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[[James Percival]] is a student whose BA thesis at Oxford was about Delia's music and who is currently working on his PhD at the University of Manchester, making an index to the [[Attic Tapes]] and [[Attic Papers]].
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[[James Percival]'s BA thesis at Oxford was about Delia's music, his 2013 Masters thesis was "Delia Derbyshire's creative process"<ref>[http://man-fe.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?doc=44MAN_ALMA_DS21243398290001631 Library index card for "Delia Derbyshire's Creative Process"], available at the University of Manchester's Lenagan Library.</ref>  and he is currently "Musicologist, Delia Derbyshire Archive" at Manchester University<ref>[http://www.novars.manchester.ac.uk/people/postgraduate/jpercival/ James Percival's page on novars.manchester.ac.uk]</ref> and he made index to the [[Attic Tapes]] and [[Attic Papers]].
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He has also written a paper ''"Review of "[[Special Sound]]: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop"'' and given a talk ''"Beyond 'Doctor Who': (re)discoveries from Delia Derbyshire's tape archive"''.<ref>[http://oxford.academia.edu/JamesPercival James Percival's entry on academia.edu]</ref>
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None of these seem to have been published.
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He was a panel member at the first Delia Derbyshire Day event in 2013.<ref name=fword/>
  
 
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“There was a perception by [BBC] musicians at the time that the BBC Radiophonic workshop would put them out of business. Now, THAT got her back up.”<ref>[http://www.thefword.org.uk/2013/02/delia_derbyshire_day/ ''Delia get her day''] review of "Delia Derbyshire Day 2013"] at thefword.org</ref>
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“There was a perception by [BBC] musicians at the time that the BBC Radiophonic workshop would put them out of business. Now, THAT got her back up.”<ref name=fword>[http://www.thefword.org.uk/2013/02/delia_derbyshire_day/ ''Delia get her day''] review of "Delia Derbyshire Day 2013"] at thefword.org</ref>
 
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=External links=
 
=External links=
* [http://www.novars.manchester.ac.uk/people/postgraduate/jpercival/ James Percival's page on novars.manchester.ac.uk]
 
 
* [https://twitter.com/jamespercival James Percival on Twitter] where he occasionally posts Delian news
 
* [https://twitter.com/jamespercival James Percival on Twitter] where he occasionally posts Delian news
  

Revision as of 14:13, 28 December 2015

James Percival

[[James Percival]'s BA thesis at Oxford was about Delia's music, his 2013 Masters thesis was "Delia Derbyshire's creative process"[1] and he is currently "Musicologist, Delia Derbyshire Archive" at Manchester University[2] and he made index to the Attic Tapes and Attic Papers.

He has also written a paper "Review of "Special Sound: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop" and given a talk "Beyond 'Doctor Who': (re)discoveries from Delia Derbyshire's tape archive".[3]

None of these seem to have been published.

He was a panel member at the first Delia Derbyshire Day event in 2013.[4]

“There was a perception by [BBC] musicians at the time that the BBC Radiophonic workshop would put them out of business. Now, THAT got her back up.”[4]

External links

References

  1. Library index card for "Delia Derbyshire's Creative Process", available at the University of Manchester's Lenagan Library.
  2. James Percival's page on novars.manchester.ac.uk
  3. James Percival's entry on academia.edu
  4. 4.0 4.1 Delia get her day review of "Delia Derbyshire Day 2013"] at thefword.org