- A CHRONOLOGY -
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CAREY BLYTON - A CHRONOLOGY - |
This
section takes, unsurprisingly, a chronological view of Carey's life and sets it
against the background of
local (ie. UK) and world events - aiming to give some insight into the times in
which Carey lived
and the events which may have shaped his life.
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| 1932 - Carey would be born this year | |
| 14 March | Carey Blyton was born, in Beckenham, Kent, UK. |
| Also in 1932 | |
| George V is on
the English throne, Ramsay MacDonald is Prime Minister (1929-35). Arnold Bax would be 49, Martinu 42, Shostakovich 26, Sibelius 67, Stockhausen 4, Cage 20 & deFalla 56. Franklin Roosevelt is president of USA, the Great Depression in America is just ending & Walt Disney creates Mickey Mouse! |
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| 1934 - Carey would be 2 this year | |
| Also in 1934 | |
| Peter Maxwell
Davies is born. Josef Stalin 'purges' begin in Russia. |
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| 1935 - Carey would be 3 this year | |
| Also in 1935 | |
| Stanley Baldwin
becomes UK Prime Minister again (1923-24, 1924-29, 1935-37). George Gershwin composes Porgy and Bess. |
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| 1936 - Carey would be 4 this year |
| Also in 1936 |
| George V dies and is
replaced by Edward VIII, Edward VIII abdicates over Mrs Wallace Simpson and is replaced by George VI. Hitler & Mussolini proclaim Rome-Berlin Axis, Germany builds Siegfried Line, Civil War in Spain. |
| 1937 - Carey would be 5 this year |
| Also in 1937 |
| Neville Chamberlain becomes
UK Prime Minister (1937-40). Picasso paints Guernica, Carl Orff composes Carmina Burana, Ravel and Gershwin die. |
| 1939 - Carey would be 7 this year | |
| Also in 1939 | |
| Hitler invades
Poland, starting World War II. James Joyce writes Finnegan's Wake, John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath and Aaron Copeland Billy the Kid. |
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| 1940 - Carey would be 8 this year |
| Also in 1940 |
| Winston Churchill becomes
UK Prime Minister for first time (1940-45, 1951-55). Many artists flee Europe to USA, including Bartok and Hindemith. |
| 1941 - Carey would be 9 this year | |
| Also in 1941 | |
| Japan attacks
Pearl Harbour, bringing America into WW II, also invade Phillipines. Shostakovich composes Symphony No.7 (about Nazi invasion of Russia). |
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| 1944 - Carey would be 12 this year | |
| Carey is a wartime evacuee, to a rectory in West Lydford, Somerset. | |
| Also in 1944 | |
| 1945 - Carey would be 13 this year | |
| Also in 1945 | |
| The first (and
second) atom bombs are used, World War II
ends,
the UN Charter is signed. Clement Attlee becomes UK Prime Minister (1945-51), Harry Truman becomes president USA. Bartok composes Piano Concerto No.3, Benjamin Britten writes Peter Grimes. Bartok and Webern die. |
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| 1947 - Carey would be 15 this year | |
| Carey contracted polio this year, he would convalesce during 1947 and 1948. | |
| Also in 1947 | |
| India would
gain its independence this year. The transistor is invented. Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw (about concentration camps), Prokofiev: War and Peace. |
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| 1950 - Carey would be 18 this year | |
| Carey became an
undergraduate in Faculty of Natural Sciences, University College, London,
reading Zoology, he was a founding member of 'The Beckenham Salon' this year. | |
| Also in 1950 | |
| The first hydrogen bomb exploded. | |
| 1951 - Carey would be 19 this year | |
| Carey abandoned his studies at UCL, started work as a Research Assistant for the Gas Council. | |
| Also in 1951 | |
| NATO is formed,
the Korean War happens. Schoenberg dies, Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress. |
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| 1953 - Carey would be 21 this year |
| Carey marries Pat Dennis,
but they were separated / divorced by 1957 or so. Carey entered Trinity College, London. |
| Also in 1953 |
| George VI dies and Queen Elizabeth II acceded
