Eric Fenby
Eric Fenby was born on April 22, 1906. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Eric Fenby
Eric William Fenby OBE (22 April 1906 – 18 February 1997) was an English composer, conductor, pianist, organist and teacher, born in Scarborough, Yorkshire. He is best known for being Frederick Delius's amanuensis from 1928 to 1934. He helped Delius realise a number of works that would not otherwise have been forthcoming as the composer was too ill to write them down, and between them they devised a way for Fenby to take dictation from Delius. After Delius died in 1934, Fenby worked with Sir Thomas Beecham on a production of Delius's opera Koanga at Covent Garden and then became a music…