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Robert Farnon

Robert Farnon has been played on NTS in shows including Martin Newell's Oddcaste, featured first on 11 December 2019. Songs played include Westminster Waltz.

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,…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Westminster Waltz
Robert Farnon, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Pye Records1974
Westminster Waltz
Robert Farnon, London Philharmonic OrchestraPye Records1974
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