Dennis Brain
British horn player · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1921 to 1957 · aged 36
Dennis Brain was a British horn player. From a musical family - his father and grandfather were horn players - he attended the Royal Academy of Music in London. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force, playing in its band and orchestra.
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After the war, he was the principal horn of the Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic orchestras, and played in chamber ensembles.
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