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20th Century British

DODS, Marcus

Born in Edinburgh on Apr 19, 1918
Died in Henley-on-Thames, Apr 30, 1984

  • Marcus Dods was a conductor of opera, concert works and film scores. He served as conductor of Sadler’s Wells Opera in London, the BBC Concert Orchestra and the London Concert Orchestra.1
  • Marcus Dods conducted the scores of films including Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) and The Dark Crystal (1982),2 and TV programs, including David Attenborough’s Life on Earth.3

Sources

  1. Bruce Elder, “Marcus Dods,” AllMusic, accessed September 3, 2019, https://www.allmusic.com/artist/marcus-dods-mn0001571065.
  2. “Marcus Dods,” The International Movie Database, accessed September 3, 2019, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0230269/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr245.
  3. Sophie Nells, The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)(Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2014), 219.

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