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Biography
A frequent guest at Horn
Workshops, Alan Civil played second horn to Dennis
Brain, and was later his successor in the
Royal Philharmonic. He later became the principal
horn of the BBC Orchestra and taught at the Royal
College of Music.
Besides three different recorded
versions of the Mozart concerti, Civil also can be
heard in the Beatles song "For No One,"
where he plays a beautiful high-register obbligato
solo.
Known for his quick wit, Civil
once metaphorically quipped that you "really
have to be sitting on the edge of your seat for
pretty well all your life, otherwise you won't be
able to play the horn."
Deceased Honorary IHS Member,
England
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