to the throne of England. Hillary & Tensing conquer Everest for the first time. Arnold Bax would die this year. Sir Arthur Bliss becomes Master of the Queen's Musick. Colour television would be introduced this year. Karlheinz Stockhausen: Electronic Studie I, Klavierstucke, Kontrapunkte, Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot. |
| 1954 - Carey would be 22 this year |
| 'The Beckenham Salon'
gave its last public concert, after which its activities were wound up. Carey won the Sir Granville Bantock Prize for Composition. |
| Also in 1954 |
| The first Polio vaccination
is given this year. MacCarthyism rife in USA. Nabokov: Lolita. |
| 1955 - Carey would be 23 this year |
| Also in 1955 |
| Anthony Eden becomes UK
Prime Minister (1955-57). Pierre Boulez: Le Marteau sans maitre, WH Auden: The Shield of Achilles. |
| 1957 - Carey would be 25 this year | |
| Carey obtained
his B.Mus (London) degree, he was awarded a scholarship by the Sir Winston Churchill Endowment fund, in Copenhagen. He wrote Lyrics from the Chinese (voice & string quintet). | |
| Also in 1957 | |
| Harold
Macmillan becomes UK Prime Minister (1957-63). Sputnik I launched by USSR, race riots in Little Rock, Arkansas. Bernstein: West Side Story. |
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| 1958 - Carey would be 26 this year | |
| Carey returned from
Copenhagen and became Music Editor to Mills Music Ltd, he first met Mary Mills (no relation to Mills Music!), later to become Mary Blyton. | |
| Also in 1958 | |
| Stravinsky: Threni. | |
| 1961 - Carey would be 29 this year | |
| 28 October | Carey Blyton married Mary Josephine Mills in Beckenham Congregational Church. |
| Also in 1961 | |
| The Berlin Wall
is built, Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space. Henry Miller: Tropic of Cancer, Cage: Music for Carillon 4. |
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| 1962 - Carey would be 30 this year | |
| Carey & Mary move into
Richard Rodney Bennett's old flat in Marylebone High Street. The first performance of Carey's Suite: The Cinque Ports. |
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| Also in 1962 | |
| Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Stravinsky: A Sermon, a Narrative, and a Prayer, Albee: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. | |
| 1963 - Carey would be 31 this year | |
| Carey started to work in the field of Documentary Film & Television. | |
| 1963 to 1971 | Carey was Benjamin Britten's personal editor. |
| 1963 to 1973 | Carey was Professor of Harmony, Counterpoint and Orchestration at Trinity College of Music in London. |
| 1963 to 1971 | Carey wrote the music tracks for some 30 TV commercials. |
| Also in 1963 | |
| John Fitzgerald
Kennedy (JFK) was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Martin Luther King leads Civil Rights marches. Alec Douglas-Home becomes UK Prime Minister (1963-64). |
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| 1964 - Carey would be 32 this year | |
| 1964 to 1974 | Carey was Music Editor to
the Music Department of Faber & Faber, becoming Benjamin Britten's personal Editor. The Silly Flea (SATB) is published by Novello. |
| Also in 1964 | |
| 'Beatlemania'
sweeps the world. Harold Wilson becomes UK Prime Minister (1964-70, 74-76). Stravinsky: Elegy for JFK. |
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| 1965 - Carey would be 33 this year | |
| Carey & Mary move to
Swanley in Kent, where Son No.1 (Matthew James) is born. Carey 'masterminds' a concert in the Dartford Rural Arts Festival. |
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| Also in 1965 | |
| Cage: Rozart Mix. | |
| 1966 - Carey would be 34 this year | |
| Also in 1966 | |
| England win
football's World Cup. Harold Pinter: The Homecoming. |
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| 1967 - Carey would be 35 this year | |
| Carey would write his concert overture The Hobbit this year. | |
| Also in 1967 | |
| Quasars
discovered. Stockhausen: Hymnen, The Beatles: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band. |
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| 1968 - Carey would be 36 this year | |
| Also in 1968 | |
| Martin Luther
King is assassinated this year, as is Robert Kennedy. Britten: The Prodigal Son. |
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| 1969 - Carey would be 37 this year | |
| Also in 1969 | |
| Neil Armstrong
is the first man to walk on the Moon. Kent State University students killed by police whilst protesting war. |
