Desmond Briscoe

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Desmond Briscoe
Born	(1925-06-21)21 June 1925 Birkenhead
Died	7 December 2006(2006-12-07) (aged 81)

Harry Desmond Briscoe (21 June 1925 – 7 December 2006) was an English composer, sound engineer and studio manager. He was the co-founder and original manager of the pioneering BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Born in Birkenhead, and a drama studio manager for the BBC in the 1950s, Briscoe began to develop an interest in the use of electronic and electroacoustic techniques as a source of material for productions. Along with Daphne Oram, he worked on the BBC Radio production of Samuel Beckett’s All That Fall (Tx:13 January 1957), Giles Cooper's The Disagreeable Oyster (Tx:15 August 1957), and Frederick Bradnum's Private Dreams and Public Nightmares (Tx:7 October 1957). These works featured some of the earliest electronic effects used by the BBC and highlighted the need for a facility to provide such material. In 1958, Briscoe and Oram founded the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, with a remit to provide material for use in BBC radio and television programmes. Some of his first work with the workshop involved providing sounds for the popular science-fiction serial Quatermass and the Pit. Under his direction the Workshop grew from being a small back room department to being one of the most acclaimed electronic studios in the world. He remained with the Workshop until 1983, although he stepped back from organisation duties in 1977. In 1983, with Roy Curtis-Bramwell, he wrote a retrospective of the Workshop entitled The First 25 Years: The BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

The 1969 BBC album "Narrow Boats - Voices, Sounds and Songs of the Canals" (REB 56M) was arranged and produced by Desmond Briscoe, and edited by Dick Mills of the Radiophonic Workshop, using recordings from the BBC Sound Archives.

External links

Desmond Briscoe at the Internet Movie Database
Obituary from The Guardian
Obituary from The Times
Obituary from The Stage
Obituary from Last Word (BBC Radio 4)
Obituary from The Independent

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Discography	"Time Beat" BBC Radiophonic Music Fourth Dimension The Radiophonic Workshop Out of This World Through A Glass Darkly BBC Sound Effects No. 19 – Doctor Who Sound Effects BBC Radiophonic Workshop - 21 BBC Sound Effects No. 26 - Sci-Fi Sound Effects Doctor Who – The Music The Soundhouse The Living Planet - Music from the BBC TV Series Doctor Who – The Music II Doctor Who: 30 Years at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 1: The Early Years 1963–1969 Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings 1970–1980 Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 3: The Leisure Hive Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle Music from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop The John Baker Tapes - Volume One: BBC Radiophonics BBC Radiophonic Workshop - A Retrospective Doctor Who - The Caves of Androzani Doctor Who - The Krotons

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Persondata
Name	Briscoe, Desmond
Alternative names
Short description	British composer
Date of birth	21 June 1925
Place of birth	Birkenhead
Date of death	7 December 2006
Place of death

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