Pharoah]] ===
 
=== [[Shadow of the Pharoah]] ===
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=== [[Play for Today - Title Music]] ===
 
=== [[Play for Today - Title Music]] ===
[[File:Play for Today title music.ogg]]
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{{Spectrogallery|Play for Today title music}}
  
 
==1973==
 
==1973==
 
=== [[Music of the Spheres]] ===
 
=== [[Music of the Spheres]] ===
From ''The Ascent of Man'' episode 5, 44:47-46:54 [[File:Music of the Spheres.ogg]]
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From ''The Ascent of Man'' episode 5, 44:47-46:54<BR>
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{{Spectrogallery|Music of the Spheres}}
  
 
=== [[The Legend of Hell House]] ===
 
=== [[The Legend of Hell House]] ===

Revision as of 13:02, 16 May 2017

The software used to produce the log-frequency-axis spectrograms used here was written specially for the WikiDelia.

If you'd like spectrograms of your own music, you can write.

Contents

Undated

Air

Air - Spectrogram.jpg

Music to Undress to

Reconstructed from Delia's manuscript score and played on a cheesy MIDI piano

The Delian Mode

The Delian Mode - Spectrogram.jpg

1962

Time On Our Hands

Time On Our Hands - Spectrogram.jpg

City Music

City Music - Spectrogram.jpg

Arabic Science and Industry

Arabic Science and Industry - Spectrogram.jpg

Closed Planet

  • Opening

Closed Planet - Opening - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Meteor warning and strike

Closed Planet - Meteor warning and strike - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Chords "This is understood"

Closed Planet - Chords "This is understood" - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Ship landing

Closed Planet - Ship landing - Spectrogram.jpg

  • End of shift hooter

Closed Planet - End of shift hooter - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Arrival of the flycar

Closed Planet - Arrival of the flycar - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Good Night

Closed Planet - Good night - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Takeoff

Closed Planet - Takeoff - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Landing

Closed Planet - Landing - Spectrogram.jpg

  • Ship takeoff and outro

Closed Planet - Ship takeoff and outro - Spectrogram.jpg

1963

Know Your Car

Know Your Car - Spectrogram.jpg

Radio Newsreel

Radio Newsreel - Spectrogram.jpg

Doctor Who

Doctor Who - Spectrogram.jpg

1964

Mattachin

From BBC Radiophonic Music
Mattachin - Spectrogram.jpg

Talk Out

Talk Out - Spectrogram.jpg

Science and Health

From BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21
Science and Health - Spectrogram.jpg

The Cyprian Queen

Clip from Wee Have Also Sound Houses

The Anger of Achilles

  • 1. Achilles' plea to his goddess mother Thetis (1:13)

The Anger of Achilles 1 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 2. Thunderclap (0:13)

The Anger of Achilles 2 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 3. The sending of the false dream to Agamemnon (2:00)

The Anger of Achilles 3 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 4. Father Zeus' message, thunderclap, horse effects (1:08)

The Anger of Achilles 4 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 5. Thetis theme reprise (0:36)

The Anger of Achilles 5 - Spectrogram.jpg

Invention for Radio #1: The Dreams

  • 1. Running (8:08) The Dreams - 1. Running - Spectrogram.jpg


  • 2. Falling (8:45) The Dreams - 2. Falling - Spectrogram.jpg


  • 3. Land (7:02) The Dreams - 3. Land - Spectrogram.jpg


  • 4. Sea (8:31) The Dreams - 4. Sea - Spectrogram.jpg


  • 5. Colour (6:23) The Dreams - 5. Colour - Spectrogram.jpg


A shorter version was prepared for overseas broadcast

  • The Dreams Tx (Third) 5.1.1964 (27:24)

with:

  • 1. Running (3:48)
  • 2. Falling (7:47)
  • 3. Sea (8:31)
  • 4. Colour (6:23)

