Vernon Elliott

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Vernon Pelling Elliott (27 July 1912 - 12 October 1996) 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, long time professor at Trinity College of Music, London and occasional writer. In the 1960s 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 [1] Elliott was a keen sailor, skier and bee-keeper. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Ivor The Engine And Pogles Wood

The Clangers

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Now We Are Ten

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Hauntology: A peculiar sonic fiction

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Ivor The Engine & Pogles Wood

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Space Party Music: Way Out Sounds for Your Space Party

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60 Classic TV Themes for Kids of All Ages - From the Era of Watch With Mother, Junior Choice and Children's Favourites

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Ivor the Engine & Pogles Wood (Original Television Soundtrack)

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The Clangers (Original Television Music)

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14 tracks: Visions of the Future

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60 Classic TV Themes for Kids of All Ages - From the Era of Watch With Mother, Junior Choic

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Music for Colouring In: A lovely Mix of Colourful Mindful and Beautiful Music

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