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Dennis Brain
Dennis Brain is recognized as perhaps the greatest horn player the world has known. He helped rescue the horn from the obscurity in which it had languished for over a century, and revived the public's faith in it as a major solo instrument. Brain restored to the concert platform concertos by Mozart and Haydn, and inspired contemporary composers to write for the horn, most notably the Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings by Benjamin Britten, composed during World War II, a piece which is now central to the repertoire of tenors and horn players. Brain died at the tragically young age of thirty-six in a car crash. The beauty of his playing and his untimely death captured the public imagination like no horn player before or since. This biography was reissued thirty years after his death, and includes a discography. The book also contains an appreciation by Benjamin Britten. 'A clear account of Dennis Brain's brilliant career ...' Times Literary Supplement '...an absorbing and extremely well-written account of the orchestral scene in England.'
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Opera
From 17th-century Italy to the cusp of 21st-century America, this chronology summarizes the history of one of the world's most alluring and enduring forms of musical entertainment. 400 color illustrations.
Denis Brown
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The World of Twentieth-century Music
A comprehensive study of modern music which explores its development from 1900 to the present day. Entries on each composer give critical consensus, a brief biography and list of works in order of composition. The author has also written The Complete Book of Classical Music.
