Horns, Mouthpieces, and Embouchures New DirectionsĪPPENDIX A: Brain Ensemble Music Library APPENDIX B: The Early HornĪPPENDIX C: Talking About the Horn APPENDIX D: ArticlesĪPPENDIX E: Extended Bibliography ENDNOTES The Legacy-Horn Players Look Back Selected Performances The Brain Quintet and Ensemble Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia OrchestraĪ Horn Virtuoso’s Letters Teacher and Lecturer GLICK PREFACE BY JAMES DIACK INTRODUCTION
ML419.B72G36 2011 788.9'4092-dc22 2011002967 Dennis Brain: A Life in Music is Number 7 in the North Texas Lives of Musicians SeriesĬontents FOREWORD BY EDWIN L.
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Series: North Texas lives of musicians series no. cm.-(Number 7 in the North Texas lives of musicians series) Includes bibliographical references. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gamble, Stephen, 1963– Dennis Brain : a life in music / Stephen Gamble, William C. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Permissions: University of North Texas Press 1155 Union Circle #311336 Denton, TX 76203-5017 The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, z. University of North Texas Press Denton, TexasĪll text ©2011 Stephen Gamble and William C. Number 7 in the North Texas Lives of Musicians Series Its appendices of information on performances will appeal to music historians, and its details on Brain’s instruments and equipment will be useful to horn players. This volume describes Brain’s life and analyzes in depth his musical career. Stephen Gamble and William Lynch have conducted numerous interviews with family, friends, and colleagues and uncovered information in the BBC archives and other lesser known sources about recordings that were previously unknown. Even fifty years after his tragic death at the age of 36 in an auto accident in 1957, Peter Maxwell Davies was commissioned to write a piece in his honor. Composers including Benjamin Britten and Paul Hindemith lined up to write music for him. After the war he filled the principal horn positions in both the Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. He later formed his own wind quintet and began conducting. Brain enlisted in the English armed forces during World War II for seven years, joining the National Symphony Orchestra in wartime in 1942. The recordings he made with Herbert von Karajan of Mozart’s horn concerti are considered the definitive interpretations. The British horn player Dennis Brain (1921–1957) is commonly described by such statements as “the greatest horn player of the 20th Century,” "a genius,” and "a legend." He was both a prodigy and popularizer, famously performing a concerto on a garden hose in perfect pitch. On his usual concert instrument his tone was of unsurpassed beauty and clarity, complemented by a flawless technique.
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