Roy Douglas

For the British political activist and author, see Roy Douglas (academic).

Roy Douglas
Background information
Born
Richard Roy Douglas

(1907-12-12)12 December 1907
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Died23 March 2015(2015-03-23) (aged 107)
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
OccupationsComposer, musician, arranger
InstrumentsPiano and percussion

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.

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