Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Merrick Farran
British composer, arranger and violinist (1906–1991) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
William Merrick Farran (14 January 1906 – 26 November 1991)[1] was a London-born composer, conductor and violinist.
Farran was educated at Stonyhurst Castle. He won a scholarship to the Manchester Royal College of Music to study composition (with E. J Moeran) and violin. As an orchestral player he toured America with Sir Thomas Beecham and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.[2]
He established himself as a conductor[3] of both classical and popular music, and a composer of library music for KPM and Bruton.[4][5] His House of Horror music was used in TV productions such as Prisoner Cell Block H and SpongeBob SquarePants.[6] There was also some concert music, including Symphonic Variations On A Rock 'N Roll Theme (the theme being from 'Rock Around the Clock'), which was issued on a Melodisc LP in 1958,[7] and the three movement Stranger in London suite.[8] Farran was the arranger of 'The Ghost of Your Past' and 'Quite Suddenly' for Matt Monro in 1961.[9]
He died at the Acland Hospital in Oxford.[1]
Remove ads
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads