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2 unusual facts about Robert Farnon


Farnon

Robert Farnon (1917–2005), a Canadian composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player

Roxbury High School

Composer Robert Farnon composed The Gaels: An American Wind Symphony, as a commission to the Roxbury High School band in honor of the school's mascot, the gael.


Doreen Hume

In 1954 Hume moved to England, where she served from 1955 to 1970 as principal soprano soloist of the BBC Light Music department, giving over 1800 radio and TV performances under the direction of Robert Farnon, Sidney Torch, Carmen Dragon, and others.


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