Dennis Brain ( born Dennis Brain ; May 17, 1921 , London - September 1, 1957 , Barnet ) is a British horn player , one of the most prominent performers of this instrument in the 20th century [5] .
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Family
Dennis Brain was born into the family of Aubrey Brain , a representative of the dynasty of British hornists, numbering several generations. His grandfather Alfred Edwin Brain Sr. (February 4, 1860 - October 25, 1925) was considered one of the best horn soloists of his time. His uncle Alfred Edwin Brain, Jr. (October 24, 1885 - March 29, 1966) made a successful career as a horn player in the United States , first in New York , then in Los Angeles .
Brain's father Aubrey Harold Brain (July 12, 1893 - September 21, 1955) was a soloist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra . He also taught. Aubrey Brain was the first horn player to record Mozart's 1st concert in 1927. Dennis Brain's mother Marion Brain was a singer at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and a composer. She wrote cadences for the 1st and 3rd concerts of Mozart.
His brother Leonard Brain (1915 - 1975) played the oboe. Together with him, Dennis Brain created a quintet of wind instruments, with which they successfully performed. Tina Brain, Dennis's niece, one of Leonard's daughters, also became a professional horn player.
Dennis Brain was married and had two children: son Anthony Paul and daughter Sally.
Biography
He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London in the horn class with his father and in the organ class with Cunningham. Speaking in public for the first time in 1938 , Brain began playing chamber music , collaborating with various string quartets. During World War II he played in the orchestra of the British Air Force and in the New London Orchestra of Alec Sherman (including concerts at the National Gallery , 1943-1945), and after its completion he began a solo career, often performing in both the UK and and other countries of Europe. Brain was also a soloist at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
The musician’s career ended very early: on September 1, 1957, he died in a car accident, returning to his London sports car after a concert at the Edinburgh Festival , where he performed as part of a wind quintet . Dennis Brain was buried at Hamstead Cemetery in London.
Creativity
Brain is considered one of the most prominent horn performers in the 20th century . Vitaliy Buyanovsky considered him the greatest horn player of the XX century . Brain revived interest in the horn as a concert instrument and inspired composers to write new compositions for her. Brain's performing technique was distinguished by brilliant virtuosity, melodious sound and purity of intonation. The musician recorded a number of classical compositions for the French horn, including all Mozart’s concerts conducted by Herbert von Karayan , as well as works by Richard Strauss , Paul Hindemith , Benjamin Britten and other authors.
Introduced into the Gramophone Magazine Hall of Fame [6] .
Dedications to Dennis Brain
A number of composers dedicated Dennis Brainne his works for the horn, written especially for him, including Benjamin Britten ( Serenade for tenor and horn , Anthem III ), Paul Hindemith ( Concert for horn and orchestra ), Malcolm Arnold (Concert for horn and orchestra No. 2), York Bowen (Concert for French Horn, Strings and Timpani), Peter Fricker (Sonata for French Horn), Gordon Jacob (Concert for French Horn and String Orchestra), Matthias Scheiber (Nocturne for French Horn and Strings), Humphrey Searle (Morning Serena French horn and strings), Ernest omlinson (Rhapsody and Rondo for Horn and Orchestra, Romance and Rondo for Horn and Orchestra), Lennox Berkeley (Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano).
To honor Dennis Brain, Francis Pulenck created his Elegy for French Horn and Piano . It was first performed on September 1, 1958, exactly one year after the death of the musician. The part of the French horn was performed by Neil Sanders, the author played the piano.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Brain's death, English composer Peter Maxwell Davis commissioned 50 British hornists to write Fanfare commemorating Dennis Brain. The premiere of this composition took place on March 15, 2007 performed by horn player Michael Thompson .
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- ↑ 1 2 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 118888110 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Lynch W. C. , Gamble S. Dennis Brain: A Life in Music (1st edition) - 1 - Denton : University of North Texas Press , 2011 .-- P. 1. - ISBN 978-1-57441-307-6
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ Lynch W. C. , Gamble S. Dennis Brain: A Life in Music (1st edition) - 1 - Denton : University of North Texas Press , 2011 .-- P. 220. - ISBN 978-1-57441-307-6
- ↑ Pettitt, Stephen. Dennis Brain: A Biography . - Faber & Faber, Limited, 2009. - P. 216. - ISBN 0571254225 . (eng.)
- ↑ Gramophone Hall of Fame . Gramophone. Date of treatment January 2, 2016.