Dennis Brain

Author : Stephen Gamble
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574413074
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dennis Brain written by Stephen Gamble and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The recordings he made with Herbert von Karajan of Mozart's horn concerti are considered the definitive interpretations. Brain enlisted in the English armed forces during World War II for seven years, joining the National Symphony Orchestra in wartime in 1942. 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. Composers including Benjamin Britten and Paul Hindemith lined up to write music for him. 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. 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. This volume describes Brain's life and analyzes in depth his musical career. 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.

Author : Stephen Pettitt
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571287476
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dennis Brain written by Stephen Pettitt and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.'

Author : Walter Legge
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415921084
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walter Legge written by Walter Legge and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Legge was one of the greatest ever record producers. His many other activities included founding a great orchestra, the Philharmonia, which he ran for eighteen years as a 'benevolent dictator'. Music formed the central core of his life, but the printed word was also a vital source of inspiration and education. In his writings Walter Legge reveals clearly the many facets of his own remarkable personality, and from his correspondence with the great names of his day we gain rich insight into the musical world in which he played so great a part.

Author : Dennis Brain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dennis Brain written by Dennis Brain and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dennis Cass
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060594721
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Head Case written by Dennis Cass and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007-02-27 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infiltrating the world of neuroscience, Cass becomes a human guinea pig on a darkly comic journey to understand the human brain and find out what makes us who we are.

Author : Becky Dennis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988496101
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brain Wreck written by Becky Dennis and published by . This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 8,000 miles away from home, a business professional delivers a polished presentation to a group of executives. And within two hours, she forgets how to walk. Talking becomes too strenuous. She is struck by an odd series of neurological deficits that baffle her and a dozen doctors ... for 27 months. Brain Wreck is a must read for anyone who has witnessed the frustration of a mysterious illness. This is a story of determination and an unrelenting journey to save one's mind. With humor and unabashed honesty, the author restores a shattered spirit while striving to be "normal."

Author : Benjamin Britten
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781843833826
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters from a Life written by Benjamin Britten and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters by the British composer to his friends, family, and colleagues document his life from school days to the end of World War II.

Author : Mingzhou Ding
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195393791
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dynamic Brain written by Mingzhou Ding and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2011 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theoretical, experimental and clinical perspectives. Readership: Graduate students, postdocs and research scientists in Neuroscience.

Author : Douglas Hill
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780757906855
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collected Thoughts on Teaching and Learning, Creativity, and Horn Performance written by Douglas Hill and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Douglas Hill is professor of music and horn at the University of Wisconsin at Madison as well as a past President of the International Horn Society, and a respected teacher and clinician. The 27 chapters of Collected Thoughts cover topics ranging from getting started to preparing for college and professional auditions, and include other subjects such as composing and improvising. There are seven chapters on repertoire that include reviews of music and texts that are the most comprehensive of any horn (or other instrumental) text to date. The process of learning and teaching is extremely insightful for everyone, from the serious student to the most experienced instructor. This book is a must for anyone interested in the horn. It is invaluable!!

Author : Theodore W. Berger
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262025775
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward Replacement Parts for the Brain written by Theodore W. Berger and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest advances in research on intracranial implantation of hardware models of neural circuitry.