Editing Carl Davis (section)

==Early life and career==
Carl Davis was born in [[Brooklyn]], New York, on October 28, 1936,<ref name="Telegraph-Obit">{{cite news |title=Carl Davis, prolific composer whose work included the haunting theme tune to The World at War – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/08/03/carl-davis-prolific-composer-film-tv-concert-hall-obituary/ |access-date=August 4, 2023 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=August 3, 2023}}</ref><ref name="THR-obit">{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Carl Davis, 'French Lieutenant's Woman' and 'Napoleon' Composer, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/carl-davis-dead-french-lieutenants-woman-napoleon-composer-1235550307/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=August 4, 2023 |date=August 3, 2023}}</ref> to Jewish parents,<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/culture/interviews/interview-carl-davis-1.20186 "Interview: Carl Davis". ''Jewish Chronicle'', 22 December, 2010] (accessed August 4, 2023)</ref> Sara (née Perlmutter) and Isadore Davis.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/83/Carl-Davis.html |title=Carl Davis Biography (1936–) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=February 10, 2013}}</ref> He studied composition with [[Paul Nordoff]] and [[Hugo Kauder]], and subsequently with [[Per Nørgard]] in Copenhagen. He attended [[Bard College]], in [[Annandale-on-Hudson, New York]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chur |first1=Elizabeth |title=For Composer Carl Davis, Life Is A Musical Merry-go-round |date=August 27, 1992 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/08/27/for-composer-carl-davis-life-is-a-musical-merry-go-round/ |publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref> His early work in the US provided valuable conducting experience with organisations such as the [[New York City Opera]] and the [[Robert Shaw Chorale]]. In 1959, the revue ''Diversions'', of which he was co-author, won an off-Broadway award and subsequently travelled to the [[Edinburgh Festival]] in 1961. As a direct result of its success there, Davis was commissioned by [[Ned Sherrin]] to compose music for the original British version of ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]''. Other radio and TV commissions followed and Davis's UK career was launched.<ref name="Telegraph-Obit"/>