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Donald Swann (Donald Ibrahim Swann) was born on 30 September, 1923 in Llanelli, Wales, UK, is a soundtrack,writer,composer. Discover Donald Swann's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As Donald Ibrahim Swann
Occupation soundtrack,writer,composer
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 30 September, 1923
Birthday 30 September
Birthplace Llanelli, Wales, UK
Date of death 23 March, 1994
Died Place Royal Trinity Hospice, Clapham Common, London, England, UK
Nationality United Kingdom

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Who Is Donald Swann's Wife?

His wife is Janet Oxborrow (1955 - 1983) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Alison Smith (? - 23 March 1994) ( his death)

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Wife Janet Oxborrow (1955 - 1983) ( divorced) ( 2 children), Alison Smith (? - 23 March 1994) ( his death)
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Donald Swann Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Donald Swann worth at the age of 71 years old? Donald Swann’s income source is mostly from being a successful Soundtrack. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Donald Swann's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Soundtrack

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1840

Swann's great-grandfather, Alfred Trout Swan, a draper from Lincolnshire, emigrated to Russia in 1840 and married the daughter of the horologer to the Tsars. Some time later the family acquired a second 'n' to their surname. His uncle Alfred wrote the first biography of Alexander Scriabin in English. The family moved to London, where Swann attended Dulwich College Preparatory School and Westminster School (where he first met Michael Flanders).

1923

Donald Ibrahím Swann (30 September 1923 - 23 March 1994) was a Welsh-born composer, musician and entertainer. He was one half of Flanders and Swann, writing and performing comic songs with Michael Flanders. Donald Swann was born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. His father, Herbert Alfredovich Swann, was a Russian doctor of English descent, from the expatriate community that started out as the Muscovy Company. His mother, Naguimé Sultán Swann (born Piszóva), was a Turkmen-Russian nurse from Ashgabat, now part of Turkmenistan. They were refugees from the Russian Revolution.

1941

In 1941 Swann was awarded an exhibition to Christ Church, Oxford, to read modern languages.

1942

In 1942 he registered as a conscientious objector and served with the Friends' Ambulance Unit (a Quaker relief organisation) in Egypt, Palestine and Greece. After the war, Swann returned to Oxford to read Russian and Modern Greek.

1948

A chance meeting between Swann and Flanders in 1948 led to the start of their professional partnership. They began writing songs and light opera, Swann writing the music and Flanders writing the words. Their songs were performed by artists such as Ian Wallace and Joyce Grenfell.

1953

In 1953-59 Swann provided music for seven plays by Henry Reed on the BBC Third Programme, generally known as the Hilda Tablet plays for one of the fictional characters, a lady composer of avant-garde "musique concrete". Besides incidental music, Swann composed for this character an opera, "Emily Butter" and several other complete works. A lifelong friendship with Sydney Carter resulted in scores of songs, the best known being "The Youth of the Heart" which reappeared in At the Drop of A Hat, and a musical Lucy & the Hunter. After his partnership with Flanders ended, Swann continued to give solo concerts and to write for other singers.

1955

Donald Swann was married twice; he married Janet Oxborrow in 1955 and they were divorced in 1983; his second wife was the art historian Alison Smith.

1956

Father of Rachel Swann (born Rachel J Swann in 1956) and Natasha Swann (born Natasha M Swann in 1959).

1967

They subsequently wrote two two-man revues, At the Drop of a Hat and At the Drop of Another Hat, which they performed all over the world until their partnership ended in 1967. At the same time, Swann was maintaining a prolific musical output, writing the music for several operas and operettas, including a full-length version of C. S. Lewis's Perelandra, and a setting of J. R. R. Tolkien's poems from The Lord of the Rings to music in The Road Goes Ever On collection.

1970

He also formed the Swann Singers and toured with them in the 1970s.

1980

Throughout the 1980s and early '90s he continued performing in various combinations with singers and colleagues and as a solo artist. In the later years of his life he 'discovered' Victorian poetry and composed some of his most profound and moving music to the words of William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Oscar Wilde and others. He wrote a number of hymn tunes which appear in modern standard hymn books.

1992

In 1992 he was diagnosed with cancer.