Sam Fonteyn
Encyclopedia
Sam Fonteyn was an English composer-pianist whose most significant output was for the Boosey & Hawkes
Music Library, for which he composed and recorded countless works. Most are short character pieces for the piano with colorful titles indicating the images the pieces are meant to conjure. Others are bright orchestral pieces. Fonteyn's work has been heard on television since he recorded for Boosey & Hawkes in the 1970s; his "Pop Looks Bach" was the theme of the long running television programme Ski Sunday
, and another music library recording was used as the theme of the British sitcom Please Sir!
. His work has been featured recently on SpongeBob SquarePants
and Family Guy
(a vaudeville duo use Fonteyn's "Galloping Gertie" as a vamp in a recurring gag).
Boosey & Hawkes
Boosey & Hawkes is a British music publisher purported to be the largest specialist classical music publisher in the world. Until 2003, it was also a major manufacturer of brass, string and wind musical instruments....
Music Library, for which he composed and recorded countless works. Most are short character pieces for the piano with colorful titles indicating the images the pieces are meant to conjure. Others are bright orchestral pieces. Fonteyn's work has been heard on television since he recorded for Boosey & Hawkes in the 1970s; his "Pop Looks Bach" was the theme of the long running television programme Ski Sunday
Ski Sunday
Ski Sunday is the BBC Sports weekly magazine-style television show covering winter sports, broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sundays in a late afternoon or an early evening time-slot...
, and another music library recording was used as the theme of the British sitcom Please Sir!
Please Sir!
Please Sir! was a London Weekend Television produced situation comedy, created by writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey and featured the actors John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Joan Sanderson, Noel Howlett, Erik Chitty and Richard Davies...
. His work has been featured recently on SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...
and Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
(a vaudeville duo use Fonteyn's "Galloping Gertie" as a vamp in a recurring gag).
Audio samples
- Galloping Gertie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfNxgdUEOF4
- Dirty Work at the Crossroads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7GNgHCd-VQ