# Henry Brant

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Linus Coraggio

Linus Coraggio invented a genre of street art in 1982 called 3-D Graffiti - “outstalling” many examples around New York City on ‘’no-parking’' signposts. He was the founder of the Rivington School Sculptors Group and welded a massive post-apocalyptic sculpture garden of rusted metal that rose menac…

Episode 456 - Presidential Elections - "J" Whiz - Eyes On The Prize - Scary Movies - Nation"Z"

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 456, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Presidential Elections 1: Some historians call the election in which this man beat John Breckinridge the most important in U.S. history. (Abraham) Lincoln. 2: This 1968 can…

Charles Ives and Henry Brant

Synopsis American composer Henry Brant is famous for his avant-garde “spatial” music — works that require groups of musicians stationed at various points around a performance space. But hard-core film music buffs might also know Brant as a master orchestrator of other composers’ scores for Hollywoo…

Henry Brant's 'Northern Lights'

Synopsis If you’ve ever witnessed a spectacular display of the Northern Lights, you’ll know the feeling: jaw-dropping wonder at the powerful forces unleashed in the vast spaces of the night sky. American composer Henry Brant experienced something like that in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1982 during a v…

6-3-23 Pushing The Envelope: Music Decidedly Left of Center - ”Multiples”

Greetings! According to the Miriam-Webster dictionary, one of the possible definitions of the word "multiples", when used as a noun, is "something in units of more than one or two".  That will be the conceptual thread tying today's program together.  Pieces of music that are primarily played by mu…

Gisela Hernández

Synopsis Today’s date in 1912 marked the birthday of Cuban composer, choral director, and educator Gisela Hernández. She began her musical studies at the Santa Cecilia School in her hometown of Cárdenas, and in 1924 moved to Havana, where she finished her studies four years later at the National C…

29. Trimpin, Autonomous Cellos and Self-Playing Pianos

Trimpin is a sound sculptor, composer, engineer, and inventor. A specialist in interfacing computers with traditional instruments, he has developed ways of playing instruments ranging from giant marimbas to stacks of electric guitars via computer. His work integrates sculpture, sound, and live perf…

Episode 60 - 2002: Henry Brant, Ice Field

In this episode, Dave and Andrew explore the first experimental composer to win the Pulitzer since Charles E. Ives. With that pedigree, what will they think of Henry Brant's Ice Field? And why is this piece called a "spatial" composition? If you'd like to learn more about Henry Brant and Ice Fie…

Modern Composer Neely Bruce in 2022

Neely Bruce’s compositions include three full-length operas; five one-act operas; works for orchestra and band; about 300 solo songs; chamber music; documentary film scores; and a choral setting of the Bill of Rights. Recent major works include the dramatic oratorio Circular 14: The Apotheosis of A…