Electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire is to be celebrated in her home town of Coventry with a dedicated museum exhibition.
The Coventry Music Museum’s will open a permanent display to the artist on 10 December.
This new exhibition will reconstruct part of The Radiophonic Workshop, the place where Delia, often used everyday objects to create unique musical works.
The museum has been gifted various items that belonged to Delia herself including her personal tape recorder and her own copy of the Doctor Who theme, all loaned by her partner Clive Blackburn, who will also open the exhibition. Her control desk has also been lovingly recreated.
Pete Chambers, Coventry Music Museum’s director curator, said: ‘It's been something of a labour of love to make this happen, but it feels very much like ‘mission accomplished’.
‘Finally having a place that celebrates her genius in her birth city is a great feeling, and one that hopefully our visitors will enjoy.’
Although she was born and brought up in Coventry, much of her archive is at the University of Manchester.
Visit covmm.co.uk to find out more.
The Coventry Music Museum’s will open a permanent display to the artist on 10 December.
This new exhibition will reconstruct part of The Radiophonic Workshop, the place where Delia, often used everyday objects to create unique musical works.
The museum has been gifted various items that belonged to Delia herself including her personal tape recorder and her own copy of the Doctor Who theme, all loaned by her partner Clive Blackburn, who will also open the exhibition. Her control desk has also been lovingly recreated.
Pete Chambers, Coventry Music Museum’s director curator, said: ‘It's been something of a labour of love to make this happen, but it feels very much like ‘mission accomplished’.
‘Finally having a place that celebrates her genius in her birth city is a great feeling, and one that hopefully our visitors will enjoy.’
Although she was born and brought up in Coventry, much of her archive is at the University of Manchester.
Visit covmm.co.uk to find out more.
