Henry Brant

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Henry Brant / Henry Brandt

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Canadian-born American composer (September 15, 1913 – April 26, 2008), best known for his orchestrations featuring spatialization techniques. He studied with James Friskin, Rubin Goldmark, George Antheil, and Aaron Copeland.

ALBUMS

Ives* / Brant*, Copland* - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Paul Jacobs

A Concord Symphony / Organ Symphony

2011, SACD, Hybrid, Album, SFS Media

The Henry Brant Collection, Vol.3

2008, CD, Innova Recordings

Henry Brant - Charles Ives

A Concord Symphony

2007, CD, Album, Innova Recordings,

The Henry Brant Collection Volume 9

2007, CD, Album, Innova Recordings

The Henry Brant Collection Volume 8

2007, CD, Album, Innova Recordings

The Henry Brant Collection Volume 6: Rainforest

2007, CD, Album, Innova Recordings

Autumn Hurricanes

2006, CD, Album, Innova Recordings

The Henry Brant Collection, Volume 4: Meteor Farm

2006, CD, Album, Innova Recordings

Henry Brant, The New York Flute Club, Robert Aitken

Music For Massed Flutes

2006, CD, New World Records,

The Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 2

2004, CD, Innova Recordings,

The Henry Brant Collection, Volume 1

2003, 2xCD, Album, Innova Recordings,

Modern/Contemporary

Orbits • Western Springs • Hieroglyphics 3

1999, CD, Comp, RM, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI),

Modern/Contemporary

Robert Russell Bennett, Henry Brant, Ross Lee Finney, Vincent Persichetti, Hale Smith, The Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, John P. Paynter

Winds Of Change: American Music For Wind Ensemble From The 1950s To The 1970s

Works From A Lifetime: Music, 1938-1990

Henry Brant Plays Michael Ingham Sings / Charles Ives

1991, CD, Album, AmCam Recordings

Western Springs

1985, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI),

Brant*, Morel*, Stravinsky*, Orchestre D'Harmonie, Ensemble De Flûtes Contemporain, Ensemble De Vents

Musique à l'Université Laval, Vol. 1

1985, LP, Album, sne (Société Nouvelle d'Enregistrement)

Henry Brant & Amy Snyder

Vuur Onder Water

1984, LP, Album, BV HAAST Records

Litany Of Tides

Baroque/Contemporary/Modern/Romantic

Henry Brant / Daniel Kobialka

Solar Moth / Autumn Beyond

1982, LP, Album, 1750 Arch Records,

Post-Modern/Avantgarde

Brant* / Samuel*

80 Trombones And 30 Basses

1980, LP, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)

Roque Cordero / Leonardo Balada / Henry Brant - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester

Symphony No. 2 / Hommage A Sarasate / On The Nature Of Things

1979, LP, First Edition Records, First Edition Records

Ulysses Kay / Henry Brant / Normand Lockwood

American Concertos (Concerto For Orchestra / Concerto For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra / Concerto For Organ & Brasses)

1978, LP, Comp, Mono, Varèse Sarabande

Gerard Schwarz - Henry Brant / Elliott Carter / Richard Moryl / Charles Whittenberg / Stefan Wolpe

Gerard Schwarz Plays New Music For Trumpet

Henry Brant / Glen Glasow / Lou Harrison - Daniel Kobialka

Crossroads / Rakka / Concerto In Slendro

1972, LP, Comp, Desto

Henry Brant, Vivian Fine, Lionel Nowak, Louis Calabro

Bennington Composers

1971, LP, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)

Charles Ives, Alvin Brehm, Henry Brant, Peter Phillips - The American Brass Quintet* With Jan DeGaetani

American Brass Music

Henry Brant, Peter Mennin, Norman Dello Joio, Vienna Symphony Orchestra*, Hans Swarowsky

Symphony No. 1 - Concerto For Orchestra - Epigraph

Henry Brant, Irving Fine

Angels And Devils / Music For Piano / Mutability

George Antheil / Henry Brant, Carlos Surinach Conducting The New York Percussion Group, Henry Brant Conducting Chamber Ensemble*

Ballet Mecanique / Signs And Alarms / Galaxy 2

Henry Brant, Burrill Phillips, American Recording Society Orchestra

Symphony No. 1 / Selections From McGuffey's Readers

1953, LP, Album, American Recording Society, American Recording Society

Henry Brant, Dane Rhudyar*, Peggy Glanville-Hicks

Concerto For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra / Sinfonietta; Gymnopedie

Elliott Carter, Milton Babbitt, Igor Stravinsky, Henry Brant

Volume 9: Contemporary American Chamber Music

LP, Golden Crest Records, Inc.

