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Neville Marriner
The inscription on Sir Neville Marriner's headstone simply reads "Follow the
beat". It's a modest but appropriate epitaph for a man whose illustrious career
includes over 600 recordings covering more than 2000 different works. A
violinist by trade, Marriner is widely acknowledged as one of the world's
greatest ever conductors. He founded the Academy of St. Martin In The Fields in
London and during his long tenure with the academy's orchestra recorded a
greater body of work than any other comparable orchestra/conductor relationship.
He studied at the Royal College Of Music before ...
