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Robert Farnon
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Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Two cigarettes in the dark
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Film & TV
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known for
- This Man Is Mine — Self1946
- I Live in Grosvenor Square — Himself - Band Leader1945
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1917-07-24
- Active to
- 2005-04-23
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8,196
- Total plays
- 48,568
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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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Farno
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Toronto
- Place of death
- Guernsey
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- Pye Records
- Official website
- www.rfsoc.org.uk
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- date of birth
- 1917-07-24
- date of death
- 2005-04-23
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Available in 8 languages
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