Peter Mennin, Norman Dello Joio, Hans Swarowsky, Henry Brant

Henry Brant Symphony No. 1 / Peter Mennin Concertato For Orchestra / Norman Dello Joio Epigraph

LP, Album, Mono, Desto

APPEARANCES +

Alex North / David Newman

Good Morning, Vietnam / Operation Dumbo Drop

2017, CD, Comp, Intrada,

The Devil's Brigade (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2007, CD, Album, Ltd, Intrada,

Score/Contemporary/Soundtrack

Music For 2001: A Space Odyssey (The Original Score)

Score/Soundtrack/Neo-Classical/Neo-Romantic/Modern

Isabel Ettenauer

The Joy Of Toy - New Music For Toy Piano

2005, CD, Album, Edition Eirelav

New Music Works

Night Of The Living Composers

2005, 2xCD, Album, Not On Label

New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

2003, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, New York Philharmonic,

Opera/Romantic/Classical/Modern/Contemporary

Alex North / Symphony Orchestra Graunke, The*

Africa (Original Soundtrack Recording)

2001, CD, Album, Ltd, Prometheus Records

Terry Riley · David Tanenbaum · Michael Sagmeister · Gyan Riley · Jugendgitarrenorchester Baden-Württemberg

2001, CD, Album, Cadenza (4)

The 20th Century Piano

1999, CD, Album, AmCam Recordings,

Modern/Contemporary

Music Of The Twentieth Century (Style And Structure)

1996, 2xCD, Comp, Schirmer Books, Sony Music Special Products

The American Camerata, John Stephens

The 20th Century: Music Of Our Time

1996, CD, AmCam Recordings,

Twelve-tone/Contemporary

Brant • Scelsi • Wolpe • Xenakis • Cage • Glass • Feldman

1995, CD, Album, Comp, CP² Recordings,

New Amsterdam Singers, Clara Longstreth

American Journey

1993, CD, Album, Albany Records

Yvar Mikhashoff

Panorama Of American Piano Music From Antheil To Zappa 1911 To 1991

1992, 4xCD, Comp, Mode,

Ricciotti Ensemble

Binnenstebuiten / 21 Years Stage On Street

1991, CD, Album, BV Haast Records,

American Camerata For New Music

1990, CD, Album, AmCam Recordings

Performs New Music For Trumpet

Holland Festival Highlights 1984

1984, 2xLP, Radio Nederland

The Chorus at Bennington College, Randall Neale With Members Of The Sage City Symphony

Aurora Borealis

1984, Cass, Album, sage city symphony

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Donald Hunsberger, Bonita Boyd

Eastman Wind Ensemble

1984, CD, Album, Centaur Records,

Holland Festival Highlights 1982

1982, 2xLP, Transcription, Gat, Radio Nederland

Benny Goodman And His Orchestra

Quartet For Brass / Momenti / Missa Brevis

1981, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI),

Contemporary/Modern

The Complete Benny Goodman, Volume VII / 1938-1939

1980, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Gat, RCA,

Robbie Robertson And Alex North

Carny (Sound Track From The Motion Picture)

Gregg Smith Singers

The Art Of The Round

1977, LP, Grenadilla Records

The Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Winds Of Change

Main Title Theme (Edited Version): Original Music From The ABC News Television Production "Africa"

1967, 7", Single, Promo, MGM Records

Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (Original Music From The Motion Picture)

The Piano Music Of Henry Cowell

Cleopatra (Original Soundtrack Album)

Soundtrack/Score

American Wind Symphony Orchestra, Robert Austin Boudreau

Bicentennial Odyssey - Vol, 2

LP, Not On Label (American Wind Symphony Orchestra Self-released)

The Lonesome House

10", The Children's Record Guild

Alex North Story By Irvin Graham Told By Norman Rose

The Waltzing Elephant

LP, Album, Mono, Young People's Records

San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, Yuja Wang

Masterpieces In Miniature

2014, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, SFS Media

Paul Zukofsky / Gilbert Kalish

Music For A 20th Century Violinist

1974, 3xLP, Album, Desto,

Daniel Kobialka

Plays New Music For Violin

1969, LP, Album, Advance Recordings (2)

The Modern Brass Ensemble

In A Recital Of New Music

1964, LP, Advance Recordings (2)

Billy Rings The Bell / The Lonesome House / By Rocket To The Moon

1960, LP, Young People's Records

New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra

LP, New England Conservatory Of Music