Vernon Elliot
Musical Artist
1912 – 1996
Who was Vernon Elliot?
Vernon Pelling Elliott was a British bassoonist, conductor and composer.
Born into a musical family in 1912, Elliott took up the bassoon at a very early age. From then on he had an eventful, busy and very musical life, one which saw him as a founder member of the Philharmonia Orchestra, a regular player at the Royal Opera House, a much-valued member of Benjamin Britten's English Opera Group orchestra, a conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, longtime professor at Trinity College of Music, London and occasional writer.
In ?1959 he was asked to help Oliver Postgate by writing a bassoon theme for Ivor the Engine. He went on to compose the highly evocative music to the Smallfilms productions of Noggin the Nog, The Seal of Neptune, Pogles' Wood, Pingwings and Clangers. A compilation album of his work for Clangers was released in 2001 and an album of his music for Ivor the Engine and Pogles' Wood was also released
Elliott was a keen sailor, skier and bee-keeper.
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- Born
- Jul 27, 1912
- Also known as
- Elliot, Vernon
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Oct 12, 1996
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on July 23, 2013
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