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| 1970 - Carey would be 38 this year | |
| Also in 1970 | |
| Edward Heath becomes UK Prime Minister (1970-74). | |
| 1971 - Carey would be 39 this year | |
| Son No.2 (Daniel Carey) was born. | |
| Also in 1971 | |
| Indo-Pakistan
war. Stravinsky dies. |
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| 1972 - Carey would be 40 this year | |
| 1972 to 1983 | Carey was Visiting Professor of
Composition for Film, Television & Radio at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London. | Carey writes 'Bananas in Pyjamas' which would later "make his fortune". |
| Also in 1972 | |
| Attempted bugging of Watergate offices starts train of events leading to impeachment of Richard Nixon. | |
| 1973 - Carey would be 41 this year | |
| 'Bananas in Pyjamas' is taken up by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. | |
| Also in 1973 | |
| 1974 - Carey would be 42 this year | |
| Carey & Mary move to 'Hawthorden' in Swanley, Kent. | |
| Also in 1974 | |
| Richard Nixon resigns over Watergate scandal. | |
| 1975 - Carey would be 43 this year | |
| Carey would write The Oceans of the Moon for solo guitar this year. | |
| Also in 1975 | |
| Philip Glass's opera: Einstein on the Beach. | |
| 1976 - Carey would be 44 this year | |
| Carey would write his opera The Girl from Nogami this year. | |
| Also in 1976 | |
| The first
commercial, transatlantic flight of Concorde takes place. Benjamin Britten would die this year. James Callaghan would become UK Prime Minister this year (1976-79). |
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| 1977 - Carey would be 45 this year | |
| Carey would write Sweeney Todd, the first of his popular trilogy of Victorian melodramas this year. | |
| Also in 1977 | |
| 1979 - Carey would be 47 this year | |
| Carey would write A Virginian Rhapsody for clarinet and piano this year. | |
| Also in 1979 | |
| Margaret Thatcher becomes UK Prime Minister, and the Thatcher Years begin | |
| 1980 - Carey would be 48 this year | |
| The Girl from Nogami receives its European premiere. | |
| Also in 1980 | |
| 1981 - Carey would be 49 this year | |
| Also in 1981 | |
| Prince Charles
and Lady Diana Spencer are married. The first Space Shuttle is launched. |
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| 1982 - Carey would be 50 this year | |
| Also in 1982 | |
| The Falklands War vs Argentina. | |
| 1983 - Carey would be 51 this year | |
| Carey would write Dracula!, the second of his popular trilogy of Victorian melodramas. | |
| Also in 1983 | |
| 1984 - Carey would be 52 this year | |
| Mid December | Carey starts his 'Eastern Sojourn' in Sri Lanka. |
| Also in 1984 | |
| 1985 - Carey would be 53 this year | |
| 7 March | Carey's 'Eastern Sojourn' continues in India. |
| End May | Carey's 'Eastern Sojourn' ends with his return from India. |
| Also in 1985 | |
| Bob Geldof's Live Aid raises £40m. | |
| 1986 - Carey would be 54 this year | |
| Also in 1986 | |
| Edward Rubbra
would die this year. USA-Soviet nuclear arms reduction programme starts. |
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| 1987 - Carey would be 55 this year | |
| Carey would write Frankenstein!, the third of his popular trilogy of Victorian melodramas. | |
| Also in 1987 | |
| 1991 - Carey would be 59 this year | |
| Carey would write his orchestral suite The Golden Road to Samarkand this year. | |
| Also in 1991 | |
| The first Gulf War happens. | |
| 1994 - Carey would be 62 this year | |
| Also in 1994 | |
| Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as first democratically elected State President of South Africa. | |
| 1996 - Carey would be 64 this year | |
| Carey and his family move to Woodbridge in Suffolk. | |
| Also in 1996 | |
| 1997 - Carey would be 65 this year | |
| Carey would write Vale! Diana for string orchestra this year. | |
| Also in 1997 | |
| Princess Diana
is killed in a road traffic accident. Tony Blair is elected as Prime Minister of England. |
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| 1998 - Carey would be 66 this year | |
| Carey diagnosed as 'Type 2 Diabetic' - had to cut down on sugar and control thru. diet. | |
| Also in 1998 | |
| 2002 - Carey would pass away this year | |
| 13 July | Carey dies at Woodbridge in Suffolk, shortly after his 70th birthday. |
| Also in 2002 | |
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