Delia Derbyshire

English musician and composer of electronic music (1937–2001)

Person Human Q29544

Facts

20 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[14]
Date of birth: May 5, 1937
Date of death: July 3, 2001
Place of birth: Coventry
Place of death: Northampton
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[10]
Occupation: composer, engineer, film score composer, electronic musician, musician
Employer: British Broadcasting Corporation^[12]
Educated at: Girton College^[13]
Genre: electronic music^[15]
Official website: www.delia-derbyshire.org^[19]
Cause of death: kidney failure^[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[22]
Described by source: UbuWeb^[21]
Family name: Derbyshire^[17]
Given name: Delia^[18]
Manner of death: natural causes^[20]
Native language: English^[11]
Start of work period: 1959^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

en Delia Ann Derbyshire en Delia Derbyshire ar ديليا ديربيشاير cs Delia Ann Derbyshire da Delia Ann Derbyshire de Delia Ann Derbyshire es Ann Delia Derbyshire he דליה דרבישייר ja デライア・ダービシャー ja デリア・ダービーシャー ja デリア・デービーシャイア pl Delia Ann Derbyshire pt Delia Ann Derbyshire ru Делия Дербишир tr Delia Ann Derbyshire uk Делія Дербішир zh 戴莉亞·德比夏

🔖 Identifiers · 44

ISNI: 0000000077928000
VIAF cluster ID: 120565719
Library of Congress Authorities ID: no2010064160
GND ID: 1080407480
AllMusic artist ID: mn0001525775
BBC Things ID: 4173cb75-33a9-47e0-b6dc-9a121a0b8c46
Deezer artist ID: 1597396
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 1080407480
Discogs artist ID: 131041
Europeana entity: agent/base/61796
FemBio ID: 31770
Film.ru person ID: delia-derbyshire

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Freebase ID: /m/01v76wv
Grove Music Online ID: 2061642
HAND ID: 0562-A1E1-EE53-458E-D6FC
Hoopla artist ID: 520805431
IMDb ID: nm0220262
Kinobox person ID: 852213
Last.fm ID: Delia+Derbyshire
MusicBrainz artist ID: 530068ef-0762-4969-871c-0c2c11e0c105
Musik und Gender im Internet ID: 00000183
MutualArt artist ID: 88F43E379F9C8D24
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000364604
Myspace ID: deliaderbyshirefan, deliaderbyshire
NNDB people ID: 685/000099388
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX5465647
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 76027
PORT person ID: 350532
Pitchfork artist ID: 8153-delia-derbyshire
Plex person key: 5d7768f347dd6e001f6c0fca
Rock's Backpages artist ID: delia-derbyshire
SBN author ID: DDSV389766
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 23571
Songkick artist ID: 635310
Spotify artist ID: 7xVgcD64SOhLoXfCxN7yg8
TMDB person ID: 79922
Tabakalera ID: 103453
Tidal artist ID: 4129103
UK National Archives ID: F78110
WhoSampled artist ID: Delia-Ann-Derbyshire
WikiTree person ID: Derbyshire-241
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJjHjGf69qyWytBkVr8KVC
Yale LUX ID: person/6e5c7ad9-49f6-4a16-b8aa-7cd189379b67
ČSFD person ID: 219471

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 3

composer, engineer, film score composer

Mb:member of band 2

BBC Radiophonic Workshop, White Noise

Cause of death 1

kidney failure

Compositions 1

The Legend of Hell House

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Described by source 1

UbuWeb

Educated at 1

Girton College

Employer 1

British Broadcasting Corporation

Genre 1

electronic music

Given name 1

Delia

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Native language 1

English

Place of birth 1

Coventry

Place of death 1

Northampton

Sex or gender 1

female

← Producer 1

Doctor Who theme music

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Summary

Delia Derbyshire was born on May 5, 1937^[1], in Coventry^[2]. She died on July 3, 2001^[3], in Northampton^[4]. She worked as a composer^[5], engineer^[6], film score composer^[7], electronic musician^[8], and musician^[9].

FAQs

Where was Delia Derbyshire born?

Delia Derbyshire was born in Coventry^[2].

Where did Delia Derbyshire die?

Delia Derbyshire died in Northampton^[4].

What did Delia Derbyshire do for work?

Delia Derbyshire worked as a composer^[5], engineer^[6], film score composer^[7], electronic musician^[8], and musician^[9].

Where did Delia Derbyshire go to school?

Delia Derbyshire was educated at Girton College^[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — place of birth (P19): Coventry. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — place of death (P20): Northampton. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — sex or gender (P21): female. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-07-12. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — educated at (P69): Girton College. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — native language (P103): English. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — occupation (P106): engineer. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — occupation (P106): film score composer. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — occupation (P106): electronic musician. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — employer (P108): British Broadcasting Corporation. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-11. bbc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — genre (P136): electronic music. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — cause of death (P509): kidney failure. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — date of birth (P569): May 5, 1937. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-01-10. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — date of death (P570): July 3, 2001. IMDb. Retrieved 2016-01-10. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — family name (P734): Derbyshire. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — given name (P735): Delia. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — official website (P856): http://www.delia-derbyshire.org/. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — described by source (P1343): UbuWeb. ubu.com. Retrieved 2017-02-10. ubu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Delia Derbyshire — start of work period (P2031): 1959. wikidata.org.

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