Horace Sheldon

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Horace Sheldon was a British composer and orchestra leader who wrote scores for both stage and screen. He was employed on multiple West End stage productions such as the 1926 version of Aladdin . [1] During the 1930s Sheldon worked for the low-budget production company Butcher's Film Service as a musical director.

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