Frederic Curzon (4 September 1899 – 6 December 1973) was an English composer, conductor and organist, associated with the theatre, early cinema and light music.
By the age of 16 he was playing piano in theatres, and by 20 he was accompanying silent films in cinemas around the country, using music he had composed himself.
From 1926 to 1934 he became the organist at Shepherd’s Bush Pavilion, run by the Gaumont British Film Corporation, whose head of music Louis Levy commissioned scores from him.
[3] That year he composed the music for the high profile 1939-1949 radio comedy series ITMA (It's That Man Again), starring Tommy Handley.
While there are some songs in the ballad style and some solo piano pieces, Curzon's light music for the concert hall was mostly orchestral.