 | | |
|
| Books LLC : Canadian Music Arrangers: Robert Farnon, James Mark, Dave Wilson, Brian Ellard | |
| Author: |
|
Books LLC
|
| Title: |
|
Canadian Music Arrangers: Robert Farnon, James Mark, Dave Wilson, Brian Ellard |
| Moochable copies: |
|
No copies available |
| Topics: |
|
| Published in: |
|
English |
| Binding: |
|
Paperback |
| Pages: |
|
22 |
| Date: |
|
2010-06-20 |
| ISBN: |
|
1158352166 |
| Publisher: |
|
Books LLC |
| Weight: |
|
0.1 pounds |
| Size: |
|
5.98 x 9.02 x 0.04 inches |
|
|
|
| Description: |
|
Product Description
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Robert Joseph Farnon (July 24, 1917 April 23, 2005) was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was commissioned as a captain in the Canadian Army and became the conductor/arranger of the Canadian Band of the allied expeditionary force sent overseas during World War II, which was the Canadian equivalent of the American Band of the AEF led by Major Glenn Miller. At the end of the war, Farnon decided to make England his home, and he later moved to Guernsey in the Channel Islands with his wife and children. He was considered by his peers the finest arranger in the world, and his talents influenced many composer-arrangers including Quincy Jones, all of whom acknowledge his contributions to their work. Conductor André Previn called him "the greatest writer for strings in the world." Robert Farnon died at the age of eighty-seven at a hospice near his home of forty years in Guernsey. He was survived by his wife Patricia and their five children. Robert Farnon is probably best known for two famous pieces of light music, Jumping Bean and Portrait of a Flirt, which were originally released as the A and B sides on the same 78. Also famous are his Westminster Waltz and A Star is Born. Farnon also wrote the music for more than forty motion pictures including Maytime in Mayfair (1949) and Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) and for a number of television series and miniseries including The Prisoner, Secret Army, Colditz, and A Man Called Intrepid. In 1962 Farnon arranged and conducted Frank Sinatra's only album recorded outside of the United States, Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain. He won four Ivor Novello Awards including one for "Outstanding Services to Britis... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1788051
|
| URL: |
|
http://bookmooch.com/1158352166 |
|
|
| | |
| | | |
