David Brown

David Clifford Brown (8 July 1929, in Gravesend – 20 June 2014) was an English musicologist, most noteworthy for his major study of Tchaikovsky’s life and works.

Brown attended Gravesend Grammar School and then studied English, Latin and music at the University of Sheffield, graduating in 1951, and took his MusB there (1952). He retired as Professor of Musicology in 1989.

He died in Romsey, Hampshire aged 84 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

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)