John Clark Brimhall

Background

Brimhall, John Clark was born on November 22, 1928 in Huntington Park, California, United States. Son of John Clark and Nora Louise (Baffa) Brimhall.

Education

Bachelor of Music cum laude, Loyola University, 1950. Master of Arts, California State University San Francisco, 1952.

Career

Brimhall is perhaps best known for his easy arrangements of classical and American popular music for piano students. Brimhall is thought to be the most published arranger of printed music in history, having sold over 75 million copies of over 500 books His books are also published in Braille.

Brimhall pioneered the "Bach to the Beatles with Brimhall" approach to music education, which became a global success by enabling beginning pianists to play the music of the Beatles while learning the classical lessons of musical theory.

He travelled to more than 40 countries lecturing and training music teachers on his methods. Brimhall"s books have been used by piano teachers for over 50 years and he has contributed immensely to the arrangements available to beginning students of piano, making classical and popular piano music accessible to those with limited skills and blindness.

His 1800+ titles in the Library of Congress include piano and organ methods for all ages, popular and classical music arrangements, theory books, and choir and choral arrangements.

Achievements

• John Clark Brimhall has been listed as a noteworthy editor, composer, arranger by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, American College Musicians, National Association of Music Merchants, Music Educators National Conference, Retail Sheet Music Dealers Association, Music Publications Association.

Connections

Married Virgin Mae Ravain, April 1, 1951. Children: James, Mary, Anthony.

Father:

John Clark Brimhall

Mother:

Nora Louise (Baffa) Brimhall

Spouse:

Virgin Mae Ravain

child:

James Brimhall

child:

Anthony Brimhall

child:

Mary Brimhall