Denis Matthews

Denis Matthews (born February 27, 1919 in Coventry , † December 25, 1988 in Birmingham ) was a British pianist, music teacher and scholar.

Matthews studied composition with William Alwyn at the Royal Academy of Music and was a piano student of Harold Craxton . In 1939 he made his debut as a pianist in London. From 1940 to 1946 he served in the Royal Air Force . During this time, a recording of Beethoven's horn sonata with horn player Dennis Brain was made (1944) .

After the war, Matthews went on concert tours as a piano soloist and worked with the Griller Quartet and the Amadeus Quartet . The focus of his repertoire was on the composers of the Viennese classical period . Along with Myra Hess , Louis Kentner and Frank Merrick , he was one of the first to record piano works by John Field . From 1971 to 1984 Matthews was a music professor at Newcastle University . He published u. a. Books about Beethoven, Arturo Toscanini and the piano music of Johannes Brahms . In 1966 his autobiography In Pursuit of Music was published .

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SURNAME	Matthews, Denis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British pianist, music educator and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Coventry
DATE OF DEATH	December 25, 1988
Place of death	Birmingham