> the opening track to the long-forgotten film "Untamed" (1955) composed by the > great Franz Waxman.
> I wonder if Alfred Brain is leading the horns... Eric, thanks for directing us to a gem, which as Francis observed is extremely well played. As for the Brain connection, for what it's worth Stephen Pettitt puts Alfred Brain's retirement from the horn at 1954, at the age of 69. Last year I spent some time in Chatsworth, CA, where Brain spent his last decade, and found a woman at the Chatsworth Historical Society who remembered him vividly as a popular president of the local rotary club. His house has long disappeared to housing development, but at the time Chatsworth was on the untamed northwest edge of L.A.: Errol Flynn fought the Crimean War just behind Chatsworth, Clark Gable hunted there, and Roy Rogers had a large ranch. Another golden age studio hornist was a near neighbor: Leon Donfray, whose career began in an imperial Russian chamber orchestra and ended up in Hollywood with scores that included countryman Dimitri Tiomkin's "High Noon." Those interested in Alfred Brain might take a look at the upcoming February 2010 issue of The Horn Call, where he makes an extended appearance in a life and times article about a favorite student. Bill Melton Hauset (B) / Sinfonie Orchester Aachen (D) _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
