Roy Douglas

Richard Roy Douglas (12 December 1907 – 23 March 2015) was an English composer, pianist and arranger. He worked as musical assistant to William Walton and Ralph Vaughan Williams, made well-known orchestrations of works such as Les Sylphides (based on piano pieces by Chopin) and Richard Addinsell's Warsaw Concerto, and wrote a quantity of original music.

Birth and Death Data: Born Royal Tunbridge Wells (town in Kent, England), Died March 23, 2015 (Royal Tunbridge Wells (town in Kent, England) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano

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Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role	Audio
Gramophone	2EA5648	12-in.	7/9/1937	Nights at the ballet, part 3, no. 2	Walter Goehr	2 pianos and violin (Stravinsky); Orchestra (de Falla)	instrumentalist, piano

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