What is David Fanshawe?
'''David Fanshawe''' (born 19 April 1942 in [[Devon]], [[England]]; died 5 July 2010)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=davidfanshawe&e=com|title=HugeDomains.com - DavidFanshawe.com is for sale (David Fanshawe)|website=www.hugedomains.com}}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> was an English [[composer]] and [[explorer]]. He wrote a large amount of music, especially for [[television]] programmes. His best-known composition is a choral work called ''[[African Sanctus]]''. == Life == Fanshawe went to school at St George's School, Windsor Castle and Stowe School. He started his career as a musician and producer for [[documentary film]]s. He studied composition at the [[Royal College of Music]]. He became known for the music he wrote for [[Movie|films]] and [[TV]]. In 1970, he performed ''Salaams'' in the [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]], [[London]]. This was a work based on the rhythms of [[pearl]] [[diving|divers]] in [[Bahrain]]. He spent several years travelling to many parts of the world collecting recordings of people singing their own traditional music. He travelled to the [[Middle East]], then to [[Africa]] and to [[island]]s of the [[Pacific Ocean]]. In all these places he had to get to know the people and get them to [[trust (social sciences)|trust]] him so that they would let him record their music. His ''African Sanctus'' was a result of his trip down the [[Nile]]. It combines recordings he made there with a [[choir]] and [[orchestra]] singing. It has been performed thousands of times all over the world. Fanshawe died on 5 July 2010. ==References== {{Reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.davidfanshawe.com/ composer's website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001080659/http://www.davidfanshawe.com/ |date=2011-10-01 }} * [http://www.africansanctus.com/ African Sanctus website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721232210/http://www.africansanctus.com/ |date=2012-07-21 }} {{DEFAULTSO