David Brown (musicologist)
David Clifford Brown (8 July 1929, in Gravesend – 20 June 2014)musicologist, most noteworthy for his major study of Tchaikovsky’s life and works.
Brown attended
New Grove Russian Masters series, and served on the editorial committee of Musica Britannica, the national collection of British music.[3][4]
He retired as Professor of Musicology in 1989.
He died in Romsey, Hampshire aged 84 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[3]
Books
- Thomas Weelkes: a Biographical and Critical study (London: Faber & Faber, 1969)
- Mikhail Glinka: a Biographical and Critical Study (London: Oxford University Press, 1974)
- Tchaikovsky: A Biographical and Critical Study: Vol. 1: “The Early Years (1840–1874)” (London: Gollancz, 1978); Vol. 2: “The Crisis Years (1874–1878)” (London: Gollancz, 1982); Vol. 3: “The Years of Wandering (1878–1885)” (London: Gollancz, 1986); Vol. 4: “The Final Years (1885–1893)” (London: Gollancz, 1991); paperback edition (2 vols) includes minor corrections and updated Work List (London: Gollancz, 1992)
- The New Grove Russian Masters 1: Glinka, Borodin, Balakirev, Musorgsky, Tchaikovsky / David Brown, Gerald Abraham, David Lloyd-Jones, Edward Gordon (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 1986)
- Musorgsky: His Life and Works (London: Oxford University Press, 2002)
- Tchaikovsky: The Man and His Music (London: Faber & Faber, 2006)
Bibliography
- Peter Le Huray “David (Clifford) Brown” in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (London: Macmillan, 1980)
- Peter Le Huray/Rosemary Williamson “David (Clifford) Brown” in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Second Edition (London: Macmillan, 2001)
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