Eldon Rathburn

Eldon Rathburn

Eldon Davis Rathburn (21 April 1916 – 30 August 2008) was a composer from the community of Queenstown, in Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada.

Called "the dean of Canadian film composers," Rathburn composed music for over 250 films during his 30-year tenure at the National Film Board of Canada. Rathburn was the subject of a 1995 NFB documentary "Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores". [http://www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=32972&v=h&lg=en&exp=${Eldon}%20AND%20${Rathburn:}%20AND%20${They}%20AND%20${Shoot...}%20AND%20${He}%20AND%20${Scores}] He died on 30 August 2008. [cite news |first=Charles |last=Enman |title='Dean' of film composers spent 30 years at NFB |url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=bc8cdb27-057f-46dd-bcda-fd5211b4072f |work=Ottawa Citizen |date=2008-09-03 |accessdate=2008-09-04]

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* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0002926 Eldon Rathburn] in the "Encyclopedia of Music in Canada"
* [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=3963 Eldon Rathburn] at the Order of Canada website


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