Today is the birthday of:
Dennis Brain, the great British French horn player, born in 1921, died tragically young in 1957 in a car crash. Brain inspired many composers to write pieces for him, including Benjamin Britten, Paul Hindemith, Matyas Seiber, Humphrey Searle, Peter Racine Fricker, York Bowen, Gordon Jacob, Lennox Berkeley, Malcolm Arnold, and Elizabeth Lutyens; Francis Poulenc wrote an Elegie for Horn and Piano upon hearing of Brain's death.
Dennis Potter, the British dramatist and legendary television writer, born in 1935, also died too young at 59.
Dennis Hopper, the nonpareil American actor and director, born in 1936, still truckin' and long may he. Happy 73rd, Dennis!
It is, clearly, Dennis Day.
Breakfast is being served
2 years ago
