David Clifford Brown (8 July 1929, in Gravesend – 20 June 2014)[1][2][3] 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).
[1] He taught in secondary schools before becoming music librarian of the University of London, working at Senate House 1959–62.
[1] His book on Mikhail Glinka (published 1974) was the first major study of the composer in English.
He was also editor of the New Grove Russian Masters series, and served on the editorial committee of Musica Britannica, the national collection of British music.