STEPHEN GAMBLE and WILLIAM LYNCH are both independent researchers who have been fascinated with Dennis Brain for decades. Lynch, an amateur horn player himself, is a semi-retired aerospace corporation executive with four U.S. patents to his name. Stephen Gamble is a British artist who started playing the horn in 2003.
"A pleasure to read: serious but personable, unaffected,
unpretentious--conversational in tone. The character of the prose
can be said to reflect the character of the book's subject.
Eminently satisfying."--Robert Marshall, author of Dennis Brain on
Record
"Brain had a huge impact on horn playing and the perception of the
horn as a solo instrument in the mid-20th century, and his tragic
death at age 36 moved him immediately to icon status. . . . This
book should be required reading for all hornists to understand the
importance of Brain to our craft. Our heroes deserve at least this
much, and this excellent book shows better than any other the depth
and breadth of his impact on the musical world."--The Horn Call
"Even though the primary audience for this new biography is clearly
horn players--both professional and amateur--it will also appeal to
many classical music lovers and record colectors."--Cornucopia, a
Publication of the New England Horn Society
"Since a great deal of new material has been found by the authors,
it is exciting for horn players to anticipate the publication of
this book."--William Scharnberg, Regents Professor of Horn,
University of North Texas
"Composers such as Gordon Jacob, Malcolm Arnold, Matyas Seiber,
York Bowen, Humphrey Searle, Benjamin Britten, and Paul Hindemith
are some of the list of Brain admirers, writing horn concertos and
chamber music for him. Francis Poulenc wrote 'Elegie" in memory of
Dennis Brain. . . . This biography is an absolute must-read for
anyone who loves the french horn."--Uijlenspieghel
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