Editing Percy Faith (section)

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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]] -->
| name = Percy Faith
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| image =Percy Faith 1949.jpg
| caption =Faith at work in 1949
| pseudonym =
| birth_date = April 7, 1908
|birth_place =[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|2|9|1908|4|7|mf=y}}|death_place=[[Encino, California]], U.S.
| occupation = [[Bandleader]], [[orchestrator]], [[composer]]
| website       = {{URL|http://www.percyfaith.info}}
}}

'''Percy Faith''' (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian–American [[bandleader]], [[orchestrator]], [[composer]] and [[conducting|conductor]],<ref name="Larkin50">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2002|edition=Third|isbn=1-85227-937-0|page=131}}</ref> known for his lush arrangements of instrumental ballads and [[Christmas music|Christmas]] standards. He is often credited with popularizing the "[[easy listening]]" or "mood music" format. He became a staple of American popular music in the 1950s and continued well into the 1960s.<ref name="Larkin50"/> Although his professional orchestra-leading career began at the height of the [[swing era]], he refined and rethought orchestration techniques, including use of large string sections, to soften and fill out the brass-dominated popular music of the 1940s.<ref>Taylor, Derek. ''The Golden Age of Easy Listening'' (2024), pp. 53–58.</ref>