Robert John Farnon


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Born: 24 July 1917 — Toronto — Canada
Died: 22 April 2005 — Guernsey — England
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He is mainly known for his light music.

Robert Farnon also wrote the music for more than forty motion pictures, including Maytime in Mayfair (1949) and Captain Horatio Hornblower RN (1951), as well as for a number of television series and miniseries, including The Prisoner and A Man Called Intrepid.

Life

Born in Canada, Robert Farnon decided to stay in Europe after World War II, when he was there as Canadian Army captain and the conductor/arranger of the Canadian Band of the Allied Expeditionary Force.

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13 September 2009: Forum Theatre, Gt Malvern, United Kigdom Romancing The Phoenix - Bassoon Concerto World Premiere

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