Science All Around title

Delia created music for a programme "Sound" in the BBC Schools TV series Science All Around.

Delia's plan for the piece describes it as a:

Sig. for Science prog. ‘What's going to happen next’
atmos. of intrigue (not Dr. Who), light and enjoyable
a tune with ground bass of 6 main harmonics and countermelody — 1 min.

made from the sounds of things vibrating: a bowed plate and an ascillator.^[1]

The piece's creation starts with a phone call from producer Robin Gwyn to the workshop, which is taken down in pencilled notes for Desmond Briscoe, who then forwards the work to Delia, who realises something inspired by the resonance patterns that form on Chladni plates in response to different sounds.

Its master tape's catalogue entry is dated June 1971 but the tape is not to be found.^[2]

Papers

DD081626: Scrap of Delia's notes: "Science all around / Michael Toyle [...] Filming here Monday all day"
DD081643: Delia's plan for the piece: "Sound, 9-11 [...] Sig. for science prog. [...] Rec. June 23rd"
DD081659: Pencilled letter from Robin Gwyn to Desmond Briscoe for a programme about Shnadlies [Chladni's!] plate, forwarded to Delia.
DD081729: Delia's notes: "Master final to Athos"
DD081743: Delia's plan for a day's work when someone visits by taxi.
DD081756: Diagrammatic score
DD081808: Diagrammatic chord sequences
DD081825: Drawings of resonating Chladni's plates "A+ C+ F- E+ D C Bb-B"
DD081841: Drawings of resonating Chladni's plates "B- F#+ D+ F#+ G#- E+ G#-"
DD081913: Delia's manuscript including "Impromptu: It came light whilst I was doing my arithmetic"
DD081955: Delia's manuscript "K/bd tuned to F# 710"