Invention for Radio #2: Amor Dei

Amor Dei - 1. Groping towards God - Spectrogram.jpg

Amor Dei - 2. Rorate Coeli - Spectrogram.jpg

Amor Dei - 3. I'd like to believe in God but... - Spectrogram.jpg

Amor Dei - 4. There IS a God! - Spectrogram.jpg

1965

Invention for Radio #3: The Afterlife

Recorded from the radio

with

  • 1. "Death is going from shadow into reality" (7:47)
  • 2. "It's just like going to sleep" (11:09)
  • 3. "Light. Everywhere is light." (10:30)
  • 4. "Death is just a changing" (10:14)

Invention for Radio #4: The Evenings of Certain Lives

Oranges and Lemons

Oranges and Lemons - Spectrogram.jpg

1966

Ziwzih Ziwzih OO-OO-OO

From BBC Radiophonic Music
Ziwzih Ziwzih OO-OO-OO - Spectrogram.jpg

Moogies Bloogies

From delia-derbyshire.org
Moogies Bloogies - Spectrogram.jpg

Way Out

From Music from The Tomorrow People
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A Game of Chess

From Delia's listening copy of final tape, 21st September 1966:

  • 1. King solo

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  • 2. Bishop solo

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  • 3. Queen solo

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  • 4. Pawn solo (1)

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  • 5. Pawn solo (2)

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  • 6. Knight solo

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  • 7. Castle solo

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  • 8. Pawn and Knight duet

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  • 9. King and Queen duet

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  • 10. Castle and Bishop Duet

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  • 11. Game A

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  • 12. Game B

A Game of Chess - 12. Game B - Spectrogram.jpg

1967

Happy Birthday

Score is dated "3.67"; first broadcast on 30th April 1968.
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A New View of Politics

From BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21
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Ape and Essence

Reconstructed from her manuscript and played on a cheesy MIDI piano

Chromophone Band

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Towards Tomorrow

Towards Tomorrow - Spectrogram.jpg

Blue Veils and Golden Sands

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Macbeth (1967)

1968

Door To Door

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Pot Au Feu

From BBC Radiophonic Music
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Le Pont Mirabeau

Reconstructed from her manuscript and played on a cheesy MIDI piano

The Naked Sun

Heat Haze - Spectrogram.jpg

Frozen Waste - Spectrogram.jpg

Icy Peak - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 01. Prologue

The Naked Sun - 01. Prologue - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 02. The Solarian Transport Capsule in motion

The Naked Sun - 02. The Solarian Transport Capsule in motion - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 03. Making contact with Doctor Thool

The Naked Sun - 03. Making contact with Doctor Thool - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 04. Making contact with Mrs Delmarre

The Naked Sun - 04. Making contact with Mrs Delmarre - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 05. Dramatic crescendo

The Naked Sun - 05. Dramatic crescendo - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 06. Gruer is poisoned

The Naked Sun - 06. Gruer is poisoned - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 07. Scene change

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  • 08. Contact with Doctor Leebig

The Naked Sun - 08. Contact with Doctor Leebig - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 09. She hated her husband

The Naked Sun - 09. She hated her husband - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 10. Landscape, peaceful and serene

The Naked Sun - 10. Landscape, peaceful and serene - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 11. Earth contact from Undersecretary Minnim

The Naked Sun - 11. Earth contact from Undersecretary Minnim - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 12. Scene change + busy, high pitched note

The Naked Sun - 12. Scene change + busy, high pitched note - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 13. Removing the robot's arm

The Naked Sun - 13. Removing the robot's arm - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 14. Filler

The Naked Sun - 14. Filler - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 15. Crash End

The Naked Sun - 15. Crash End - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 16. Epilogue

The Naked Sun - 16. Epilogue - Spectrogram.jpg

Anything Goes

Reconstructed from her manuscript and played on a cheesy MIDI piano

I Think in Shapes

I Think in Shapes - clip - Spectrogram.jpg

Work Is A Four Letter Word

  • 1. First theme: "I love you, Betty"

