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Robert Farnon died at the age of 87, at a hospice near his home of 40 years in Guernsey. He was survived by his wife Patricia and their five children, as well as two children from his previous marriage and his many grandchildren. [2] Farnon's older brother Brian and his younger brother Dennis were also orchestral composers, arrangers and ...
Apr 25, 2005 · According to the Robert Farnon Society website, the composer died in his sleep on the British island of Guernsey at the age of 87. Born in Toronto in July 1917, Farnon was the third of four...
Composer Robert Farnon, known his light-orchestral compositions, has died at age 87, the BBC News reports.
Jun 11, 2008 · Robert Joseph Farnon, composer, arranger, conductor (b at Toronto 24 July 1917). He is considered one of the most influential film composers of his generation in Europe and North America. Farnon became trumpeter in several 1930s Toronto dance bands and in the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission's orchestras of Percy FAITH and Geoffrey ...
Robert Joseph Farnon, born in Toronto, was a composer, conductor, musical arranger and jazz trumpeter. Commissioned as a captain in the Canadian Army, he became conductor/arranger of the Canadian Band of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force sent overseas during World War II.
Robert Farnon died in Guernsey on April 23rd 2005. Up to shortly before his death, he was still writing music: his Third Symphony, subtitled The Edinburgh was premiered at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, only three weeks following his death, and had its North American premiere performance by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in November of that year .
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May 1, 2005 · Robert Farnon, a composer and arranger who was a leading figure in the once-popular genre of light orchestral music, died on April 23 on Guernsey, in the British Channel Islands. He was 87...
