William Havergal Brian (29 January 1876 – 28 November 1972) was a prominent 20th-century English composer, librettist, and church organist.[1]
He is best known for having composed 32 symphonies, an unusually high number amongst his contemporaries, 25 of them after the age of 70. His best-known work is his Symphony No. 1, The Gothic, which calls for some of the largest orchestral forces demanded by a conventionally structured concert work.
He also composed five operas and a number of other orchestral works, as well as songs, choral music and a small amount of chamber music. Brian enjoyed a period of popularity earlier in his career and rediscovery in the 1950s, but public performances of his music have remained rare and he has been described as a cult composer.[2] He continued to be extremely productive late into his career, composing large works even into his nineties, most of which remained unperformed during his lifetime.
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^Hurwitz, David. "Classics Today: Brian's Enigmatic and Uplifting Symphonies 22-24". Classicstoday.com. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
William HavergalBrian (29 January 1876 – 28 November 1972) was a prominent 20th-century English composer, librettist, and church organist. He is best...
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commercial recording. Brabbins was subsequently named president of the HavergalBrian Society. Brabbins is also conductor laureate of the Huddersfield Choral...
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ran the Triad Press and the Sir Arnold Bax Trust for many decades. HavergalBrian: a collection of essays, ed. (Triad Press, 1969) The British Musical...
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and many of them set it to music, including Fritz Hart, Cecil Gray, HavergalBrian, Healey Wlllan and Karl Rankl. Vincent Woods' A Cry from Heaven (2005)...
on a Shaker Hymn)" (2008) The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations" (1966) HavergalBrian – Symphony No. 12 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik Pocket...
century, there were no more until the start of the 20th century with HavergalBrian ("A nocturnal on St Lucy's Day", first performed in 1905), Eleanor Everest...
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the Heckelphone. Arnold Bax calls for it in his Symphony No. 1, and HavergalBrian requires an instrument in both the Gothic Symphony and his Symphony...
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