Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 282,087 playable programmes from the BBC

Mrs. Brown and the Great Composers

on BBC One London

A report by Peter Dorling on the remarkable case of Mrs. Rosemary Brown, a South London widow who claims to be receiving new music from famous composers of the past, among them Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, and Schubert.
Though not a trained musician herself, Mrs. Brown is beginning to puzzle the experts with manuscripts she claims to have written from dictation by the composers.
Her story was first told to BBC viewers in the South-East of England earlier this year in an edition of London This Week. Since then, there's been mounting interest in her work, both in this country and overseas. Tonight's film brings the story up to date.
Taking part Richard Rodney Bennett, Denis Matthews, Hephzibah Menuhin, Dr. Malcolm Troup

Contributors

Reporter:
Peter Dorling
Subject:
Rosemary Brown
Interviewee:
Richard Rodney Bennett
Interviewee:
Denis Matthews
Interviewee:
Hephzibah Menuhin
Interviewee:
Dr. Malcolm Troup

BBC One London

About BBC One

BBC One is a TV channel that started broadcasting on the 20th April 1964. It replaced BBC Television.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More