Person    | Male  Born 17/5/1921  Died 1/9/1957

Dennis Brain

Categories: Music / songs

Classical horn-player. Born London into a family of horn-players. Killed aged 36 when the sports car he was driving crashed in Hatfield, on the way back to London from an engagement in Edinburgh.

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Dennis Brain

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Dennis Brain

Dennis Brain, 1921 - 1957, horn-player, lived here. English Heritage

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D'Oyly Carte family

D'Oyly Carte family

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Group, Commerce, Music / songs, Theatre

1 memorial
Trinity Laban

Trinity Laban

Music and dance conservatoire based in Greenwich. It was formed with the amalgamation of the Trinity College of Music and the Laban Dance Centre.

Place, Dance, Music / songs

1 memorial
Joe Strummer

Joe Strummer

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2 memorials
Louise “Little Lou” Cattell

Louise “Little Lou” Cattell

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Person, Music / songs, Tragedy

1 memorial
Cecil Sharp

Cecil Sharp

Collector of English folk-songs and dances. Born Denmark Hill. Spent 1882 - 92 in Australia. Developed an interest in English folk-music in 1899 and began his prolific collection which later expand...

Person, Dance, Museums / Libraries, Music / songs, Australia

1 memorial