Work Is A Four Letter Word - 1 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 2. Second theme; semitone chord theme: "Mrs Murray? You're beautiful"

Work Is A Four Letter Word - 2 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 3. Delia's theme; first theme reprise: "Val, oh Val, you have such lovely ears"

Work Is A Four Letter Word - 3 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 4. Climbing theme; second theme: "They had been climbing, it seemed, for hours

Work Is A Four Letter Word - 4 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 5. Spangles; Delia's theme

Work Is A Four Letter Word - 5 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 6. Second theme reprise

Work Is A Four Letter Word - 6 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 7. Second theme slow: "I'm just gonna see to me mushrooms, Betty"

Work Is A Four Letter Word - 7 - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 8. Acciaccatura theme

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  • 9. Semitone cheeps and mushroom-eating finale

Work Is A Four Letter Word - 9 - Spectrogram.jpg

An Electric Storm

Love Without Sound

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My Game of Loving

My Game of Loving - Spectrogram.jpg

Here come the Fleas

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Firebird

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Your Hidden Dreams

Your Hidden Dreams - Spectrogram.jpg

The Visitation

The Visitation - Spectrogram.jpg

The Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell

The Black Mass - Spectrogram.jpg

Clothes

Reconstructed from Delia's score and played on a cheesy electric piano

1969

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies from Gnutella - Spectrogram.jpg

  • From Gnutella, a semitone higher and with attack on the bells

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Chronicle

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John Peel's Voice

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Great Zoos of the World

From BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21
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Shakespeare's Hamlet

  • 1st apparition

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  • 2nd apparition

Shakespeare's Hamlet - 2nd apparition - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 3rd apparition

Shakespeare's Hamlet - 3rd apparition - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 4th apparition

Shakespeare's Hamlet - 4th apparition - Spectrogram.jpg

ESL104

Lure of the Space Goddess

Lure of the Space Goddess - Spectrogram.jpg

Gothic Submarine

Gothic Submarine - Spectrogram.jpg

London Lemons (9 themes)

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Restless Relays

Restless Relays - Spectrogram.jpg

Planetarium

Planetarium - Spectrogram.jpg

Way Out

Way Out - Spectrogram.jpg

Fresh Aire

Fresh Aire - Spectrogram.jpg

Delia's Theme

Delia's Theme - Spectrogram.jpg

Tentative Delia

Tentative Delia - Spectrogram.jpg

Delia's Idea

Delia's Idea - Spectrogram.jpg

Delia's Psychadelian Waltz

Delia's Psychadelian Waltz - Spectrogram.jpg

Delia's Resolve

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Delia's Dream

Delia's Dream - Spectrogram.jpg

Delia's Reverie

Delia's Reverie - Spectrogram.jpg

Delia's Fulfilment

Delia's Fulfilment - Spectrogram.jpg

Aztec

  • 01. Chronicle Title Theme

Aztec - 01. Chronicle Title Theme - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 02. Mayan architecture

Aztec - 02. Mayan architecture - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 03. The Aztec Empire

Aztec - 03. The Aztec Empire - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 04. Aztec Culture at Tenochtitlan

Aztec - 04. Aztec Culture at Tenochtitlan - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 05. Human Sacrifice and Aztec Gods

Aztec - 05. Human Sacrifice and Aztec Gods - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 06. Portents of Doom

Aztec - 06. Portents of Doom - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 07. Running Red with Human Blood

Aztec - 07. Running Red with Human Blood - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 08. Between Two Great Volcanoes

Aztec - 08. Between Two Great Volcanoes - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 09. Five human hearts, still warm and steaming

Aztec - 09. Five human hearts, still warm and steaming - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 10. Skull racks

Aztec - 10. Skull racks - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 11. Exquisite featherwork

Aztec - 11. Exquisite featherwork - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 12. The Smoking Mirror

Aztec - 12. The Smoking Mirror - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 13. La Noche Triste

Aztec - 13. La Noche Triste - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 14. The Final Assault, Impaled heads and the Defeat of the Aztecs

Aztec - 14. The Final Assault, Impaled heads and the Defeat of the Aztecs - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 15. The Fall of Tenochtitlan

Aztec - 15. The Fall of Tenochtitlan - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 16. What Remains is Regret

Aztec - 16. What Remains is Regret - Spectrogram.jpg

1970

The Bagman

Created in February 1970, broadcast in March.

