Dennis Farnon
Dennis Farnon (13 August 1923 – 21 May 2019) was a Canadian musical arranger, composer and orchestra conductor. Dennis Farnon was born in 1923 in Toronto, Canada as John Denis Farnon to Robert and Elsie Farnon (née Menzies). He grew up in a musical family, and learned to play the trumpet at age 12. Through his older brother Robert, he enlisted into the Canadian Army Band, also travelling to Europe to entertain the Allied troops during the last years of the war. In his mid-20s, he moved to Chicago where he played in jazz clubs and pursued studies in conducting, arranging, and orchestration, strongly influenced by the works of Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Béla Bartók and Sergey Prokofiev.
music composer
opening theme
Wikipage disambiguates
62nd Annual Grammy AwardsAlvin StollerAn Evening with BelafonteBat Out of Hell (TV series)Bouquet of Barbed WireChet Atkins in HollywoodChuck GentryDancing on the Ceiling (1930 song)Deaths in May 2019Drop Dead DarlingDusty FingersFarnonFractured_FlickersGeorge Roberts (trombonist)Have Rocket, Will TravelHoppity_HooperJames KomackMr. MagooPete CandoliRobert FarnonSnowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas AlbumSpring Will Be a Little Late This YearThe Essential Harry BelafonteThe Recording AcademyTommy PedersonWayne and Shuster
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
composer
music
opentheme
theme music composer
primaryTopic
Dennis Farnon
Dennis Farnon (13 August 1923 – 21 May 2019) was a Canadian musical arranger, composer and orchestra conductor. Dennis Farnon was born in 1923 in Toronto, Canada as John Denis Farnon to Robert and Elsie Farnon (née Menzies). He grew up in a musical family, and learned to play the trumpet at age 12. Through his older brother Robert, he enlisted into the Canadian Army Band, also travelling to Europe to entertain the Allied troops during the last years of the war. In his mid-20s, he moved to Chicago where he played in jazz clubs and pursued studies in conducting, arranging, and orchestration, strongly influenced by the works of Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Béla Bartók and Sergey Prokofiev.
has abstract
Dennis Farnon (13 August 1923 ...... in May 2019 at the age of 95.
@en
Dennis Farnon était un composi ...... anada) et mort le 21 mai 2019.
@fr
birth date
1923-08-13
death date
2019-05-21
death place
occupation
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
54.093.941
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
994.638.779
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
birth date
1923-08-13
death date
2019-05-21
death place
name
Dennis Farnon
@en
occupation
Canadian-born composer, conductor and musical arranger.
@en
wikiPageUsesTemplate
subject
sameAs
comment
Dennis Farnon (13 August 1923 ...... a Bartók and Sergey Prokofiev.
@en
Dennis Farnon était un composi ...... anada) et mort le 21 mai 2019.
@fr
label
Dennis Farnon
@en
Dennis Farnon
@fr
sameAs
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Dennis Farnon
@en