Born: May 20, 1850, Hels­ton, Corn­wall, Eng­land.

Died: Oc­to­ber 28, 1927, Bright­on, Eng­land.

Faning is re­mem­bered as a teach­er, chor­al con­duct­or, and com­pos­er. His par­ents taught him the vi­o­lin and pi­a­no­for­te, and he was per­form­ing in lo­cal con­certs by age five. He en­tered the Roy­al Acad­e­my of Mu­sic (RAM) in 1870, stu­dy­ing under Stern­dale Ben­net, Steg­gall, Ci­a­bat­ta, and Sul­li­van. In 1874, he won the Men­dels­sohn Schol­ar­ship. He be­gan teach­ing at the RAM in 1874, and his op­er­et­ta The Two Ma­jors was per­formed there in 1877. He lat­er taught at the Na­tion­al Train­ing School and at Har­row School, from which he re­tired in 1901. He al­so found time to con­duct the Lon­don Male Voice Club and the Ma­dri­gal So­ci­e­ty. He re­ceived a MusB de­gree from Cam­bridge in 1894, and MusD in 1900.

Sources

Music

1. Vita