Henry Brant
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Henry Brant (born September 15, 1913 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a California-based composer of art music based on spatialization and aleatoric techniques.
Brant is the originator of spatial music (music where also the spatial factor is significant) [link]. He is best known for his compositions Verticals Ascending (conceptually based on the architecture of the Watts Towers in Los Angeles) and Horizontals Extending. Brant won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2002 for his composition Ice Field. In addition to composing, he plays the organ and frequently includes parts in his large works for himself to play.
Brant was born in Montreal, Canada and studied first at the McGill Conservatorium (1926-29) and then in New York City (1929-34). He later taught at Columbia University, the Juilliard School and Bennington College. Brant lives in Santa Barbara, California.
External links
- [Henry Brant's Home Page]
- [Henry Brant Tribute] by Samara Rainey, WMJ Issue 3, Article 13
- [OtherMinds.org:] Charles Amirkhanian Interviews Henry Brant
- [MusicMavericks.PublicRadio.org: An interview with Henry Brant] by Alan Baker, Minnesota Public Radio, June 2002
- [Art of the States: Henry Brant]
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