The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
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1944–1945 · Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme
The Canadian Band of the AEF
Captain Robert Farnon’s band, broadcasting to the armies from London
The AEF Programme ran three service bands: Glenn Miller’s American band, the RAF’s, and Canada’s, given to a young arranger from Toronto named Robert Farnon. Farnon went on to be the most admired orchestrator in Britain, and you can hear why here — the writing is denser and stranger than the American band’s, and it swings anyway. It is also the only substantial body of Canadian broadcast music from the war years that survives in performance rather than in memory.
16 recordings · London and northwest Europe
Sixteen surviving broadcast performances by the Canadian Band of the Allied Expeditionary Force under Captain Robert Farnon. Recordings held by the Internet Archive.
Undated recordings16
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Canadian Band of the AEF
The Canadian Band of the AEF, Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.