Robert Farnon

Robert Joseph Farnon (July 24, 1917 – April 22, 2005) was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player.

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July 24 - 1917 - April 22 - 2005 - Canadian

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Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was the conductor of the Canadian Armed Forces Band sent overseas during World War II. At the end of the war, Farnon decided to make England his home, eventually moving to live in Guernsey, Channel Islands with his wife and children.

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Toronto, Ontario - Canadian Armed Forces - World War II - England - Guernsey - Channel Islands

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

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Maytime in Mayfair - Captain Horatio Hornblower RN - Television series - The Prisoner - A Man Called Intrepid

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He won four Ivor Novello Awards including one for "Outstanding Services to British Music" in 1991 and in 1996 he won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement for "Lament" performed by J. J. Johnson & his Robert Farnon Orchestra.

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Ivor Novello Award - Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement - J. J. Johnson - Robert Farnon Orchestra

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Robert Farnon passed away at the age of eighty-seven at a hospice near his home of forty years in Guernsey.

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