Trevor Duncan

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Trevor Duncan (real name Leonard Charles Trebilco) was born in Camberwell, London, England, on 27 February 1924. By the age of twelve he could play by ear, but two years later he wanted to learn to read music and study a technical analysis of what he was doing by instinct. He gained this knowledge at Streatham Library where he found books by academics, and full scores to examine. For a year he attended the Trinity College of Music for an external course on violin, harmony and counterpoint. Although the violin study helped him later in scoring for strings, he was very disappointed by the other aspects of the course. Like many of his contemporaries working in the same musical spheres, he was to discover that practical experience would ultimately prove to be the best tutor. When he reached eighteen, Duncan joined the British Broadcasting Corporation assisting in radio plays by doing sound effects and playing discs of incidental music. This was to be short-lived, because he was conscripted into the Royal Air Force in 1943 where he became a wireless operator. He saw active service in Stirling aircraft with 38 Group (glider tugs and supply drops), and in his spare time he played in various RAF station dance-bands. His war service included eighteen months in India, before he was discharged from the RAF in 1947. Duncan had the opportunity to go to Cambridge University, but decided to return to the BBC Radio where he was in his element as a sound and balance engineer working with ma

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Duncan: Orchestral Works

Ren And Stimpy Production Music

Archives Vol. 9

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The Pianotuner Of Earthquakes

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Halloween

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1950s Background Music, Vol. 1 - Historic Drama

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Fromage A La Funk - Funk

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Final Frontiers

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Ren & Stimpy Production Music Vol. 1

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1950's Archives - Historic 1950's Drama

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1950's Archive - The Light Fantastic

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Duncan: 20th Century Express

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