  • 1. Opening theme

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  • 2. Dreaming in Highgate Wood

The Bagman - 2. Dreaming in Highgate Wood - Spectrogram.jpg

reissued as Phantoms of Darkness
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  • 3. Dreaming at the Ministers

The Bagman - 3. Dreaming at the Ministers - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 4. Vocal fanfare

The Bagman - 4. Vocal Fanfare - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 5. Percussive Phantoms

The Bagman - 5. Percussive Phantoms - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 6. The Little People

The Bagman - 6. The Little People - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 7. Huge Steel-Shod Foot

The Bagman - 7. Huge Steel-Shod Foot - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 8. The Gypsy Woman

The Bagman - 8. The Gypsy Woman - Spectrogram.jpg

  • 9. Closing theme

The Bagman - 9. Closing Theme - Spectrogram.jpg

Music of Spheres

Completed shortly before 10th March 1970; first broadcast 4 November 1970
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Petya's Dream

First broadcast 28th April 1970.
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Radio Solent

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1971

Dance from Noah (Jan 1971)

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I.E.E.100 (May 1971)

Science All Around - Sound (June 1971)

Reconstructed from Delia's manuscripts

Tutankhamun's Egypt

Tutankhamun's Egypt - Spectrogram.jpg

Travelling in Winter

Dreaming - Spectrogram.jpg

O Fat White Woman

1972

Electrosonic

Quest

Quest - Spectrogram.jpg

Quest - fast

Quest - fast - Spectrogram.jpg

Computermatic

Computermatic - Spectrogram.jpg

Frontier of Knowledge

Frontier of Knowledge - Spectrogram.jpg

The Pattern Emerges

The Pattern Emerges - Spectrogram.jpg

Freeze Frame

Freeze Frame - Spectrogram.jpg

Plodding Power

Plodding Power - Spectrogram.jpg

Busy Microbes

Busy Microbes - Spectrogram.jpg

Liquid Energy (a)

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Liquid Energy (b) (rhythm only)

Liquid Energy (b) (rhythm only) - Spectrogram.jpg

No Man's Land

No Man's Land - Spectrogram.jpg

Depression

Depression - Spectrogram.jpg

Nightwalker

Nightwalker - Spectrogram.jpg

Electrostings

Electrostings - Spectrogram.jpg

Electrobuild

Electrobuild - Spectrogram.jpg

Celestial Cantabile

Celestial Cantabile - Spectrogram.jpg

Effervescence

Effervescence - Spectrogram.jpg

The Wizard's Laboratory

The Wizard's Laboratory - Spectrogram.jpg

Shock Chords

Shock Chords - Spectrogram.jpg

Circle of Light

Circle of Light - Spectrogram.jpg

Shadow of the Pharoah

Ways of Seeing - Three Dreams

Play for Today - Title Music

Play for Today title music - Spectrogram.jpg

1973

Music of the Spheres

From The Ascent of Man episode 5, 44:47-46:54
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The Legend of Hell House

  • Opening titles (0:36)
  • Approach to the House (1:17)
  • Closing titles (1:01)

1974

Pompeii

  • Intro (1:26)
  • The Three Theatres (5:26)
  • The Eruption (5:14)

1975

About Bridges

  • Opening titles (3:11)
  • Main theme (0:50)

2001

Synchrondipity Machine