Alan Civil

Alan Civil OBE (13 June 1929 – 19 March 1989) was a British horn player.

Civil began to play the horn at a young age, and joined the famous Royal Artillery Band and Orchestra at Woolwich, while still in his teens. He studied the instrument under Aubrey Brain, father of Dennis Brain in 1943, and later with Willy von Stemm in Hamburg.

Civil was engaged by Thomas Beecham to play second horn to Dennis… More